Date:	Thu, 18 Sep 1997 14:29:24 -0300 (GMT-0300)
From:	Roberto Alsina <ralsina AT unl DOT edu DOT ar>
To:	Christopher Croughton <crough45 AT amc DOT de>
cc:	ark AT mpak DOT convey DOT ru, crough45 AT amc DOT de, opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: ClosedDOS???
In-Reply-To:	<97Sep18.183030gmt+0100.11649@internet01.amc.de>
Message-ID:	<Pine.LNX.3.91.970918142751.7887f-100000@ultra7.unl.edu.ar>
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On Thu, 18 Sep 1997, Christopher Croughton wrote:

> Roberto Alsina wrote:
> > > It is _slow_! I have one.. I will replace it with SCSI asap. It is even
> > > slower than QIC-02. Actually it is n _times_ slower!
> > 
> > Not to mention that the floppy tapes are way more expensive per megabyte.
> > I can get 4GB DAT tapes for about $20, the same capacity on floppy tapes 
> > would cost quite a bit.
> 
> And the DAT streamer is a lot more expensive than the floppy-tape one.
> 
> Plus my point - I already have the peripherals I need, I don't need to 
> spend a lot of money replacing them.  My system isn't commercial, I don't
> need absolutely the biggest and latest everything.  OK, I'd like more disk
> space, but on EIDE I can go up to over 20 gig if I want to, and if I need 
> more than that I may as well upgrade the whole system anyway.

Ok, how much would it cost you to backup those 20 gig in floppy tapes, 
and how long will it take (remember to consider tape changes).
I am just curious, since I haven't had access to floppy tapes for several 
years :-)

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