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From: leeke@glacier.STANFORD.EDU (Steven D. Leeke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Apple Tape Drive
Message-ID: <17198@glacier.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: Tue, 27-Oct-87 10:38:04 EST
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Posted: Tue Oct 27 10:38:04 1987
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Reply-To: leeke@glacier.UUCP (Steven D. Leeke)
Organization: Stanford University
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Keywords: 38.5MB/tape, Slower than Diskfit

We've had our Apple 40SC tape drive for a couple of weeks now and I thought
a short note would be in order.

1) It has a fan - a bit quieter than an SE, I don't notice it on top of the II.
2) It looks like the HD20SC box with a tape slot in the front
3) 38.5MB/tape
4) 22min/20MB in volume backup => ~40min/cartridge - file backup is slower
5) With an 80MB Mac II and 50MB of files it is easier (faster) to use DiskFit
6) Software allows backup/restore by volume or file.
7) Backup changes only allowed when backing up by file
8) The software does NOT run in the background under MultiFinder
9) 40min to format a DC-2000 tape cartridge
10) SCSI cables are extra

If the software ran in the background under MultiFinder I would gladly toss
my smart set, but until then I will probably continue with DiskFit - even it
it takes 80 disks.

Steve Leeke

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Steven D. Leeke, Center for Integrated Systems, Stanford University
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