Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 14:46:09 -0300 (GMT-0300)
From: Roberto Alsina <ralsina AT unl DOT edu DOT ar>
To: "Alaric B. Williams" <alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: ClosedDOS???
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On Fri, 19 Sep 1997, Alaric B. Williams wrote:

> > 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 :-)
> 
> I get the impression from you that you think a floppy tape drive is a 
> kind of tape... no... it's just a tape drive that runs from the 
> floppy interface. Same media; QIC tapes, QIC Travan tapes, etc. I 
> don't know if you can get DAT drives for the FDD bus, though!

I know what they are, but:

When I had access to those things, the only available media was those 
"jumbo" 250 MB tapes, and backing up that much took several hours.

Now, when 4GB disks are common, that would take 16 tape changes, and 
about 2 days of work, using the tapes I knew. 

That's why I asked "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).". 

Even if there is 2GB or 4GB tape media for the floppy interface, how long 
would it take to backup those 20 gigs?

I know I can backup 3GB in about 2 hours in my DAT, using only one tape.

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