Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!remus.rutgers.edu!declan From: declan@remus.rutgers.edu (Declan McCullagh/LZ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: backup of hard disk Summary: "Personal Computing becomes Interpersonal Computing" Message-ID: Date: 12 Nov 90 05:07:56 GMT References: <13089@chaph.usc.edu> <25377@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 41 In article <25377@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU>, bb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian Bartholomew) writes: > Please see my earlier flame to Bruce Jasmer for details on specific > schemes for backing up disks under UNIX - there is no need to repeat > them here. I assume you mean Bryce Jasmer? > But first, some philosophy (Workstations 101): > ... The floptical is also of sufficient size to serve > as the system backup device, so that you can back up your hard drive > without swapping floppies 330 / 2.8 = 118 times. This is good. The full release of NeXT's operating system takes about 210 MB. With some swap space, you'll only have about 100 MB of usable space to back up, which, at 35 floppies, is still a bit much. > I wish NeXT would produce some sort of literature promoting the price, > power, and connectivity gains of setting up products in a networked > fashion. I find it rather hard to believe that the professor teaching NeXT Workstations 101 has never read any of NeXT's new literature. Haven't you seen the fifteen-page white brochure with Steve on the cover, along with this quote: "...In the 1990s, competitive advantage will come from improving the productivity of entire groups, so they can stay ahead of a world that's changing faster than ever..." Or the brochure's centerfold, devoted to "Personal Computing becomes Interpersonal Computing." What you described is exactly what NeXT is selling: the idea of "Interpersonal Computing" and the productivity gains which accompany it... The concept is quite vague, but it fits NeXT's products and direction perfectly. Take a look at the brochures - they describe it well. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Declan McCullagh / NeXT Campus Consultant \ declan@remus.rutgers.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------