At 4:46 PM -0500 1/3/03, R/K Allen wrote: >My system: Beige G3 Tower rev 3. 320 MB RAM. 7.8 and 60 GB Hard >drives. Currently using OS 9.2.2 and playing with OS 10.2 > >For years now, using many Mac models and OS's up to 8.6, I have been >backing up my files to DAT tape using Retrospect 4.0. It has paid off >many times, allowing me to retrieve deleted files and recover from >crashes. > >But since moving to OS 9, Retrospect no longer "sees" the SCSI DAT >drive. So I am considering how to upgrade my backup system. > >Once choice is to purchase the current version of Retrospect that >works with my DAT drive at a cost of $200US. Another thought is to >change the CD-ROM to a writeable CD drive and use that for backup and >other things but 800MB capacity is limiting for backup. Apple's >SuperDrive has more capacity but does it work in a G3? Third thought >is to use an external SCSI hard drive.
Price wise, you would be best going with the $200 USD copy of Retrospect. I just priced a new SCSI DVD-RW for $2,200 USD! That was far too much for my shop so we might go Firewire soon. I have not found any Firewire DVD-RW's of reasonable price yet but have a few enclosures of my own I will likely use with an IDE internal drive. You might want to consider going that route, too. -- Ryan Coleman Coleman Web/Internet Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cwis.biz "Has any one supposed it lucky to be born? I hasten to inform him or her, it is just as lucky to die, and I know it." - Walt Whitman "Polls don't measure who turns out... Polls never measure who turns out." -- Paul Wellstone, 1990 -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
