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From: "-= ArkanoiD =-" <ark AT mpak DOT convey DOT ru>
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 97 14:23:22 +0300
Subject: Re: ClosedDOS???
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nuqneH,

> From: "Alaric B. Williams" <alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
> To: Roberto Alsina <ralsina AT unl DOT edu DOT ar>
> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 18:19:47 +0000
> Subject: Re: ClosedDOS???
> CC: opendos AT delorie DOT com

[dd]

> > 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!

Floppy tapes (at least those i have seen) are usually not bigger than 250Mb.

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