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- From: bill@Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell)
- Subject: Re: SUMMARY: SCSI Tape Backups
- Organization: Celestial Software, Mercer Island, WA
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 18:07:09 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.180709.6774@Celestial.COM>
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- In <PCG.92Dec28174838@decb.aber.ac.uk> pcg@aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi) writes:
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- ......
- :DAT cartridges, even the data grade ones, can be had for less than half
- :the price of QIC ones, and they hold much more, and since DAT drives
- :have fast positioning it is convenient to store several archives on the
- :same 1.3-2GB cartridge.
-
- OK, fine. When are software distributions going to be generally
- available on DAT? My primary reason for staying with QIC format
- is software distribution and data transfer between systems.
-
- Bill
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