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Bob Angell wrote: > Benjamin S. Kim wrote: > > [...] > > 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. > > Travan-4 are very good! Is anyone else thinking about basing their backup strategies on write-once CD ROM drives? I'm planning on it, but have been holding out for the price of 4x write CD-R (record once) cd drives to come down enough. Though 650 MB isn't huge - nowhere near travan TR-4 4GB - the media is so convenient! I envision copying the image of the installed OS on one CD, then cumulative incrementals of changes and addons on others. Gives you the ability to read the backups random-access on any CD ROM drive (once the incrementals packet-written sessions are closed), a not trivial benefit. Plus the media is *cheap* - it's supposed to be the least expensive option around, at this point. (I would be doing all this on my desktop PC, but there are external CD-R drives available that could be hooked up with a SCSI port on a TP.) > > 4. What mail order retailers do people recommend? I'd like to get a > > 40/2.1/133mhz/12.1 TFT one for around $4300, but would buy a > > well-maintained used one (I've seen a couple of them hovering in the > > $2600 range). > > CDW is a pretty decent place ... also try PC Connection. I've been very happy with Necx Direct - http://necxdirect.necx.com. Their prices seem as good as any of the the others that people have mentioned, and i love the ability to find items and details about the items. Ken Manheimer klm@cnri.reston.va.us 703 620-8990 x268 (orporation for National Research |nitiatives # If you appreciate Python, consider joining the PSA! # # <http://www.python.org/psa/>. #