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From: todd@uhccux.UUCP (The Perplexed Wiz)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: On backups (erasable optical disks?)
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Date: Sun, 10-May-87 01:03:28 EDT
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Posted: Sun May 10 01:03:28 1987
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Has anyone seriously evaluated the Sony erasable magneto optical disk
drives (which are supposed to start shipping in Oct87)?  It is 5.25"
unit that stores 325M on each side of a removable platter (650M total).
The drive is supposed to cost around $6,600.  The cartridges are supposed
to cost around $200 each.

Without having seen one or knowing much more than what I wrote above,
these units sound like perfect backup devices.  I have six (6)
RA81 drives to worry about and it seems to me that the Sony units could
solve all my backup problems...todd

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Todd Ogasawara, U. of Hawaii Computing Center
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