mac vs. pc? I need help choosing!

[SFXCraig]

Hmm.. is Retro a 4mm DAT format, and if so, can it read Mezzo tapes? Our Mezzo system is getting real buggy on us..

(Getting off topic, but oh well!)

[Corcharge]

Retro works with many formats.I'm using 4mm DAT as well.I can honestly say that after 4 years of B.U.& restore there hasn't been a single problem.I hope it's more than good luck!

Cory

[dBHEAD]

Hey Craig:

What kind of speeds are we talking about with Retro? Mezzo claims between 30 and 50 megabytes per minute; I've found it averages about 35.

I find tape back-ups to be annoying because of the time element involved so ANYTHING which could speed them up would be of interest.

[SFXCraig]

Our Mezzo isn't very good at all - I'd LOVE to get 35 megs/minute! We get 10 megs/minute, which is basically 2x realtime playback speed for our 44.1k audio.. we're using an HP drive by Grey Matter Response - I forget the actual model number of the drive (not at the studio now) - any ways to speed it up? It's on the Mac SCSI bus now.. ? Thanks!

-Craig