I'm way behind. My EZ Flyer just crashed and need a backup device. Been
fooling around with some old full height Seagate and Maxtor Scsi drives.
330 and 1G. Gotem for $5, 10, 20 and controler cards for a buck. A local
surplus must of had a truck load. Been available over a year. Not as
handy as zipdisks but a helluva lot cheaper! and I can chain em out the
window. Transfer rate pretty good too.
On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, L.D. Best wrote:
> Uhhh ... Glenn,
>
> I'd have to get 100Mb zipdisks, even though my partitions are larger than
> that. I have 15 drives to copy, 9 of which have over 100Mb on them, so I
> would need 24 zip disks -- at 3 for $45 plus tax, that would cost $381.60
> plus 2 gallons of gas @ $1.89. for a total outlay of $385.38. The cost is
> that low because my son does have an external 100Mb ZIP drive which I could
> use. Otherwise I'd have to spend $140.93 for an internal USB 100Mb Zip
> Drive [and find the drivers for USB]. I still have 2 half-height external
> bays available so I might take the external drive outta the case and
> install internall; this tower was designed for net servers, I think. <G>
> That would be a total outlay of $526.31.
>
> However, if I went the other route for 250Mb Zip, I'd have to start from
> scratch. The Zip Drive external SCSI [same price as USB] $187.56 plus 4
> 4-packs of disks at $334.54 plus that same 2 gallons of gas -- $525.88. So
> starting from scratch it wouldn't cost as much to go 250Mb as 100Mb.
>
> But ... I think I can buy a whole "doze-ready" computer for that much, or
> less [monitor not encluded]. I think I still have my null modem cables, I
> know I still have PC hooker, so I could copy my current HDD to the HDD on
> the new computer, and set it aside giving me 2 backups, then install the
> new HDD, get set up for multi-OSes, and copy back to new HDD a partition at
> a time as needed.
>
> Hmmm ... Did you know that some mobos now have *modems* built in? V.90 56K
> right on the main board ... Get the mobo, case, power supply for $200; get
> 64Mb SDRAM DIMM $86; I already have HDD; I already have FDD; Celeron 400
> $76 or Pentium II 400 $178; heat sink & ball bearing fan $19. A new
> computer for under $400, if you don't go overboard, with a little putting
> together. SHEEESH!!!
>
> Does anyone see anything wrong with this picture? I knew we were closing
> in on it, but I think technology and hardware prices have reached the point
> where it is cheaper to buy a new computer [with, of course, a bigger HDD]
> than to back up the HDD on the computer you already have. Advanced
> computers are now going for less than 10% of what a top-of-the-line system
> sold for in 1990 [I know, cuz I had to shop 4 two matched systems]!!!!
> I'll have to consider my options on this ... two of the computers are
> already on the floor, but I guess I could stack the new one on top of
> the 286 which resides on the desk next to mine. }:>
>
> l.d.
> ====
>
> On Sun, 23 Jan 2000 16:22:39 -0500, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
> <snip>
> > If this is not feasable.
> > The least expensive methode would be an external ZIP drive.
> > Copy each HDD partition to it's own ZIP disk(s).
>
> -- Arachne V1.60;b1, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
>
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