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- From: jsburger@xmission.com (John S. Burger)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Using PC parallel tape drives on an Amiga?
- Date: 8 Jan 1996 20:25:55 GMT
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- On or about 08-Jan-96 13:52:31 Mr. Craig Poxon typed the following words about
- "Using PC parallel tape drives on an Amiga?". My reply is thus...
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- MCP> Is anyone out there backing up their Amiga with a vanilla PC parallel
- MCP> tape drive? Is there software or drivers which can be used to control
- MCP> them or do ypu have to go to a the devices manufacturer to see if they
- MCP> have Amiga software (dont fancy my chances much)? We have plenty of
- MCP> these machines lying around at work, but no SCSI ones, so I would like
- MCP> to use one to back up my hard-drive before something goes wrong.
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- I think you are pretty much out of luck. Do you have a SCSI controller in your
- machine? If so just get a SCSI ZIP drive. They work great for backups and can
- be used for other things too. Not like a tape drive that can only be used for
- backups.
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