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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:48040 comp.os.386bsd.questions:3827 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:60414 comp.windows.x.i386unix:2527 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!gistdev!flint From: flint@gistdev.gist.com (Flint Pellett) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.windows.x.i386unix Subject: Re: SUMMARY: 486DX2/66 for Unix conclusions (fairly long) Message-ID: <1792@gistdev.gist.com> Date: 14 Jul 93 14:31:53 GMT References: <1993Jul12.022002.16965@taylor.uucp> <mr2CA1Az4.J2E@netcom.com> <1993Jul12.122937.20476@taylor.uucp> <21s0p0$s6q@umd5.umd.edu> Followup-To: comp.os.linux Organization: Global Information Systems Technology Inc., Savoy, IL Lines: 22 mark@roissy.umd.edu (Mark Sienkiewicz) writes: >And I'll try to find a non-scsi tape drive too, but that's a bit harder. >It seems that tape drives now come in 3 forms: > - attach to the floppy controller and use weird protocols > - SCSI > - direct ISA bus 9-track drives for > $3000 >So I may break down and buy a SCSI tape drive and controller for it. I >don't look forward to spending > $1000 on it, especially when there are >tape drives that cost only $200. There is also the massive performance difference between the tapes that connect to the floppy controller, like I have at home :-(, vs. a SCSI tape drive like I have at work :-). The difference is whether you're going to use a few minutes doing the backup or several hours. I wouldn't recommend that anyone buy a 300+MB disk without some kind of backup though, it is just not practical to back up that size of disk to floppies. -- Flint Pellett, Global Information Systems Technology, Inc. 100 Trade Centre Drive, Suite 301, Champaign, IL 61820 (217) 352-1165 flint@gistdev.gist.com or uunet!gistdev!flint