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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: BackMaster (was: CMS tape backup is buggy!)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.164542.3858@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 4 Jan 93 16:45:42 GMT
- References: <1992Dec30.143333.4781@spcvxb.spc.edu> <1992Dec31.035638.1799@random.ccs.northeastern.edu> <1993Jan4.151335.22463@olymp.informatik.uni-bonn.de>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
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- In article <1993Jan4.151335.22463@olymp.informatik.uni-bonn.de> greve@rs1 (Thomas Greve) writes:
- >Backmaster is a backup program (you guessed it ;-), that is available
- >from hobbes:/pub/uploads. I tried it between Xmas and New Years Eve
- >and was a bit disappointed. There already is an item in the `settings'
- >menu for QIC40/80 media, but this item is still `not implemented'...
-
- This is a demo copy. BackMaster is commercial. It will be available
- for $49.95 (introductory price).
-
- >So let's wait for the next beta release. BTW: i wouldn't want to trust
- >a PM-only backup program, as i'd like to be able to restore data after
- >booting from a floppy -- eg. because the WPS doesn't come up anymore
- >or whatever...
-
- BackMaster has a standalone text mode restore facility, according to
- the specs.
-
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