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From: tw@Atherton.COM (Tw Cook)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Backup to Syquest?
Message-ID: <31617@athertn.Atherton.COM>
Date: 8 Oct 90 17:33:41 GMT
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In article <486@amanue.UUCP> jr@amanue.UUCP (Jim Rosenberg) writes:
> Those of you who have Syquest 45M removeable drives, what software are 
you
> using to do your backups? ...

I use DiskFit; it works quite well. At work I have a IIci with 80mb 
Quantum internal and a DataFrame XP100 partitioned into two ~40mb and 1 
10mb chuncks, backed up to a Mass Micro DataPakIIcx.  To back up the 40mb 
partitions, it is smart enough to give you the option of producing an 
exact duplicate (rather than its normal behaviour of backup to multiple 
volumes). Speed is quite good, for both duplicate and standard backup.  At 
home I have a II with an 80mb Quantum and a Mass Micro DataPak; I use 
DiskFit there too.  The best thing is that when I'm not busy backing stuff 
up, I have a cartridge that I carry with me so that I have my working set 
of stuff along whether I'm at home or work; I've found that the Syquest 
mechanism is fast enough that I can stand just working directly off it.