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#Backup Questions

    14-Sep-95 14:22:03
Sb: #121915-#Backup Questions
Fm: Jim Beck 71334,2462
To: dean rector 71575,1706
<<<I haven't decided on a tape drive yet.>>> Dean We just got some literature from Pinnacle about a new magneto optical drive. It goes for around $1600 and the carts are around $125. (compare $2300 for Exabyte 8505XL). The carts hold 6 gigs!!! Data throughput is supposedly 5-6 megs/sec. That's fast!! The drives will be available this week. We're trying to get one to test, but they don't have enough to send out freebies until three weeks. I sent mail to Chuck to see if he had any ideas about compatibility. Do you know if a drive (such as an MO drive) can be put on the Amiga bus so that files can be transferred back and forth between it and the drives on the Flyer bus?? My idea is that since these drives are so fast, one could have several projects going on at once, taking data on- and off-line in just a few hours. Let me know what thoughts you have on this. BarryVedros ISI