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From: jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan)
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Subject: Re: Cheap good tape drives
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Date: 1 May 91 16:59:11 GMT
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In-reply-to: kimsey@cmgm.Stanford.EDU's message of 1 May 91 01:45:51 GMT

In article <1991May1.014551.29734@medisg.Stanford.EDU> kimsey@cmgm.Stanford.EDU (Harvey Kimsey) writes:

>CAn anyone out there suggest good cheap tape drives. We are interested
>in "smaller" format tape to back up several Mac hard drives. I've
>tried the 80meg Sony QD-2000 tapes, but I don't remember the name of
>the tape drive. While I'm at it, what good software is available that
>could be used for routine backing up purposes. I'm thinking of things
>that allow you to, for instance, only back files that have been
>changed since the last backup.
>
>Thanks, Harvey       kimsey@cmgm.stanford.edu

I use the TEAC 150MB tape drive (and tapes).  The tapes look like
standard audio caseetes, but cost a shitload more ;-), but the system
works well, and the software (Retrospect) fdoes all you ask and more.

jas
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