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From: sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re:  It's back.... (was "It crashed...")
Message-ID: <8164.AA8164@heimat>
Date: 6 May 89 16:18:11 GMT
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In Message <14561@louie.udel.EDU>, thywiss@csvax.cs.ukans.edu (John A. Thywissen) writes

>I use DoubleBack (in Disk Mechanic) from Lake Forest Logic, and it's
>FAST--BLAZINGLY!!!  It also has pretty powerful file matching for
>selective backup (match on name, date, protect bits, filenote, etc...)
>AND it will set the ARCHIVE bits of files as it backs up.  It can back
>to several drives (start writing to, for instance, DF1: while DF0: is
>finishing up), formats as it backs up, and displays all sorts of neat
>status info as it does it.  Of course, DoubleBack can verify disks
>it backs up and it can restore from the disks.  The disks it creates
>are standard amiga format--you can get at all the files on the backups
>with no special contortions.

  Hmmmm this is a real suprise (a nice one that is ;-). I just finished
  reading a comparison of EZ Backup, Superback, Ultra DOS Utilities, and
  Quarterback in the June issue of Commodore Magazine. Quarterback looked
  the winner hands down but DoubleBack was not covered. So if you want a
  fair (but short) review of HD backup progs take a look....

  I use Quarterback for heimat (1 40meg & 1 20meg) and have been very
  happy with the results.

  Sneakers

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