User`s guide

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From: Dan Brown, KE6MKS
019- What's a good utility for doing tape backups on the
GS?
Here follows an unpaid testimonial: The Tim Grams GS desktop SCSI backup
utility called "GSTape" works great! I got it for an old Apple Tape 40SC, did
several backup/restores, and then ran across a 2GB DAT drive. Yep, it worked
with no problems, too! (-:
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From: Devin Reade
As one of those very satisfied customers, I testify that for someone with a
SCSI tape drive, GSTape is very much worth the money. It is reliable and simple
to operate in both backup and restore mode. It has an appropriate script
capability and, although I have not used this feature, it allows timed backups
(so that you don't have to be present).
It is _much_ better than the RAMFast built-in tape backup program. I
currently use it to backup both SCSI and Vulcan (IDE) hard drives.
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From: Phil Abel
020- I have a IIgs ROM01 with system 6.0 and I am trying
to add a SCSI Tape backup unit. I have an Apple Hi-Speed
SCSI card and 2 drives connected currently. The tape
drive is off an old unix box. I have the ID set to 3. I
loaded the system 6.0 SCSI tape driver but nothing showed
up on the desktop. What's wrong?
I have recently gone thru this dilemma myself... First of all, I believe
that the GS driver is partial to the 3M mechanism as found in the Apple SC40
tape unit. I tried a Tecmar drive (whatever mechanism that is) on my GS, and
though it recognized the drive on boot as a SCSI device, when I went into
archiver to try to back something up it didn't acknowledge the drive's presence,
although the SCSITAPE device showed up in GS/OS. I later found a good deal on an
SC40 and hooked it up and it works perfectl
y, though I am still curious about making the Tecmar work, though I doubt it
will.
#1. I have read that you should set the SCSI ID on a tape drive to 0 (lowest
priority) if this will help any... this seemed to eliminate annoying searching
of the tape drive on boot.
#2. Another thing-- The tape drive will NOT show up on the System desktop. It
does not work like a regular drive. You need a special program (aka Archiver in