[ale] bucket o' miscellaneous questions

[Matthew Brown]

As far as Tape Backups, has anyone heard of OnStream backup systems?  They
cost the same as or less than the comparable HP/Seagate setup, but they
backup more data (up to 50Gb!!!) and at the same data rate.

I just bought an IDE version of the thing as I have no SCSI controller, but
I haven't installed it yet.  The literature sounds great - as literature has
a way of doing!

Anyway, you guys may really like these things, so you may want to take a
look.  If you want one, I can get them pretty cheap as I can get most any
hardware wholesale.

http://www.onstream.com

-Matthew Brown
CorData.net

----- Original Message -----
 From: Nick Lucent <nlucent at mindspring.com>
To: <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 1999 9:46 PM
Subject: [ale] bucket o' miscellaneous questions


>I have a bunch of questions that I have been meaning to ask, so here it
>goes.
>1. Im planning on buying a tape backup, can anyone recommend one that is
>scsi, and backs up about 8gb (compressed, 4 gb uncompressed). Preferably
>hp or seagate as those are the two I have experience with.
>
>2. In the mean time is there anyway that I can automate a backup to a
>cdr/cdrw?
>
>3. Is there anyway to run svgalib programs w/ a framebuffer? Right now it
>apparently shuts my monitor down (light goes orange). Im running at
>1024x768 textmode framebuffer if thats important.
>
>4. I have a 100bt network at home using a 3com hub, and linksys 10/100tx
>NIC's (tulip driver), Is there any way to force the card into full duplex
>instead of half?
>
>
>Thanks for the help
>
>Nick