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From: matth@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Matthew Hannigan)
Subject: idea: floppy loading robot
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Keywords: floppy backup loading jukebox
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Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1993 08:21:55 GMT
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I've often thought a robot that would load floppies into
a machine automatically would be very useful.

The obvious application is for backups; a PC user starts
a backup to be done overnight, and the robot loads as
required.

How feasible do you think this would be?

It would have to cost less than a cheapish tape unit,
probably.  Also, for backups of DOS machines, it would
be a bit difficult for the robot to know when to load/unload.
(it would be easy to hack a solution under unix)

Another application is for automatic file migration;
I would like rarely used files (subject to other criteria
as well) be moved to floppy disk.

Comments?

--
	-Matt Hannigan
