[net.micro.cbm] Is Clone Machine any good to a novice?

rrb@seismo.UUCP (Robert Blandford) (09/26/84)

I am a unix/fortran programmer
with a 64 at home for my kids.  We bought the Clone Machine for
backups.  The manual warns that for some protected disks you will have
to list out the program, understand the machine code, find the checks
to disk write errors and take them out.  Well, I guess so because I
tried to back up two disks and failed when following the cook-book
approach given.  If I had the time and knowledge to do all this it
seems to me that I probably wouldn't need the Clone Machine at all,
and in that sense the sellers are guilty of false advertising.  Is
there any product that does work?  Is it worth subscribing to the
newsletter or should I try to get my money back?