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Re: Apple Tape Drive

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From: Marc Hannah
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1987 00:26
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In article <17198@glacier.STANFORD.EDU>, leeke@glacier.STANFORD.EDU (Steven D. Leeke) writes:
> We've had our Apple 40SC tape drive for a couple of weeks now and I thought
> a short note would be in order.
...
> If the software ran in the background under MultiFinder I would gladly toss
> my smart set, but until then I will probably continue with DiskFit - even it
> it takes 80 disks.
> Steve Leeke

    According to DiskFit author Richard Zulch, DiskFit 1.3 will run in 
background under MultiFinder. This may be just the ticket...read usenet
news while backing up your hard drive. I haven't used the software in
background yet but I assume it prompts you for disks, you insert them, 
and continue reading news. Looks handy!

David Gelphman
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From: mrh@Shasta.STANFORD.EDU (Marc Hannah)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Apple Tape Drive
Message-ID: <2168@Shasta.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: Wed, 28-Oct-87 19:26:02 EST
Article-I.D.: Shasta.2168
Posted: Wed Oct 28 19:26:02 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 3-Nov-87 05:32:16 EST
References: <1562@sics.se> <17198@glacier.STANFORD.EDU>
Organization: Stanford University
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Keywords: 38.5MB/tape, Slower than Diskfit
Summary: DiskFit 1.3 runs in background under MultiFinder