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From: rokicki@polya.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Backups
Message-ID: <9409@polya.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 23 May 89 20:19:40 GMT
Sender: Tomas G. Rokicki <rokicki@polya.Stanford.EDU>
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     Let us say that I have a big machine with a huge hard disk
       connected to the other end of my Amiga's serial port.  I
       want to run backups over this line (91MB overnight would
   require at least 38.4K; so I use Perry's dual serial board.)
       At serial rates, compression might be nice as well (it's
     faster to compress, especially with a 68020, then it is to
   send.)  Is there any software out there that supports such a
      strange backup/restore method?  Or should I just bite the
     bullet and buy a Mac tape drive for $1300 and pray to find
   some software that will talk to it?  (Even then it will take
three 40MB tapes so the backup won't be completely unattended.)
                                                               
    Another hard disk isn't the answer; I move backups off-site
                  for maximum protection from odor and wetness.
                                                               
    -tom "still looking for a reasonable backup method" the rok