Tim Jones wrote:
>
> Actually, the T1000 PPT works with the latest drivers
> (http://www.estinc.com/pub/linux/) on an EPP parallel port.
That link is dead. The last I checked, the only solution for the
external parellel T1000 was to rip it out and stick it in as
an internal floppy. But, maybe I am wrong, maybe there is a driver.
> Also, the
> Ditto Max works, it just takes a very strong machine. I know because I
> wrote the initial support for the Max drives.
>
The External version of the ditto Max works ?
Why dose mine write to the tape fine ?
And not give me an error till an hour into reading,
then I get an i/o read error ?
I am runing a pentium 75, that should be planty fast enough.
I have an exact identical, computer except 48meg, vs 64meg.
I run windows 95 on the 48meg computer, which is less memory
and windows 95 runs the drive with out any problem at all.
Its just a relitivly slow tape drive, its not a DLT or something,
I don't think a super computer is needed to run a Ditto Max.
Whats the deal here, I thought linux was supperior ?
> The fact that you can wait for the backup and that a 1.6GB drive works
> for you is great.
Thats not correct, the Ditto Max is 3.5gb uncompressed, and the 5gb
uncompressed tapes are said to work to, and seem to work for me,
atlest I can write to them. So, really you can get 10gb on a
Ditto Max, with 2:1 compression, thats better then the tr-4.
> But, most new systems are shipping with 8GB+ of disk
> space, so higher capacity devices are needed.
Thats true, I got a 16gb drive, but it will be a long time before
it is passed the 10gig mark, I am currently useing a 2gb Ditto,
and I am geting almost 1gb compressed, the tape is very close to
full, thats why I need to get the Ditto Max working ASAP.
But, it will be some time till I would need more then 5gig uncompressed.
> The OnStream drive gives
> us the best of both worlds - low relative cost (when compared to 4MM,
> 8MM, or DLT) and high capacity. If you weigh in a 2:1 compression (30GB
> per tape), the price of the backup comes out to $.01 per megabyte.
> While your TR-3 hits you with a $.20+ per megabyte cost.
>
But, I am not buying a new system, what am I supposed to do, buy a new
computer, or a new tape drive, every 6 months just because a new one
is one the market. I was damn lucky to talk the company into forking
out the bucks for a Ditto Max, and really thats all the drive I need.
And why buy a new drive when there is nothing wrong with the one
that I already got ?
I know it would be nice to live in a world were every one had the
newest and latest hardware, but thats just not how things are in
"real" life, unfortunitly.
Jim,
