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kaikow@standards.com wrote:

> I did send email to novasor, but the response indicated that they are 
> only supporting stand-alone SCSI adapters, not the "on board", even if in 
> a separate slot, adapters dedicated to just the tape. For example, the 
> person responding to me did not appear to understand how the Compaq 
> 320/525 SCI tape adapter worked with the Wangtek 5525ES drive.
 
 
> In article <decastroDDw6D4.463@netcom.com>,
> Richard A. De Castro <decastro@netcom.com> wrote:
> >Gary Hammer <gary@hammer.org> writes:

> >>chrish@gate.net (Chris Harrington) wrote:
> >>>In article <DDM2BE.G75@mv.mv.com>, kaikow@standards.com says...

> >>>>How's about a COMPLETE list of drives and SCSI adapters supported? In my 
> >>>>case, the Compaq 320/525 tape drive (a Wangtek 5525ES with a 
> >>>>proprietary Compaq SCSI adapter that uses an NCR chip set).

> >>>Wait until late September for Arcada Software's offerring.  It will support a 
> >>>number of SCSI drives.

  >>Wait until September!?  I prefer to have SOME backup, 
> >>especially running a new OS.  I wish MS would bite the bullet 
> >>and include SCSI compatibilty along with the QIC support.

> >If you'd like something that you can have today,send a message 
> >to support@novastor.com.  Novaback for Win-95 is 32-bit, Win-95 designed,
> >working and shipping NOW.  IT supports most every SCSI controller and
> >scsi tape drive.  The Floppy/IDE interface version will be out in a few
> >weeks.


I have used the tape backup software that comes bundled with
the Adaptec 2940 board successfully in Win95. This may not be a
very high end backup package but for most users it would probably 
be adequate.