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From: erik@mpx2.UUCP (Erik Murrey)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Tape drives for SCO
Message-ID: <280@mpx2.UUCP>
Date: 20 Nov 88 01:58:31 GMT
Organization: MPX Data Systems, Inc. ,  Wayne, PA
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[ I know this has been discussed before... PLEASE E-MAIL responses.
I'll post a summary if there is enough interest..]

I would like to get a tape backup for my machines.  It should be
external, and have a flexible cable/connector so that moving it from
machine to machine for backups won't kill it.  (Call me cheap.. but
practical) It should also use standard DC-600A or whatever cartridges,
not some custom size mini-tape.

The machines are all AT bus machines, some 286, some 386.  The drive
should work with SCO Xenix 2.2 and 2.3 without much hassle.  (i.e.
they should work with dump/restore and tar/cpio) Also some sort or
mirror image backup is a must.

Throughput should be reasonable, and able to stream when doing a
mirror image, without backtracking.

Please e-mail any suggestions and or configurations.

Thanks a bunch!
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