A tape-drive kit for NetWare and Windows NT users contains the EXB-8700, an external 8-mm tape drive with 14 GB of compressed capacity (7 GB native) and a transfer rate of 60 MBpm (compressed, 30 MBps native); a CD-ROM that lets you select backup software from a choice of Arcada Backup Exec for NT, Arcada Backup Exec for NLM, Cheyenne ARCserve for NetWare (Windows edition), and Palindrome Backup Director for NLM; an Adaptec SCSI-2 host-adapter card and Adaptec EZ-SCSI software; Adaptec CI/O software, which allows system administrators and network managers to remotely profile performance and diagnose problems of SCSI devices from a Windows-based client; an Exabyte 12c cleaning cartridge; Exabyte's Exatape 160mXL 8-mm data cartridge; cables; and media ($2695).
Contact: Exabyte Corp., Boulder, CO, (800) 392-2983 or (303)
442-4333.
Flexible C++
Matthew Wilson
My approach to software engineering is far more pragmatic than it
is
theoretical--and no language better exemplifies this than C++.
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