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- From: sci240s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Wey Jing HO)
- Subject: Re: Backup software using OS/2 Multimedia ?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.164629.2404@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
- References: <92349.105517RONY@awiwuw11.wu-wien.ac.at> <1992Dec15.183416.5622@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 16:46:29 GMT
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- In <1992Dec15.183416.5622@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) writes:
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- >In article <92349.105517RONY@awiwuw11.wu-wien.ac.at> FLATSCHER Rony <RONY@awiwuw11.wu-wien.ac.at> writes:
- >>Backing up 200MB, 400MB, nowadays starting with 1GB drives becomes more and
- >>more a pain and expensive.
- >>In the case of Multimedia OS/2 it would seem to be feasible to utilize the
- >>available hardware to e.g. make backups to video tape-recorders. As the hard-
- >>ware would be in place for MM-users that would be some gimmick (maybe even
- >>shareware stuff ?).
-
- >We must be thinking on the same wavelength, because I had a great idea
- >for a hardware device. Someone should come up with a tape drive that
- >does both 8mm Hi8 video and 8mm tape backup. The technologies are
- >very similar -- one would have to combine both in the same deck,
- >that's all.
-
- Same goes for the DAT tape drive that many people have. Someone can use
- it to record music/audio as well as playback (has use similar to CDROM
- only that it has recording ability. OK maybe not random access).
-
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- >Wey Jing Ho Tel: 61-3-573-2567 E-mail : sci240s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au<
- >Physics Dept., Monash University ( Caulfield Campus ), Melbourne, AUSTRALIA<
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