ScuzzBlog: Diaries August 2024 Entry 11th August 2024: Post 1: Irwin accuTRAK - Parallel Tape Backup System. Irwin accuTRAK - Parallel Tape Backup System. So what were all the normal PC day dwellers doing in 1992. By the looks of it backing up their 3.1 machines to tape. All 250MB. I have to be honest in saying that I don't recall ever opening this box but I may just have done so, the memory being so very forgetful when it comes to really boring bits of kit. The tape back up system featured came from the same location as the Checkmate. I do have all the tapes for the Kennel Club records, but I sensed I would never need to ever use them so they are in deep storage. I found another tape to show what they kinda looked like though the size is a little large for the unit. So behold the Irwin accuTRAK parallel tape system that uses 250MB back up tapes. It ran using EZ Tape Software for DOS 3.1 and was capable of speeds up to [ wait for it ] 4mb per minute. That is a whopping 40mb in ten minutes. As the name infers it connects to the parallel port of the PC and sits very neatly to one side. The design wouldn't look out of place next to an Amiga 500, what with the ribbing. I dread to think how much this thing cost in the day. All I can say is that having used a tape back up on a weekly basis for a number of years, they are both very slow to backup and very slow to use. They were designed in such a way as to put fear into your heart of ever needing to use the thing. So you didn't. This is one bit of technology that I was very glad to see the 'backup' of. If you get my drift ! Irwin accuTRAK - Parallel Tape Backup System.

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