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Tape takes the drudgery out of backups

Ecker, 1990

Document ID
14792982764716395555
Author
Ecker M
Publication year
Publication venue
Government Computer News

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Tape backup systems are useful on any microcomputer with 20Mbytes or more of hard disk capacity, although below that floppy diskettes are a more practical backup alternative. Internal tape subsystems cost less than external devices, but they use up an internal slot and …
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