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- From: cvadrtbc@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu (Srikanth Viswanathan)
- Subject: Re: Central Point Backup (for Windows) under OS/2
- Organization: California Polytechnic University, Pomona
- References: <398223@mordor.com> <65657@hydra.gatech.EDU> <679@riscy.simplot.com> <4479@news.duke.edu>
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- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 02:10:00 GMT
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- In article <4479@news.duke.edu>, eaj@acpub.duke.edu (Edward A. Johnson) writes...
- >
- >Their software does not support QIC 40/80 tape drives (i.e., Colorado or
- >Maynard ArchiveXL tape drives). Nor does any other software that I have
- >tried to locate. This fiasco is very reminiscent of the esentially zero
- >printer support that came with OS/2 1.0. This together with no OS/2
- >Stacker is infuriating. My OS/2 2.0 still lies on the shelf and I continue
- >with Windows 3.1 and Norton Desktop 2.0, which BTW, do a surprisingly good
- >job. Windows 3.1 support for graphics DOS windows has solved many of my
- >problems that drove me to consider OS/2 2.0. Maybe, someday, I'll get to
- >try OS/2. 8=))!
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- Don't blame IBM and OS/2 for the lack of software for your tape drive.
- Call up the vendor and complain. It's not IBM's problem! Look at
- Colorado, first they said that they weren't even considering OS?2
- software, then when people starting complaining, they said sometime
- in early 1993, and now they have said 4th quarter of this year. I'm
- GLAD that I put of buying a tape drive a couple of months ago. I would
- have probably ended up being screwed over by Colorado like many others!
- Whatever hardware/software I buy now, I make sure that it will work/run
- with OS/2. If not, I make sure I tell the vendor WHY I don't buy it!
-
- Srikanth
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