030 5631 A Apple Tape Backup 40SC Owners Guide

ti® Apple® Tape Backup 40SC ~~ Ovvner's Guide S APPLE COMPUTER, INC. This manual and the software described in it are copyrighted, with all rights reserved. Under the copyright laws, this manual or the software may not be copied, in whole or part, without written consent of Apple, except in the normal use of the software or to make a backup copy of the software. The same proprietary and copyright notices must be affixed to any permitted copies as were affixed to the original. This exception does not allow copies to be made for others, whether or not sold, but all of the material purchased (with all backup copies) may be sold, given, or loaned to another person. Under the law, copying includes translating into another language or format. You may use the software on any computer owned by you, but extra copies cannot be made for this purpose. ©Apple Computer, Inc., 1988 20525 Mariani Ave. Cupertino, CA 95014 (408) 996-1010 Apple, the Apple logo, AppleLink, LaserWriter, and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Apple Care is a registered service mark of Apple Computer, Inc. APDA, A/UX, AppleShare, Finder, and MultiFinder are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. ITC Garamond, ITC Avant Garde Gothic, and ITC Zapf Dingbats are registered trademarks of International Typeface Corporation. Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. POSTSCRIPT is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. UNIX® is a registered trademark of AT&T Information Systems. Simultaneously published in the United States and Canada. Contents Figures and tables vi Radio and television Interference Ix Preface xi About this guide xi Chapter 1 Setting Up 1 Tape Backup 40SC equipment 2 SCSI background 3 SCSI dictionary 3 SCSI Cable System equipment 5 Cables 5 Terminators 6 SCSI dos 8 SCSI don 'ts 8 Organizing Your SCSI chain 10 About the System Cable 10 About terminators 10 Setting the SCSI ID number 13 Connecting the Tape Backup 40SC 15 Macintosh system with external SCSI devices 15 Macintosh system with non-SCSI hard disk drives 19 Macintosh system with an internal hard disk 22 Chapter 2 Starting Up 27 Switching on your system 28 Starting up the Apple Tape Backup 40SC software 29 Formatting a tape cartridge 33 iii Chapter 3 Using the Apple Tape Backup 40SC 35 General rules for using the Tape Backup 40SC 36 Using the Backup/Restore menu 40 Backup Volumes and Partitions 41 Backup Volumes and Partitions recommendations 47 Restore Volumes and Partitions 48 Restore Volumes and Partitions recommendations 53 Backup Files 54 Backup Files recommendations 61 Restore Files 62 Restore Files recommendations 69 Tape cartridge data accesss 70 Verify Cartridge 70 Tape Disk 72 Clear Cartridge 76 Shutting down 77 Chapter 4 Reference 79 Apple menu 80 About Tape Backup... 80 Desk accessories 81 File menu 81 Format Cartridge ... 81 Clear Cartridge ... 81 Verify Cartridge... 82 Quit 82 Edit menu 82 Backup/Restore menu 83 Backup Volumes and…