Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!m2c!wpi!greyelf
From: greyelf@wpi.wpi.edu (Michael J Pender)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: backing up 3.5" disks
Message-ID: <8277@wpi.wpi.edu>
Date: 14 Feb 90 18:04:22 GMT
References: <3393@plains.UUCP>
Reply-To: greyelf@wpi.wpi.edu (Michael J Pender)
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester ,MA
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In article <3393@plains.UUCP> grisanti@plains.UUCP (Ames Grisanti) writes:
>
>I was wondering if anyone out there knows of a program to
>backup 3.5" disks to multiple 5.25" disks. What would be nice
>is if it would function similar to the BACKUP command of
>MS-DOS. 

You could use shrinkit to compress the disk, then binscii to write
the disk in segments to 5 1/4 inch disks.

I could write a routine to do this for you in a matter of minutes,
I have already written one very similar.  But I find myself asking
one question, why would you want to?  3.5 inch disks are MUCH
mroe reliable, and easier to use.

If you have a decent reason let me know, I'll write you one by Monday...

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