Re: Data backup for HP 340 (FACScan)

Gary C. Salzman (gcs@mahina.lanl.gov)
Fri, 15 Oct 1993 12:48:17 -0700

> I am submitting this request for information for Terry Cucci at the
>Bigelow Labs here in Maine.
>
> He would like to know if anyone has any experience with removable
>hard drives as backup devices for the HP 340 computer that comes with the
>FACScan? He had heard that it was possible to interface a Syquest
>removable hard drive to the HP. The other options seem to be 1)
>Bernoulli's (too small), and 2) Tape (too slow). Any advice or actual
>experience would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken Ault
> Maine Medical Center Research Insititute
> (207) 761-9090
> FAX: (207) 761-2130
> Compuserve: 70541,1431
> Internet: 70541.1431@compuserve.com
>
>

Ken and Terry:
I believe that Bernouli drives are available in sizes up to 150 MB.
Also, they have dropped their prices dramatically.
I think that Raul Braylan at U. Florida in Gainesville uses
Bernouli's for HP backup.
Gary C. Salzman
Life Sciences Division
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Mail Stop M888
Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
voice: (505)665-2037
FAX: (505)665-3024
email: gcs@mahina.lanl.gov

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