Bill, re: "Right now, I can't afford to buy a zip, for fear of COD."
So, what are you backing up on? Floppies? Almost every machine in our department has had to get their floppy drive replaced, and the disks go bad with regularity. A server? Well, the HD isn't good forever. They've got to back up to something, if they're smart. Nothing? Well...
CD-R, CD-RW? They should hold the data longer, but they're as expensive as a Jaz.
etc., etc., etc.
BTW, did anybody read the article in US News & World Report a couple of weeks ago on computer data archiving. According to them, nothing (not even CD's) will reliably hold digital data more than a couple of decades, except paper.
Cameron
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