Re: [PLUG] Backup options?

["Michael Leone" <turgon@mike-leone.com>]

> On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 12:04:53PM -0400, Mental wrote:
> >> cd-rw is a rotten way to back things up. Get a tape drive. Its entire
> > purpose is for doing exactly what you're trying to do. Backups.
>
> Which tape drive(s) do you like?  Is there anything out there for $500
> or less?  Can I just buy any old SCSI card or should I be researching
> this purchase as well?

Any decent SCSI card will do; I have an old BusLogic Ultra card that works
just fine.
The OnStream drive I mentioned earlier is IDE (I think), and runs $300.
Supposed to work in Linux.


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