floppy tape-drive: an idea
ac999321
ac999321 at umbc5.umbc.edu
Sun May 26 16:19:14 AEST 1991
Hello,
About a week or so ago, there was a thread about using a
floppy tapedrive with a 3b1 and it was mentioned that hardware
mods for a second floppy drive would be necessary in order to do
this. Wouldn't it be just as feasible to either:
a. Disconnect the present floppy drive and hook up a tape drive
in its place; seems that this solution would be about the
simplest way to go for regular backups. In the event of a
hard-disc failure, the floppy drive could be reconnected for
the reinstallation of the foundation set, etc. and then the
tape drive could be reconnected for the restoration of
everything else and for future backups.
or.....
b. Similar to 'a' above, only instead of having to physically
connect and disconnect the floppy and tape drive, build some
sort of bouncless switching circuit to switch between the
tape and floppy and install a switch somewhere on the cabinet
so that the change would only require the 'flip of a switch'.
Has anyone tried doing either of the above?
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