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From: ar4@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Piper Keairnes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Backup utility that compresses
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Date: 21 Jan 90 04:03:29 GMT
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Reply-To: ar4@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Piper Keairnes)
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>> Does anyone out there know of a backup utility that *compresses* data as
>> it writes it to [floppy] disk?

I've heard and seen some very good things about Retrospect. The interface
is very friendly and systematic and the program carries just about every
option you'll need for your backups, including file compression.

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| Piper    | ar4@mace.cc.purdue.edu |      General Consultant       |
| Keairnes |  Macintosh Specialist  | Purdue Univ. Computing Center |
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