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From: gino@voder.UUCP (Gino Bloch)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Backing up Winchesters
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Date: Fri, 1-Feb-85 13:48:52 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb  1 13:48:52 1985
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I keep worrying about how easily I could lose 10 MB of data from my hard disk,
and I must say that 360 KB floppies don't seem a perfect solution to the backup
problem.  I am beginning to see ads for tape streamers for prices of $500 to
$900 (plus enclosure with power supply if needed).  There also was some talk,
a long time ago, about interfacing to video recorders, but I haven't seen an ad
or anything for at least a year.

Is there anyone out there who has experience or knowledge about those items?
Do VCR interfaces still live?  Are they practical?  Are the $500 streamers
good or junk?  Do they come with S/W?  This would mean device drivers or,
if they act like floppies, patches to enable DOS to use their full capacity.
Are there any questions I didn't ask that I should have?
-- 
Gene E. Bloch (...!nsc!voder!gino)
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