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- From: rsilver@exa.cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail)
- Subject: Re: Help with a Colorado Jumbo 250
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 05:46:21 GMT
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- In article <1jhdpdINNqfo@morrow.stanford.edu> salem@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Bruce Salem) writes:
- >My problem is that I cannot even format a tape. Format, which takes
- >two hours!, only gets 50% done and does seeks on the tape forever after
- >that and past the time estimated.
-
- I just got a Jumbo 120 this past weekend. The software is deadly slow.
-
- >I have a Mycom Computer with a 20 mHz 386, 387, and 4 mb ram runing DOS 3.30
- >and Windows 3.1 .
-
- Try running with turbo off. I have to do that or drive communication
- fails. On the other hand, the backup restored smoothly onto newly
- formatted hard drives. (I lost a controller card at the same time, and
- the tape drive was a real help in the transition)
-
- I've formatted 2 tapes so far, and neither went on the first try. I'm
- hoping there is something better in driver software available.
-