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- I want to quickly update my
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- review/comments on THE CLONE MACHINE
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- vs. DI-SECTOR. I recently upgraded my
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- CLONE MACHINE disk for the new version
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- of the program--SUPERCLONE. It will
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- back up more software than the earlier
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- CLONE MACHINE, and it will do it a
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- bit faster (about twice as fast as
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- before if you use the FASTCLONE
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- program on the disk--a screen-blanked
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- version of SUPERCLONE). The updated
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- version also has the old reliable
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- 'regular' TCM/UNGUARD programs on the
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- disk for the other uses (track/sector
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- editor, directory functions, etc).
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- There's also an improved error check
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- program that will check an entire disk
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- for errors in under 3 minutes.
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- Other programs that are included
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- with SUPERCLONE are a 4-minute backup
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- program that seems to be EXACTLY the
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- same as the backup program of the same
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- name in PAYLOAD, and a utility that's
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- called the 'TOUGH NUTS UTILITY' that
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- will (supposedly) allow backing up
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- of programs with new and different
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- protection schemes not yet in use.
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- The version that I got did not
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- have any documentation with the
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- upgrade (SUPERCLONE has quickie
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- instructions in the program--all that
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- you're likely to need, since this is
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- a 'one-pass' copier like DI-SECTOR).
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- The parameters for using the TNU
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- is supposed to be available through
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- THE CLONE NEWSLETTER or directly from
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- MICRO-WARE Distributing.
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- Now, as to a comparison between
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- SUPERCLONE and DI-SECTOR. As far as
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- I'm concerned, DI-SECTOR still wins.
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- DI-SECTOR only requires that you swap
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- disks three times (after the FORMAT
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- pass), and SUPERCLONE/FASTCLONE makes
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- you change disks five times. They
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- both allow backup of ELECTRONIC ARTS
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- software, but they go about it very
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- differently. SUPERCLONE/FASTCLONE
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- makes an exact backup--meaning that
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- the backup is copy protected, too.
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- DI-SECTOR makes an unprotected backup
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- (EA only) that will load faster than
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- the original. You do have to go an
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- extra step with DS, though. Because
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- of the method used, you must use the
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- special copy program, then copy any
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- other files (other than the EA files)
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- using ANOTHER program! Oh, well, I
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- guess you have to choose according to
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- your own tastes.
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- SC/FC is slightly faster than DS
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- (FASTCLONE versus a screen-blanked
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- DI-SECTOR: about 18 minutes for SC/FC
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- and 25 minutes for DS for a complete
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- disk backup). THE CLONE MACHINE
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- can do one thing that DS cannot, which
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- is to copy specific tracks from one
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- disk to the same tracks on another,
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- but there's a very nice extra that
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- comes with DI-SECTOR that I don't
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- think is available elsewhere. It's
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- called DRIVE/64 MON. This is a
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- powerful machine language monitor that
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- is similar to other monitor programs,
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- but has the ability to allow you to
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- monitor the DRIVE (and write your own
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- drive routines) as well as the more
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- usual functions! Quite handy, if you
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- like ML.
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- Hopefully, this has helped those
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- considering software that lets you
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- make LEGAL backups (no mass copying,
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- please!) by outlining SOME (by no
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- means all!) of the features available
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- in these two packages. I have seen
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- ads for several other packages, but
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- haven't yet seen DISK MAKER, COPY-Q,
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- or DISK COMMANDER, and only quickly
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- glanced over ULTRACOPY 64, so I can't
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- comment on those. Anyone else tried
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- any of these? I'd be interested in
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- hearing about them.
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- Should you be interested in
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- either of these backup utilities, they
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- are available from:
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- (SUPERCLONE)
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- Micro-Ware Distributing
- 1342 B Rt. 23
- Butler, New Jersey 07405
- (201) 838-9027
- $49.95+S&H updates: $10+S&H
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- (DI-SECTOR)
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- Starpoint Software
- Star Route 10
- Gazelle, California 96034
- (916) 435-2371
- $39.95 (no S&H) updates: $5
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- (I don't know about S&H on
- updates--I haven't updated
- mine yet!)
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- - Mike Moon
- 06010
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