Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcrware!mwca!bill From: bill@mwca.UUCP (Bill Sheppard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: BackupST a must have!!! Message-ID: <1739@mwca.UUCP> Date: 12 Nov 90 18:50:04 GMT References: Organization: Microware Systems Corp., Santa Clara, CA Lines: 20 In article Bill_von_Hagen@TRANSARC.COM writes: >This is an enthusiastic recommendation for the new (freeware) backup >program called BackupST and its front end Bfront... > Bill > (wvh@transarc.com) Can someone who is using this post some data transfer times (hopefully in megabytes/minute, though I realize accuracy will be poor if the program doesn't calculate this for you)... I have Beckmeyer's backup software, and it isn't bad, but there aren't many frills (incremental backups must have fresh disks, partial restores are difficult, no index of files is kept in text-readable format). Does BackupST do any of these? -- ################################################################################ # Bill Sheppard -- bills@microware.com -- {uunet,sun}!mcrware!mwca!bill # # Microware Systems Corporation --- OS-9: Seven generations beyond __/_!! # #######Opinions expressed are my own, though you'd be wise to adopt them!#######