I paid around $80 for the 2Gig Ditto Tape backup that I had. The tapes were close to $30 a piece. Junk I say. That stuff was junk. A seperate hard drive sounds a lot better to me. Or possibly a Jaz drive. Have you thought of that? Jeff
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chopin Cusachs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 4:16 PM Subject: RE: [brluglist] Backup Tape Drive > > An IDE card requires an IRQ. Until somebody comes up with > a way to create additional IRQs, that won't help. Had to ditch > a Promise ATA66 card for lack of an available IRQ. > > I'm talking about a parallel port tape drive for about $20, tapes > in the $10 to $20 range.... > > Choppy > > Choppy > > > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
