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[Goosemaster]

I ahve an old quantum badboy that I want to use, but in the past, the only program that would access it was Microsoft backup/ windows management console.

 

[xospec1alk]

i think it would be slow to read/write data...but i can't say for sure...

 

[wbresson]

no, even if you could, just think if you were at the start of the tape and needed a chunk that was at the end of the tape..

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: wbresson
no, even if you could, just think if you were at the start of the tape and needed a chunk that was at the end of the tape..

hmm.....I guess I could just use MS backup for it though.....I am jsut archiving some old TV shows (3GB each)...and yes I recorded them, and no, I am not sharing or doing anything illegeal with them.

I jsut ran out of space, and have like 10 30GB cartridges just sitting there

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: wbresson
no, even if you could, just think if you were at the start of the tape and needed a chunk that was at the end of the tape..

 

[nakedfrog]

I vaguely recall a program from the mid 90s that would allow you to do this. Probably DOS based though.

 

[Electric Amish]

I guess you never had a commodore 64 with a tape drive... 😉

 

[Jzero]

Because you have to wind the tape to where the data is stored, it would not work very well as a hard drive.