Tape backup of ~ 350 megabytes

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From: Geoff Green
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1993 13:36

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What sort of tape backup unit should I get to backup around 350 megabytes
of data? The common Jumbo/Irwin etc. models will only do 60/120 megabytes.
(The bulk of my data is already compressed, so I won't get much compression
advantage)

DAT seems like an overkill (well, it would be nice, but I can't afford it).

Is there something in-between these two in capacity and price? Larger QIC tapes, 
or smaller DAT tapes, perhaps?

Many thanks,
Geoff...

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