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- From: crash@ckctpa.UUCP (Frank "Crash" Edwards)
- Subject: Re: A3070 tape drive, Amiga Unix, and AmigaDOS
- Message-ID: <1992Dec19.173334.2903@ckctpa.UUCP>
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 17:33:34 GMT
- Reply-To: crash%ckctpa@tct.com (Frank "Crash" Edwards)
- References: <Dec18.211722.23733@cdsac.uucp>
- Organization: Edwards & Edwards Consulting
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- scotte@cdsac.uucp (L. Scott Emmons) writes:
- >Does anyone know if the A3070 tape drive is compatable with the BRU
- >program (called by the HDBackup program) in AmigaDos?
- >
- >Software Hut (180093AMIGA) is selling A3070 drives for $349, which
- >is quite a good price...Are there any better deals on tape drives?
- >Will I have to buy the special ROMs for compatibility if I buy a
- >different drive, or are the ROMs just for speed (A3070 is advertised
- >at 3Megs/Min).
-
- That *must* be the wrong number. The A3070 drive (with the speed-up
- ROMs) streams better than my Viper (in most cases, but not all) and my
- Viper will do 5.1M/min when it's running full-bore.
-
- >Also, is Amiga Unix still shipped on 150MB tapes? I had heard at one
- >time that it was going to be shipped on 250MB tapes starting with
- >release 2. My Amiga Unix was preinstalled by the dealer, and thus I
- >have no idea about what tape format it was...
-
- My 2.1 tape, dated 3/25/92, is a DC6250 tape (as indicated by the
- printing on the back of the cartridge).
-
- >Thanks!
- > L. Scott Emmons
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