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- VIDEO BACKUP SYSTEM
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- The Video Backup System isa cheap and reliable hardware interface plus
- backup software, which enables you to connect any video recorder to
- your Amiga and use this VCR as a backup storage device.
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- CAPACITY:-
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- As many as 200 Amiga floppy disks will fit on a 4-hour tape (E-240).
- When used for hard disk backup, there's room for 175MB of data on the
- same size tape.
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- KEY FEATURES OF THE VIDEO BACKUP SYSTEM:-
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- - Ability to backup a complete disk in 1 minute. Restored in
- same time, even to an unformatted disk.
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- - Hard disk backup: the software allows you to specify which
- files and directories are to be stored. Full or partial restore to
- any path. Performance about 800KBytes per minute.
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- - Recommended media: High Grade video tapes, about 4. Low cost
- storage, around 2 pence per MegaByte!!
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- - The software has an intuition menu-driven graphical user
- interface. Hard disk backup look and feel similar to PC-Backup's
- (from PC-Tools for IBM-compatibles).
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- - Control Monitor connection which allows you to switch your
- monitor screen between Amiga signal and VCR signal, you can watch
- Neighbours as a bonus!!.
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- - Very high reliability on High Grade tapes. Effective
- error-correction scheme ensures that a Video Backup is even more
- reliable than the usual backup on floppy disks.
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- - Log Files: The VBS software (VBS = Video Backup System)
- automatically maintains these files, which contain title and counter
- position of every backup.
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- - Video Connection Check: VBS itself checks whether the
- hardware is hooked up right. This ensures fool-proof operation.
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- - Easy-to-understand manual. Attractive full-colour packaging,
- which makes it worth buying on its own!!
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- This product is targeted at both floppy and hard disk users. Floppy
- users can store large games and public domain collections on one
- tape, and hard disk users can make their safety backups with it.
- The price well the cost of this product is 59:95 and is available
- from Power Computing, don't forget your need a VCR handy!!
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- COSMIC
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- Ed's bit
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- I've seen about 5 of these for sale in a local paper during the last
- week for about 20 quid. Why, I don't know. Maybe because they can't use
- it properly or their VCR is crap. Either way, it's a lot cheaper
- second-hand. If you have any info on this, hit that REPLY button.