On Fri, Jun 13, 1997 at 03:56:00PM -0800, Bruce Perens wrote: > I am using an iomega "jaz" removable disk cartridge for backup. I got > the scsi internal version for $299 with one disk. The disks aren't > cheap: $100 for 1GB, but they are fast and much more convenient than > tape and useful for much more than backup. Compare them to $40 for a > travan cartrige and there doesn't seem to be much reason to use tape > any longer unless you are going to DAT or 8mm with their multi-gigabyte > capacity. I've been testing Debian installs by installing the entire > system on the jaz cartrige. I also use them for "sneakernet" to carry > 1GB from work to home and back.
Well, a $40 Travan cartridge can store 1.6Gb or 2Gb in the right flavours, and the cartridges are a bit cheaper. The speed would have to be better then the Iomega floppy-controller tape drives though ... Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, StudIEAust [EMAIL PROTECTED] Student, computer science & computer systems engineering. 3rd year, RMIT. http://hamish.home.ml.org/ (PGP key here) CPOM: [**** ] 47% The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. --Bohr -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .