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#Amiga Tape Backup

    13-May-92 14:43:48
Sb: #Amiga Tape Backup
Fm: Hilary Szymanowski 70035,510
To: Those with MONEY!
Have just installed a tape backup unit on my IBM clone. Cost was around $269.00 to backup 120 Megs. It is great and a real time saver. That in mind, tried to find a similar item for our Amiga 2000. Saw one or two advertised….. nearly had a heart attack! Price asked was around $600 to $700. Who said Amiga hardware was low cost? Surely…. if a tape drive backup for the PC can be made/sold in the $200/300 range, why cannot the same be made and sold for the Amiga? It would seem a golden opportunity for some enterprising OEM. Perhaps some thoughtful Amiga programmer could come up with some software which allows us to backup to perhaps a home VCR, at a cost of say $100. What do you think? All the best….. Hilary.