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From: sparks@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Steve Gaarder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Alternative backup devices for UNIX VaxStation 2000's
Message-ID: <4044@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 14 Mar 88 19:11:18 GMT
References: <1073@ndmath.UUCP>
Reply-To: sparks@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Steve Gaarder)
Organization: Computer Aided Design Instructional Facility, Cornell Univ.
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In article <1073@ndmath.UUCP> milo@ndmath.UUCP (Greg Corson) writes:
>Does anyone happen to know of any backup devices that can be used on a
>unix-based VaxStation 2000?  It seems the only alternatives from DEC
>are floppies (about 70-90 to backup the drive) or TK50 tapes (which cost
>nearly $5,000!).  

Worse than that, TK50's are extremely unreliable.  One possibility is to
get an ethernet interface and hook your 2000 to an IBM-clone PC.  Then you
can use NCSA's telnet/ftp/rcp software and back up over the network.  How 
much this will cost I'm not sure.

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Steve Gaarder                                         
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