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From: spencer@eris.BERKELEY.EDU (Randy Spencer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: MRbackup
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Date: Thu, 12-Nov-87 16:48:22 EST
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Ok, I see them all the time, I am sure that you do too, the messages that
say "I need someone to repost vt100 as it didn't make it to my sight" or
"does anyone know where I can get a copy of DBWrender, in .ARC format?".

I never reply to these cause I know there are LOTS of people out there
who want to contribute and probably will be helping these people.  Only,
today the hand is on the other foot, and I need a file.  The reason that
I don't usually post, is cause I am good at finding what I need.  Today
however, I need MRbackup (the sources, executable might help).  I spent
the night last night trying to get it from asc.purdue.edu, and trantor.
umd.edu, and both seem to have the same copy, a BAD copy.  A compressed
version that I can't get uncompressed (says "Not enough memory" on my 
Unix box and "Not enough free store" on my Amigados box.)

I got the original posting that said 1.3, but it never ran, and someone
told me that I had missed the posting that said that was the wrong 
version that he had released.

Actually, I could probably just use the wrong sources as I am just
writting my own Hard Disk backup program and might be able canabolize
some of the functions.

The program is a rip-off of the commercial Mac program DiskFit that I
plan to release to the public domain (after the 10 years it takes me
to finish to my satisfaction).  Anyone know the legality of releasing
someone elses look and feel on another machine into PD?  How 'bout a
good name for such a program?  Don't want to call it DiskFit...
FitDisk?  SafeDisk?  I currently call it Hard Disk Backup or hdb for
short.  I love issuing the command 'sdb hdb' (thanks roboJim, saved 
my programming butt several times so far).

Thanks for the attention...
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