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ADS Zone: 1
ADS Hatch Site: Paul Miller
ADS Position: ADS Zone 1 STAR
BBS Name: Lonely Mountain BBS
Phone Number(s): 804-827-0726
Network Address: 1:271/292
Network Region: 13
BBS Hours: 24 Hrs/Day
BBS Mailer/Software: Mebbs-Net Pro BBS
BBS Storage Space: 2250 Megs + 8 CD Roms
File Requestable : <X> Y < > N
File Request Hours : All The Time
Short: Powerful backup utility. Supports MUI,XPK,muFS.
Author: Sandro.Tolaini@p3.f113.n332.z2.fidonet.org (Sandro Tolaini)
Uploader: dlle07k1@mo.nettuno.it (Paolo Dell'Aquila)
Type: disk/backup
Author: Flavio.Stanchina@p9.f408.n333.z2.fidonet.org (Flavio Stanchina)
Release 1.2 - Now available!
There are several backup programs for the Amiga, but now we will
explain why this program is a step before the others. BackMan was born
because one of the authors felt the lack of a backup program that could
handle muFS partitions and could take full advantage of
diskspare.device ((C) by Klaus Deppisch), so the first, simple,
shell-only version of BackMan saw the light; but then, with the
addition of a state-of-the-art user interface (MUI is wonderful) and
data compression (XPK is wonderful, either), the project turned into a
full-featured backup utility able to compete with similar commercial
products.
Anyway, these are the main features of BackMan:
* A very user-friendly MUI (MagicUserInterface) GUI (Graphical User
Interface) which makes use of this program a lovable task.
* Support for muFS (Multi User File System), a shareware project
that provides file protection for multi-user Amiga environments.
* Support for XPK (eXternal PacKing libraries) for data compression
and encryption, to save space and add security to your backups.
* Support for almost all the backup medium (floppy disks, tape,
removables, AmigaDOS files, Optical Media, etc.) and alternative
devices (diskspare.device, mfm.device, etc.).
* Constant support by the programmers (remember that popular and
expensive backup programs like QuarterBack have been
discontinued), which are sensible to suggestions and bug reports.
These are only the features that BackMan has and other software have
not. All the usual features (file selection filters, incremental
backups, etc.) aren't mentioned here, but are available!