Re: SCSI Card

[Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Robert Boucher <boucher1@alumni.utexas.net> wrote:
> I have all of my medical, investment, current and past expenses, etc 
> records on my IIe using a CFFA card. I backup my files daily, weekly and 
> monthly using different Zip disks. My monthly backup is to another CFFA 
> card. All backup files are kept in a fireproof safe. 
> 
> Since most of my backup system is on Zip disks, I started worrying about 
> the reliability of the high speed SCSI card.
> 
> I know all electronic equipment can fail. Should I be concerned about 
> the SCSI card?
> 
> I turn the computer off each night!
> 
> Any thoughts?

Do your backups direct from the CFFA card on a modern machine. This is a
trivial procedure on a PC using the image copy function in CiderPress. 

You can then replicate the backup file easily in any number of ways, like
Dropbox. 

-michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon