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- From: jphillips@galaxy.gov.bc.ca
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
- Subject: Re: OS/2 Backup Utility Supports CMS Jumbo
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.160322.1358@galaxy.gov.bc.ca>
- Date: 14 Dec 92 16:03:22 -0800
- References: <1992Dec9.152500.4220@wvnvms.wvnet.edu> <BmOKrACABh107h@billapc.UUCP>
- Organization: BC Systems Corporation
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- >>there is an add for BackMaster, an OS/2 2.0 32-bit PM-based backup
- >>utility. The ad states that BackMaster supports CMS Jumbo tape drives!
- >>In addition, it supports FAT, HPFS, long filenames and extended attributes.
- >>It backs up and restores to floppies and QIC-40/80 tape drives.
- >
- >>There's more, but I'm not going to quote the whole ad. List price is
- >>$79.95, but it's on sale for $49.95 till Christmas.
- >
- > Has anyone(!) actually ordered and/or tried this product yet?
- > It SOUNDS (at the pre-Christmas price at least) like a heck of a
- > deal. (I've seen the other follow up to this about only for floppy
- > interface CMS.. thats ok.. Thats what I use)
- >
-
- I called them the other day and spoke to the Tech support. They hope to be
- shipping by the end of the month. If you have any questions, call them. They
- are very helpful but *very* busy! The fellow I spoke to (Mark) said the phones
- had been ringing off the hook since that notice went out. He also suggested
- giving their BBS a call as they hoped to post info there as and when it became
- available.
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