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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