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- From: jeff@eng.umd.edu (Jeffrey Frey)
- Subject: Backpack drive
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.011847.28896@eng.umd.edu>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 01:18:47 GMT
- Organization: Project GLUE, University of Maryland, College Park
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- I have a Backpack through-the-parallel-port tape drive that I use
- to back up my TI3000, Toshiba T1000LE, a desktop 386DX, and a desktop 286.
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- The unit is very easy to use, and convenient; it is "permanently"
- connected to my desktops through a switch, and when I want to back
- up the notebooks I run a line from the notebook in question to the
- switch.
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- The drive does, however, have a couple of idiosyncrasies. The instructions
- say "Do Not Use SONY Tape Cartridges", which sounds silly--but the drive
- really doesn't work with SONY cartridges--at least, mine doesn't. Also,
- it may not work with any other (new) cartridges; they should be wound/rewound
- first. Also, the drive didn't want to work at first with the Toshiba; this
- required setting a software switch when the drive software was called. The
- good news is that in all of these small (and nonrepeated) problems, the
- Backpack's makers were very responsive to questions on their hot line. They
- know what they're doing and they're courteous about it.
-
- Jeff
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