Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!dorsai From: dorsai@iear.arts.rpi.edu (gregory d moncreaff) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: tape backups (wangtek s5150es) Message-ID: Date: 30 May 91 17:28:08 GMT Distribution: usa Organization: the committee for asethetic deletions Lines: 19 Nntp-Posting-Host: iear.arts.rpi.edu i have a few of these hangaing aroung, sans documentation; does anyone know the stats for such? also, does anyone know of a good reference for tape backup units? i've looked throug the last few months of pc-world, pc-mag, byte, as well as the datapro reports on micro-computers, but have been unable to find a good comparitive summary of available products. have tape drives become obsolete with the advent of erasable-opticals? any pointers of magazine references would be most apreciated gregory d moncreaff iear@arts.rpi.edu -- "A perfect democracy, a 'warm body' democracy in which every adult may vote and all votes count equally, has no internal feedback for self-correction. It de- pends solely on the wisdom and self restraint of citizens ... which is opposed by the folly and lack of self-restraint of other citizens. What is supposed to