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From: jagrogan@vax1.tcd.ie
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: PC to PC Backup?
Message-ID: <7193.27380125@vax1.tcd.ie>
Date: 7 Nov 90 12:42:12 GMT
References: <1990Nov5.155752.6728@Solbourne.COM>
Organization: Trinity College Dublin
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> We are expecting a new 286 soon.  I would like to transfer the info
> from my existing XT hard drive to the new machine; is there a way to 
> transfer this info through the serial port?  Since the old machine
> has 5 1/4 floppies and the new sports 3 1/2's, a simple backup and
> restore will be difficult.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.

The company that I worked for this summer had a piece of software called
530. With this, you could connect the machines by either serial or parallel
ports and using the software, tranfer files, directories or backup an
entire HD. I thought that it was very good, as you could control everything
from just one machine. You can even install the 530 program remotely on the
other machine. I would definatly recommend it. I managed to backup a 20Meg HD
through the parallel ports in about 10-15 minutes. The company - East Coast 
Software - has an office here in Dublin but I don't know where else they are.
I would certainly recommend trying to get your hands on a copy.
	John.
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