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- From: hacker@cco.caltech.edu (Jonathan Bruce Hacker)
- Subject: Re: Floppy Backup, Re: 32bit Shareware backup program.
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.222731.4460@cco.caltech.edu>
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- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
- References: <1992Jul22.172317.26801@njitgw.njit.edu> <92209.161735TURGUT@FRMOP11.BITNET> <rick.15.712338265@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 22:27:31 GMT
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- rick@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu (Richard M. Warner) writes:
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- >In article <92209.161735TURGUT@FRMOP11.BITNET> TURGUT@FRMOP11.BITNET (Turgut Kalfaoglu) writes:
- >>From: TURGUT@FRMOP11.BITNET (Turgut Kalfaoglu)
- >>Subject: Re: Floppy Backup, Re: 32bit Shareware backup program.
- >>Date: 27 Jul 92 16:17:35 GMT
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- >>I know this is a hardware problem, but how come no one came up with
- >>some gadget that can insert and remove diskettes placed on a stack
- >>above? Somewhat like the cartridge readers of IBM mainframes?
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- >>-turgut
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- >Because it would be so expensive that everyone would prefer tape drives
- >over it. Check out the cost of tape carousels (they are available for
- >8mm and 4mm tapes on PC's). A similar situation happenned with dual-bin
- >feeders for HP LaserJet's. Some 3rd party folks made them, but they
- >were 50%+ of the cost of a second printer, so people who needed dual
- >bins opted for dual printers or one of the LaserJet's that had built-in
- >dual bins. Cost as it relates to marketability is the basic reason.
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- I wouldn't generalize like this. CD changers are cheap, and Pioneer
- makes a not too expensive cassette tape changer. Its reasonable to
- expect that if the volume is high enough, almost anything can
- be made economically.
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- Jon Hacker
- Caltech, Pasadena CA
- hacker@tumbler-ridge.caltech.edu
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