Alternative backup devices for UNIX VaxStation 2000's

[Steve Gaarder]

In article <1073 at ndmath.UUCP> milo at ndmath.UUCP (Greg Corson) writes:
>Does anyone happen to know of any backup devices that can be used on a
>unix-based VaxStation 2000?  It seems the only alternatives from DEC
>are floppies (about 70-90 to backup the drive) or TK50 tapes (which cost
>nearly $5,000!).  

Worse than that, TK50's are extremely unreliable.  One possibility is to
get an ethernet interface and hook your 2000 to an IBM-clone PC.  Then you
can use NCSA's telnet/ftp/rcp software and back up over the network.  How 
much this will cost I'm not sure.

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Steve Gaarder                                         
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