What's the most cost effective backup device for 6-GB G3 Powerbook which
has SCSI, USB, and PCMCIA, (i.e. no Firewire). It would be handy if
there's a PCMCIA Flash-card which holds a decent amount of data...

Three years ago I bought a clunky external 18-GB SCSI for it... but it
seized fairly quickly, (I guess it was a bad idea to daily transport it on
the back of a Ducati..).

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In article <be5bpp$3ip$1[at]news.Stanford.EDU>, Peer Landa
<NO-NO-SPAAMpeer[at]ccrma.stanford.edu> wrote:

> What's the most cost effective backup device for 6-GB G3 Powerbook which
> has SCSI, USB, and PCMCIA, (i.e. no Firewire). It would be handy if
> there's a PCMCIA Flash-card which holds a decent amount of data...
>
> Three years ago I bought a clunky external 18-GB SCSI for it... but it
> seized fairly quickly, (I guess it was a bad idea to daily transport it on
> the back of a Ducati..).
>
> -- peer
>
>
> [to contact me by email, remove the NO-NO-SPAAM tag from my address]
>
>
My Lombard G3 laptop has no firewire either - but as long as you have
Cardbus/PCMCIA capabilties, then you can add it in for < $30 USD.

I regularily back up my 18 gig Lombard internal drive to an external
FirewWire/SB 2.0 120 gig harddrive.

HTH..

Milton

In article <be5bpp$3ip$1[at]news.Stanford.EDU>,
NO-NO-SPAAMpeer[at]ccrma.stanford.edu (Peer Landa) wrote:
> What's the most cost effective backup device for 6-GB G3 Powerbook which
> has SCSI, USB, and PCMCIA, (i.e. no Firewire). It would be handy if
> there's a PCMCIA Flash-card which holds a decent amount of data...
> Three years ago I bought a clunky external 18-GB SCSI for it... but it
> seized fairly quickly, (I guess it was a bad idea to daily transport it on
> the back of a Ducati..).
>
Just a thought: buy a USB 2.5" drive enclosure for an IDE drive, and
stick in a powerbook IDE drive (your choice of size, some of the smaller
drives go pretty cheap these days). These cases are relatively small and
very convenient. Then if your PB drive croaks, you also have a back-up
drive you can pop into the powerbook relatively easily. For instance,
here is a cheap enclosure here:
http://shop.store.yahoo.com/hoct12/220usbforlan.html
and some reasonable notebook hard drives here:
http://shop.store.yahoo.com/compuvest/notebooks-accessories-storage.html
A fairly reasonable solution, and you'd have Gigs of storage to pack
around in your pocket.
--
Trashy Girl

Peer Landa <NO-NO-SPAAMpeer[at]ccrma.stanford.edu> wrote:

> What's the most cost effective backup device for 6-GB G3 Powerbook which
> has SCSI, USB, and PCMCIA, (i.e. no Firewire). It would be handy if
> there's a PCMCIA Flash-card which holds a decent amount of data...
>
> Three years ago I bought a clunky external 18-GB SCSI for it... but it
> seized fairly quickly, (I guess it was a bad idea to daily transport it on
> the back of a Ducati..).
>
It really depends on your circumstances. I connect my iBook to the
network at work everyday and I each lunch at 11:30. My most effective
backup device is the network server. I simply backup my document folder
every day while at lunch. (talk to your network administrator first to
make sure this is okay - or not. Sometimes it is better to ask
forgiveness than permission!) This is very secure since the server is
backup up to tape each night.

My wife doesn't have access to a network server but her home desktop
has more hard drive than she needs. So her routine is to plug into our
home network and she backs up to her desktop hard drive nightly.

If this isn't feasible, then the lowest cost solution will be a USB
external hard drive. You can make your own (very easy to do) or buy one.
Yes, USB isn't fast like SCSI or FireWire but you can do your backup
during lunchbreak or in the evening and it should be fine. The initial
backup will be the longest by far.

Finally, if speed is important, get a firewire PC card and a firewire
external drive.

> What's the most cost effective backup device for 6-GB G3 Powerbook which
> has SCSI, USB, and PCMCIA, (i.e. no Firewire). It would be handy if

It depends what you factor into the cost-benefit equation, n'est-ce
pas?

For my money, given the type of data I have (highly compressible),
CD-Rs are the best value. One of the advantages is that once a week I
can do a full backup and keep it forever, rather than using a volatile
medium (hard drives) and just overwriting old backups with new all the
time.

I use an old Sony USB CD-RW burner and it works fine (under OSX anyway
- I could never get it working under 9.2.2).

germ <germinator[at]nospam.fastmail.fm> writes:

> In article <be5bpp$3ip$1[at]news.Stanford.EDU>, Peer Landa
> <NO-NO-SPAAMpeer[at]ccrma.stanford.edu> wrote:
>
> > What's the most cost effective backup device for 6-GB G3
> > Powerbook which has SCSI, USB, and PCMCIA, (i.e. no Firewire).
> > It would be handy if there's a PCMCIA Flash-card which holds a
[...]

6GB. _Just_ too big for a DVD-R. :>

--
David Magda <dmagda at ee.ryerson.ca>, http://www.magda.ca/
Because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under
the old conditions, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well
under the new. -- Niccolo Machiavelli, _The Prince_, Chapter VI