Hi Bob


 >   *Several* gig? Bloody hell!

 >   I had it in mind I'd buy a new VLB I/O card, a CD-ROM, and a DAT
 > backp, but that is receding very rapidly again. I'll stick wih the
 > old hard disc for the complet backups, and floppies for the data.

I heard that Seagate are expected to release a 2 gig Hard drive in March
for about $525.00

That should solve your backup problems for a while, and for a lot less that
The $1K you were considering.  (25 cents a meg is cheap)

Cheers
Niels Petersen

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