Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!decwrl!decvax!tektronix!sequent!mntgfx!tomc From: tomc@mntgfx.mentor.com (Tom Carstensen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Why are Tape Backup Units Outragously Priced? Keywords: tape backup Message-ID: <1988May11.153523.726@mntgfx.mentor.com> Date: 11 May 88 22:35:19 GMT Organization: Mentor Graphics Corporation, Beaverton Oregon Lines: 18 Why are tape backup units SO expensive. You can buy a DECENT VCR for around $300, why should tape backup systems be any different? Even extra-fancy VCR's are around $600. Why can't there be a simple, cheap, tape-backup unit - even if it has to be slow or lacking in features??? :------------------------------------------------------------: : Tom Carstensen Usenet: tomc@mntgfx.MENTOR.COM : : Mentor Graphics Delphi: CARSTENSEN : : GEnie: CARSTENSEN : : : : . . . I don't wan't to start any blasphamous rumours, but : : I think that God's got a sick sense of humour and when I : : die, I expect to find him laughing. : : - Depeche Mode : :------------------------------------------------------------: