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From: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org>
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On Fri, 24 Jan 1997 tekniska.gymnasiet@stg.pp.se wrote:

> Hi!
> Short question. Is it possible to use an IOMEGA Zip Drive (SCSI) as a 
> BACKUP unit in FeeBSD, or is it much simpler to use a TAPE unit
> connected to the floppy flatcable?

Either option is acceptable, though FreeBSD has limited support for floppy
tape drives.  Zip is probably the cheapest SCSI solution, and for that
reason I plan to use it myself soon as I scrape up the cash for one. 
 
> Greetings
> 
> Lars-Erik Englund
> 
> e-mail: le.englund@trollhattan.mail.telia.com
> :-)
> 



 Ben

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