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- From: jmmaye@monsanto.com (Jim Mayer)
- Subject: Re: Iomega tape250 and backup software
- Message-ID: <jmmaye.30.0@monsanto.com>
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- Organization: Monsanto
- References: <1992Dec13.190159.2903@utkux1.utk.edu> <PS.92Dec19105546@pellava.uta.fi>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 20:39:37 GMT
- Lines: 34
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- In article <PS.92Dec19105546@pellava.uta.fi> ps@uta.fi (Pertti Suomela) writes:
- >From: ps@uta.fi (Pertti Suomela)
- >Subject: Re: Iomega tape250 and backup software
- >Date: 19 Dec 92 08:55:46 GMT
-
- >In article <1992Dec13.190159.2903@utkux1.utk.edu> harp@martha.utcc.utk.edu (harp) writes:
-
- >> Can anybody recommend decent backup software for a QIC-80 mechanism? I
- >> have the latest version of Fastback Plus for DOS (v3.1), but it seems to be
- >> brain-damaged with respect to tape drives (even though it claims to be able
- >> to work with the QIC drives.).
-
- >I have used successively Norton Backup for DOS (version 2.00.75) on my
- >Identity tape drive (Archive mechanism). The drive worked also with
- >the software, Id-Tape, that I got with it. However, Id-Tape produced
- >far more errors, the errors were recovered very slowly and the whole
- >process took about twice as long as with NB. I also tried successively
- >PC-Tools PC-Backup (rather old version 6) but the compression rate was
- >somewhat smaller than with NB. In addition, NB has some nice features
- >like deleting single volumes from the (end of the) tape.
-
- >Thus, I recommend NB which may be sold separately but I received it
- >with Norton Desktop for DOS (version 1.00).
- >--
- >Pertti Suomela
-
- >Internet: ps@uta.fi
- >X.400: G=Pertti S=Suomela O=uta ADMD=fumail C=fi
-
- If you are using windows, NB for Windows is nice. Works well and, at
- least on a 486, you can format and backup to tape in the background. As
- above it can be bought separatly or it comes with NDW version 2.0. Works
- well with Iomega tape 250.
- jmmaye@monsanto.com
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