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From: kientzle@netcom.com
Subject: Re: Iomega 2GB
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Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 21:44:14 GMT
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In article <57nb22$d8u@newshost.lanl.gov>,
Charlie Sorsby <crs@hamlet.lanl.gov> wrote:
>In article <57l4b7$hr0@uriah.heep.sax.de>,
>OK, bearing in mind that many of us are on (*very* in my case)
>limited budgets, what are some of the least costly tape back-up
>choices?
>
>I will appreciate comments that address both hardware and media
>costs from those who are more knowledgable than I.
Here are two options I've used:
ZIP SCSI: US$150 for the drive, 100meg media are ~$15 apiece
Plus $50 or so for a cheap ISA SCSI controller
(I believe FreeBSD supports the Iomega ZIP SCSI controller,
which is cheap, widely available, and fast enough for
most tape, cdrom, and ZIP drives. Though I wouldn't use it
for my primary hard disk.)
WangDAT 1300: US$300 for the drive (from CSC in Sunnyvale 408-743-8751)
2gig DDS-1 Tapes (90meter) are about $10 apiece from many places
(Again, plus the cost of a cheap SCSI controller)
You can also ask around University CS departments, and computer surplus
stores. You can often pick up used SCSI tape drives really cheap that
way.
- Tim