FileSecure 1300          1.3 Gbyte DAT drive for XTs
DAT Drives Store Gigabytes in Palm-Size Cartridges
 
Microbytes Daily News Service
Copyright (c) 1989, McGraw-Hill, Inc.
FileSecure 1300 is a digital audio tape (DAT) storage drive from
Tallgrass that works on XTs, ATs, and PS/2s as well as on the
Macintosh.
 
FileSecure 1300 uses the HP/Sony Digital Data Storage (DDS)
format to store up to 1.3 gigabytes on cassette-sized cartridges,
and it is available in a half-height 5.25-inch internal and a
small-footprint external version. Average access time is 20
seconds with 60-foot DAT tapes. And, as defined by the standard,
the data transfer rate is 183K bytes per second.
 
The FileSecure 1300 has a data compression option that increases
storage capacity to 2 gigabytes. Other features include selective
file backup and restore, file tagging, unattended backup
scheduling, modified file backup, command line and batch mode
operations, and network support.
 
Price: $4395.
 
Contact: Tallgrass Technologies, 11100 W. 82nd S., Overland Park,
KS, 66214, (913) 492-6002.
 
                              --- Roger K. Adams
 
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