Re: backing up;is the Iomega Ditto any good?

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From: HaRRy
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 00:00

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On Fri, 12 Dec 1997 22:37:12 +0000, Chris Holford
<cholf@brownswell.demon.co.uk> expounded:

�In article <66nd76$ari$1@news2.sirius.com>, "Bill R. Adams"
�<minister@sirius.com> writes
�>While purging old files....I deleted .....
�>files only to discover I made a mistake, 
�snipped and edited.
�This saga gave me nightmares!
�I`ve seen `Ditto` tape drives for �55; are they any good for backups? I
�don`t mind the proccess being slow, but I must get some sort of backup
�system in place. Any comments, suggestions?
�Thanks 

I use a Ditto.  Works fine.  Not overly fast, but then tape is a slow medium.
I'm happy with it.  The one time I had to restore some stuff it went smoothly.

Regards, HaRRy, San Diego
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From: railharry@nospam.com (HaRRy)
Subject: Re: backing up;is the Iomega Ditto any good?
Date: 1997/12/13
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