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From: guy@ns.network.com (Guy D'Andrea)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Cheap tape backup for the Bridgeboard? and maybe the Amiga too?
Keywords: tape backup Bridgeboard
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Date: 6 Jun 91 12:39:15 GMT
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I just got the latest CompuAdd catalog last week and saw that they carry their
own name on a tape drive (Mountain makes it though) for $269.  It can handle
40/60/120MB tapes.  Now I called to see what interface board I would need and
the salesman said that you need to buy a special cable from them ($6.98) and
then you plug the cable from the floppy controller to floppy A:, then B: and  
then onto the tape backup unit!  Thats it!  I'm sure that it would not be all  
that fast since it uses the floppy controller, but you can always tell it to 
backup your system and walk away for a while...  Anyway it is a 3.5" drive-size
unit and is made to be mounted internally.  I am temped to try it.  I can TAR 
the amiga side and then send that over to the Bridgeboard where I then send it
to tape... But since I have heard people taking IBM-type drives and plugging
them directly on the Amiga side, maybe this tape drive could just plug on too?

I know I'm most likely asking too much trying to get it on the Amiga side but
it would be an inexpensive way for BB owners to be able to backup their IBM or
Amiga hard drives!

Anyone even tried one of these units that hooks up to the floppy controller?



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