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From: dsew@troi.cc.rochester.edu (David Sewell)
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Subject: Re: Summary: PC Tools v6.0 - Problems with PCBACKUP
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Date: 19 Feb 91 00:37:39 GMT
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I've just downloaded the most recent PCBACKUP version (now CPBACKUP)
from the Central Point BBS (you have to be a registered owner & get the
password from customer service to do this).  Customer Service told me
that the upgrade was fairly light.  But I now find that CPBACKUP will do
a high-speed DMA backup just fine on my compatible 386SX, whereas
PCBACKUP 6.0 never would, with two different SX motherboards (always
broke down when disks were changed).  I had always thought the problem
was my DMA controller, but it seems that it may have been a software
problem.  Does anyone know for sure whether they purposely rewrote the
code to fix high-speed problems?
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David Sewell, English Dep't, University of Rochester, New York USA 
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