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From: karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: backup programs, DMA speeds
Keywords: FastBack, DMA
Message-ID: <[24fd4a01:5210.4]comp.ibmpc;1@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Date: 31 Aug 89 16:00:06 GMT
References: <8Yym5V200WB58jE1Az@andrew.cmu.edu> <9428@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>
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>Response 3 of 3 (5210) by axaris at cs.buffalo.edu on Thu 31 Aug 89 01:36
>[Vassilios Axaris] (7 lines)
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>Hello,
>
>My unsolved problem is that when FastBack Plus performs the DMA test, it fails

>completely on my 10/6 MHz AT compatible (by Mitac). When I say it fails, I
>mean
>not even the slow DMA speed test is passed. Any hints on what is going wrong?

Your DMA controller is badly hosed.

Yell at the place you got the system from and demand satisfaction.  Our
clones easily pass the test at high speed.... and backup flawlessly with FB+!

We use the package in-house, and highly recommend it to customers.  I have
_never_ lost a file due to backup set corruption, although we have had
several disks that have had bad spots -- which would have rendered the
backup useless with other backup tools.

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