Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!jarthur!uunet!mcrware!mwca!bill From: bill@mwca.UUCP (Bill Sheppard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: BackupST a must have!!! Message-ID: <1744@mwca.UUCP> Date: 15 Nov 90 17:30:05 GMT References: <1739@mwca.UUCP> <27248@cs.yale.edu> Organization: Microware Systems Corp., Santa Clara, CA Lines: 24 In article <27248@cs.yale.edu> fischer-michael@cs.yale.edu (Michael Fischer) writes: >In article <1739@mwca.UUCP> bill@mwca.UUCP (Bill Sheppard) writes: >>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? > >Try the Vault. It does all of these things. >| Michael Fischer | I've used the Vault, and I agree, it does these things nicely. My main complaint with the Vault is that it uses TOS format to backup the files, so speed suffers. Yes, I know of the relative advantages and disadvantages of TOS format versus direct track writes in proprietary format...I'm ultimately looking for a backup program that works as well and fast as PC-Tools, though I understand that the ST's drive controller chip doesn't easily allow for format+write in the same pass, nor for automatic detection of floppy inserted... -- ################################################################################ # 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!#######