Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 14:58:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mutiny <mutiny AT hardlink DOT com>
To: Joseph Morris <b52g AT usa DOT net>
cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: VCR backups ???
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On Thu, 25 Sep 1997, Joseph Morris wrote:

> I went for ZIP drives in the end.. I found my backups are quite 
> volatile
> (ie whole directory trees need updating).  This is hard to do with 
> tape
> but easy with disks.
> 
> I'd be quite interested to know if they are actually reliable, as the
> ZIP disks are fairly low capacity, and a bulk archiver might still
> be useful...
> 

You might want to give Jaz drives a look.  They are basically the same as
Zip drives, except they hold 1GB.  The media is probably more expensive,
also.
	Craig

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