Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!Myron-Meier
From: Myron-Meier@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Ever heard of VideoTrax backup system?
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Date: 29 Feb 88 05:43:13 GMT
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>I've also heard about this, and I understand the price should be around
>$300-400 -- a lot cheaper than most 40MB cartridge tape drives (of course,
>you have to already have a VCR).  Seems like the way to back up stuff to me
>-- I'm recommending that anyone planning on buying a tape backup unit hold
>on until this makes it to the market.

They also sell (or will sell) a unit that includes a specially modified VCR.
The only real advangage to this is that their VCR does some of the stuff
automatically, i.e. Rewind to the beginning of the tape, forward for a couple
of seconds..etc...  Just as a side note, you can buy a Video Tape backup card
for the IBM PC (I dont think its videotrax) for about $75.  When will prices
of Mac hardware come down this low!!