miker@tekigm.UUCP (Mike Roy) (10/16/86)
Has anyone out there in netland had any experience with a product called "21 SECOND BACKUP" from a company by the name of VG Data Shack located in Quebec and as advertised in RUN magazine? The package apparently contains both hardware and sofware and claims to back-up an entire disk in 21 seconds (!). I am interested in what if any modifications are required to the disk drive and/or c64 and how extensive these might be. Also just how efective is the product as compared to the advertising claims. Thanks for any and all responses.
paul@ukecc.UUCP (Paul Linton) (10/18/86)
In article <976@tekigm.UUCP> miker@tekigm.UUCP (Mike Roy) writes: > > Has anyone out there in netland had any experience with a product called >"21 SECOND BACKUP" from a company by the name of VG Data Shack located in >Quebec and as advertised in RUN magazine? > The package apparently contains both hardware and sofware and claims to >back-up an entire disk in 21 seconds (!). > I am interested in what if any modifications are required to the disk drive >and/or c64 and how extensive these might be. Also just how efective is the >product as compared to the advertising claims. > Thanks for any and all responses. I have heard of "21 Second backup" and even knew someone that had one. They liked it very much. It comes with both software and hardware devices. The hardware being a cable that goes between TWO disk drives. The software being just their program to transmit between the two drives ignoring anything. Which means that it will back-up ANYTHING, or at least that what this guy claims. The program tells you to insert two disks in the drives and then tells you to flip a switch on the cable. In 21 seconds you have a backup. As for modifications, I understand there are none. -- [(<{!@#$%&------------------------------------------------------------&%$#@!}>)] [ Paul J. Linton (University of Kentucky) ] [ UUCP: !cbosgd!ukma!ukecc!paul ] [ CSNET: paul@ecc.engr.uky.csnet ] [ ARPANET: paul%ecc.engr.uky.csnet@csnet-relay.ARPA ] [ USnail : P.O. Box 490 Univ. of Kentucky Lexington, KY. 40526 - 0149 ] [ "Sorry for the mess, I always was a rotten host." ] [(<{!@#$%&-------------------------------------------------------------&%$@!}>)]