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>1. Can I use my Mac peripherals? I have a SCSI Zip drive and SCSI NEC
>2v CD-ROM drive and would like to know if I can just download new Win
>drivers to use with them. On that note, I was wondering if anyone has
>had experience with Adaptec's SlimSCSI PCMCIA adapters. I also have a
I use the SlimSCSI and have no problem using the Zip drive and other
SCSI devices. The advantage with Adaptec is they have good driver
support. You may have to get the PC formatted Zip carts or reformat
the MAC ones.
3. What kind of backup devices are people using with 560's? I'm
considering getting a SCSI Travan-4 or a much cheaper parallel-port
Seagate TapeStor3200 despite its slow performance.
Well I may be unusual. I have scsi on all my systems so I
bought a used Exabyte 8200 8mm Tape Drive ($150) and put it in a
external cabinet ($20). The media is cheap (5 to 10 dollars) and can
hold 2.2 Gigabytes uncompressed. I can back up about 8 MB/Minute or
so on the laptop. I use it on my desktop and notebook as the backup
method. Early experience at work with the 2120 tapes put me off the
"toy tape" drives so I went with a more "professional" system. We use
the 4mm DAT stuff at work with 8mm as backup. I know it tends to be
expensive but you can usually get deals on older equipment. The
Exabyte 8200 is a popular workhorse 8mm drive but does not have the
fast search and the storage capacity of the more expensive 8mm drives
(like the Exabyte 8500). The newer 8mm drives can store 4 to 5 GB but
cost in the upper hundreds of dollars.
73 Eric ecottrell@doble.com WB1HBU