A hard drive can't match the reliability and cost per GB of tape. At least for now.
John Hebert --- Jeff Crosby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > ================================================ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com ================================================ 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. ================================================
