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From: jxf@phobos.cis.ksu.edu (Jerry Frain)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Backup utility that compresses
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Date: 13 Jan 90 01:23:18 GMT
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Does anyone out there know of a backup utility that *compresses* data as
it writes it to [floppy] disk?

I hate to have to spend a bazillion bucks on ~100 DSDD diskettes or 
~60 DSHD diskettes it would take to back up the 80MB hard disk on my SE/030.

Not to mention the time and energy spent swapping diskettes, and the fact
that I *ideally* should have enough diskettes to keep two full backups,
or one volume backup + incrementals.

Seems like there ought to be something out there that compresses the data
prior to writing to disk.  I am inclined to try my hand at writing something,
but I really do not have the time.

Ideally, I guess, I would shell out the bucks to buy a good tape backup
system.  But, alas, I blew my savings (and then some) on the Mac itself.

I'd appreciate any suggestions you can give me, PD, shareware, or commercial.

Thanks in advance.

  --Jerry

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Jerry Frain -- Professional Student           Kansas State University
Internet: jxf@phobos.cis.ksu.edu      Dept of Computing & Information Sciences
BITNET: MUSTANG@KSUVM                             Manhattan, Kansas
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