Ami-Back v1.04 (Hard Drive Backup and Scheduling Utility) Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 by MoonLighter Software Development, Inc. July 5, 1991 ANNOUNCEMENT: Ami-Back v1.04 upgrade. Ami-Back is the state-of-the-art hard drive backup and scheduling utility for the Commodore Amiga. Ami-Back is the fastest and most versatile hard drive backup utility availible for the Amiga. MoonLighter Software Development, Inc., is pleased to announce Ami-Back v1.04. With this new version, Ami-Back will meet all your backup needs. Here are just some of the features we've added. NEW FEATURES: o MULTI-DEVICE (partition) Backup/Restore - Now you can backup any or ALL of your partitions at once. This feature will work to ANY device Ami-Back supports such as floppies, HD floppies, removeable hard drives, SCSI tape drives, AmigaDOS file, and ANY other AmigaDOS device. NOTE: Names are separated by a "Space". o IMAGE Backup/Restore - Now you can do an Image Backup/Restore of any or ALL of your partitions (devices). This will make it easy for users with AMAX, UNIX, or other partitions that are not normally accessed by AmigaDOS backups. This backup can also be done to ANY device supported by Ami-Back (see above). This option is NOT limited to TAPE ONLY! o MULTIPLE CONFIG SCHEDULER - Ami-Back's graphics scheduler now supports multiple backup configurations. This will, for example, allow you to do a complete backup of one partition one night, then do an incremental backup the next night. You don't need to write any scripts - Ami-Sched is a graphical interface scheduler! Activation/Inactivation of each configuration is possible. o COMPARE MODE - Ami-Back's compare mode now allows the user to select the parameters to use during the comparative restore operation. o HARD/SOFT LINKS - Ami-Back now supports Hard and Soft links under AmigaDOS 2.0. o REBUILD INDEX: This option allows you to rebuild an index from a previous backup. This is very hand if the index gets currupted or deleted. o EXCLUSION FILTER: The previous "File Exclusion Filter" has been modified. It now allows exclusion of Directories, and IS NOT case sensitive. Therefore allowing you up to 100 exclusion parameters for Directories and Files. o SNAPSHOT: Like icons Ami-Back will allow you to place it anywhere on the screen then take a "SnapShot" of its location. This was needed due to the screen modes on the Ami-Back. Ami-Back's window size is 640x200. o AmiBackFIFOPort: Added to prevent multiple executions of Ami-Back at one time. o KEYBOARD EQUIVLENT COMMANDS: (WorkBench 2.0 only version) Virtually ALL gadgets now have a KeyBoard Equivlent. This makes getting around easier for those who like the keyboard. o MANY MORE FEATURES - There are many more enhancements to Ami-Back. For further information contact, MoonLighter Software Development, Inc. See the information at end of this press release. o UPGRADE RELEASE DATE: Expected release date of v1.04 is July 8, 1991. This is a FREE upgrade to registered Ami-Back owners. SPECIAL NOTE: We have had numerous call about Ami-Back operation with SCSI Tape Drives. With Ami-Back NOT like other Amiga Hard Disk programs requires NO special software! No mounting of the Tape Drive is required! All you need is a SCSI-I or SCSI-II (Industry Standard) SCSI Tape drive and Ami-Back. You will find that this also has MANY advantages (ie.. 80-100% speed increase, and works with more tape drives). USING DEMO: 1) Copy Ami-Back20 (and Ami-Back20.info) to your hard drive; preferably to the sys:tools directory. 2) Execute the program either from SHELL or from WorkBench using the icon. 3) Set up the backup configuration (see menus). Save your configuration. NOTE: You should set up the Program Configuration also. The log file, index file(s), and File Exclusion Filter all default to the s: directory. 4) Most of program functions should be self explanatory. There are no docs included with the DEMO version. A detailed manual is included when you purchase Ami-Back. 5) You will be able to perform backups to ANY device Ami-Back supports. See features for info... NOTE: Applied Engineering's driver for the High Density Floppy drive currently does not work under Kickstart version 36.207 or greater. NOTE: This version of Ami-Back v1.04 DEMO REQUIRES a KickStart version of 37.xxx or greater! NOTE: To perform a Multi-Device backup enter the names of the Devices/ Partitions/Directories in the Backup Source String Gadget and SEPARATE them with a SPACE. OTHER GENERAL INFORMATION and FEATURES: o Ami-Back will backup to floppies, HD floppies, removable hard drives, fixed hard drive partitions, SCSI tape drives, AmigaDOS file, and any AmigaDOS compatable device. NOTE: Ami-Back uses "SCSI Direct Commands" for communicating with SCSI tape drives. This allows a wider range of tape drive support. Ami-Back does NOT require mounting of the tape drive or any special handler software. Because of this, Ami-Back performs backups to tape at speeds 80-100% greater than the other programs that do not support SCSI Direct Commands. o Performs complete, incremental (by date, archive bit), and selective backups. o Performs complete, selective restores. o Allows control of protection bits, and file datestamps during restores. o Allows you to Write-Over, Skip-Over, or Rename files during restores. o Compare mode compares backed-up data to system data if data loss is suspected. o User-configurable scheduler (no scripts) allows for unattended backups. o Log file keeps track of background scheduler operations. o Background backups may be performed manually or called from AmigaDOS Arexx scripts. o Technical support for registered users provided by phone, support BBS, Bix, and Genie. o Two versions are included. One for Workbench 1.x and one for Workbench 2.0 ONLY. o Ami-Back is the fastest hard drive backup program for the Amiga. o Ami-Back is multitasking friendly. o Ami-Back is not copy protected in any way. PERFORMACE TESTING: Test Machine Configuration: Amiga 3000/25-50 6 Meg Ram Fujitsu 134 Meg Hard Drive. CBM A3070 Tape Drive Destination Files Bytes Elapsed Time -------------- ----- ------- ------------- Floppies 531 5.1KB 3 min 52 sec SyQuest SQ555 3,887 34.5MB 3 min 59 sec Tape 1,497 97.3MB 16 min 23 sec NOTE: Times listed above will vary with different computer system configurations. If you have any questions/comments please contact us at: MoonLighter Software Development, Inc. 3208-C East Colonial Drive, Suite 204 Orlando, FL 32813 VOICE: (407)628-3005 FAX: (406)628-4525 BBS: (407)292-6080 BIX: gwholland or michaelmounier