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From: "Kurt Wall" <kwall AT utw DOT com>
To: <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: ClosedDOS???
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 10:35:03 -0500
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Then you haven't seen many.  My Ditto is 1.0Gb uncompressed.

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> From: -= ArkanoiD =- <ark AT mpak DOT convey DOT ru>
> To: alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk
> Cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com
> Subject: Re: ClosedDOS???
> Date: Sunday, September 21, 1997 6:23 AM
> 
> 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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