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Re: Colorado Trakker 250/350 Parallel Port Tape Drive

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From: Bill Watt Sr.
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 00:00
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lmeiss@themall.net (Lou Meiss) wrote:

:On 20 Dec 1996 03:48:01 GMT, julmer@email.usps.gov (James Ulmer)
:wrote:
:
:<sounds of snipping...>
:
:>I bought the software and have been pleased with it. It supports the new 
:>2120EXtra 1000' 800 meg (compressed) tapes on my Trakker 250. I get a 
:>gigabyte on only 2 tapes. That alone was worth it to me.
:
:Which software? Is it the Colorado Ver 1.70 for Win 95 or something
:else. I also haven't heard that there are "extended" 2120 tapes. Might
:like to give them a try since I only seem to be able to get about
:200-210 Meg on a 2120XL even with Win 95 compression on.
:
:Thanks,
:
:73 de Lou   

You can download these Colorado Backup versions at these URL's. Free.
Check the HP compatibility chart below. This is for version 1.60
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/information_storage/hp-colorado/other/95cbw160.exe

Or the latest version 1.70 that is supposed to do everything in win 95. ?
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/information_storage/hp-colorado/other/95cbw170.exe

Below is the compatibility info posted on the HP site.

Regards,

Bill Watt Sr.

**************************************************************************
To our customers: 

        Colorado Backup for DOS (CBD), Windows (CBW), and Windows'95
(CBW '95 v1.6) is contained in the following kits for $24.95 US. To
order an upgrade, please contact your local reseller or call
1-800-764-1448     (US and Canada Only). 

          Part#               Description

        C4336B
               Colorado Backup Software- Jumbo and HP
               Colorado T1000 (English)
        C4335B
               Colorado Backup Software- Trakker and HP
               Colorado T1000e (English)
                               *****
CMS SOFTWARE BACKUP SOLUTIONS:  SUPPORTED OS PLATFORMS

MATRIX AUG `96


Operating System    Supported Products   Software Backup    Solution
MS-DOS              Entire CMS family    Colorado Backup for
                                         DOS v4.8
MS Windows          Entire CMS family    Colorado Backup for
                                         WIN v2.9
MS Windows `95      120/250/350/700/140  Colorado Backup
                    0/T1000/T4000s       for WIN'95 version
                                         1.6
                    T1000e/T3000         Colorado Backup
                                         for WIN'95 version
                                         1.70
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From: bwatt@epix.net (Bill Watt Sr.)
Subject: Re: Colorado Trakker 250/350 Parallel Port Tape Drive
Date: 1996/12/21
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