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echo: os2dos
to: KRIS STEENHAUT
from: WILLIAM GEIGER
date: 1996-12-28 09:33:00
subject: Backup Software

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Hi Kris Steenhaut, Yes it's me again 
25-Dec-96 11:07:01, Kris Steenhaut wrote to William Geiger
          Subject: Backup Software
 >> In all fairness OS/2 support for Removable Drives sucked. You only
 >> had 1 of
 >> the two alternatives: Format the cartrige as a large floppie or
 >> format it
 >> as a HD but the the drive could not be swaped. :(
 >> Good News!! IBM has come out with a new DASD driver that works
 >> great!!
 KS> Does this thing do work for the Iomega-Zip too?
Yes, according to the docs it should work with all removable media. It only
suports the 512 sector size though. I understand that some of the
magneto-optical drives use a larger sector size (2048?).
Should work fine with your zip drive.
 -=> See Ya!!, William Geiger <=-
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