> The CPU in the disk drives could be programmed and I've heard stories of
> programming two such drives to handle copying files between them, leaving
> the main computer free to do other things, including being off entirely.
I do this all the time with Fast Hackem. To make multiple backups, just
keep inserting disks and the drive automatically starts up. Once Fast Hackem
has loaded the drives with their copy programs, I just power the 128 totally
off.
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Received on Thu Apr 25 2002 - 19:17:00 BST