On 23/7/01 12:56 am, "Paige H. Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Even if it were possible, why in the world would you want to? There are much
> better, faster, and cheaper backup systems available. I sure wouldn't care
> to have my data backed up on relatively fragile MiniDV tapes when I can just
> as easily put it on CD, which is cheaper and random access, as opposed to
> the sequential tape. It won't be long before DVD-RAM will become more
> accessible for this as well.
>
> Patch
Well, these are the same fragile tapes that I already trust many of my most
precious memories to - certainly as important to me as the data on my hard
drive.
And I'm thinking more of archiving than anything I would want instant access
to - why not back up your whole hard drive to a tape in the small hours?
CDs are too small to back up large files, e.g. Video, while DVD isn't really
mainstream yet.
Fact is, I've got a medium which is ideal for large-scale storage (DV tape),
a device that can record onto this medium (the camcorder) and an interface
on my Mac that allows it to output a data stream to that device (firewire).
So why not?
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