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- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
- Subject: Re: Floppy Backup, Re: 32bit Shareware backup program.
- Message-ID: <92203.103222ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 08:32:22 GMT
- References: <1992Jul18.142347.24110@gmuvax2.gmu.edu>
- <1992Jul20.131435.5815@relay.nswc.navy.mil>
- <rick.6.711671081@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu>
- Organization: KFA Forschungszentrum Juelich
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- In article <rick.6.711671081@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu>, rick@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu (Richard
- >Ahem ... Diskettes are not 'relatively inexpensive' - esp. when you look
- >at them relative to tape. For example, the cheapest one can find DS/HD
- >3-1/2" diskettes around here right now is about $1 per diskette. Thats
- >$1 for 1.44 Mb of storage space, or $.70/Mb. QIC-40 tapes are running
- >about $15, for 40 Mb of storage (uncompressed) or $.38/Mb. QIC-24 tapes
- >are $15 each for 60 Mb of storage (uncompressed), or $.25/Mb, and QIC-150
- >are about $20 for 150 Mb of storage, or $.13/Mb. At that rate, those
- >floppies get darned expensive. And they take a lot more space to store,
- >also!
- >>Scott Hiles
- >>whiles@relay.nswc.navy.mil
-
- Sounds interesting. I know nothing about tape drives, so I`d like to know
- what the _drive_ costs. What controllers are needed (SCSI, IDE,...) and
- are there external drives? I have only two drive bays for removable media and
- I have a 5.25" and 3.5" floppy installed (and consider purchasing a CD-ROM).
-
- Sorry for this being a bit off topic but demand for large backup media is not
- entirely unrelated to a 30Meg OS.
-
- Please e-mail.
-
- THANX, Michael Bode.
-