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From: nilesinc@well.UUCP (Avi Rappoport)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Backup utility that compresses
Summary: Redux is nice
Message-ID: <15671@well.UUCP>
Date: 24 Jan 90 04:51:52 GMT
References: <1990Jan13.012318.28263@deimos.cis.ksu.edu>
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In article <1990Jan13.012318.28263@deimos.cis.ksu.edu> jxf@phobos.cis.ksu.edu (Jerry Frain) writes:
>Does anyone out there know of a backup utility that *compresses* data as
>it writes it to [floppy] disk?
>
Just a word in favor of Redux.  It does _not_ compress much, and it's not
as good as Retrospect, but I really like it.  A relatively simple program
which gives me control over my backups.  I didn't like DiskFit at all, and
find this much more congenial.

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