ins_bjjb@jhunix.UUCP (10/30/87)
After purchasing the Magic Sac last week, I find that I will need both
a hard disk backup utility for the ST and a monochrome monitor or a long,
agonizing death lies in my future . . .
I've yet to hear of a hard disk backup utility, except for one rather
unmemorable one I saw at the AtariFest, but they must exist . . . What are
the best (and cheapest)?
The monochrome monitor is a real must for the Magic Sac. Half-resolution
is not something I can deal with, and the dual-screen mode for color would be
okay IF the right mouse button was used as a toggle along with/instead of
the cursor keys . . . Anybody have one of these they want to get rid of in
favor of a color monitor? A new one would be too expensive, and dealers don't
seem to want to sell them alone. I am willing to pay almost anything less
than $150, but $100 is more my speed (I'd rather not eat peanut butter until
Christmas) (I'd also like to be able to buy the backup utility . . .).
One comment about new software . . . forget WordPerfect, buy Empire.
You can waste less money and more time. Good game!
--
Jared J. Brennan
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UUCP: {allegra!hopkins, ihnp4!whuxcc} !jhunix!ins_bjjbrling@uw-june.UUCP (Robert Ling) (10/31/87)
There is a backup utility available for free. Its called TURTLE and its the best around, I think. It makes file backups rather than the image of the hard disk. It is quite fast and has quite a few features (incremental/full, files/directories etc) but the best feature of all is that it preserves the timestamp of the files that it backs up. I got it off the net so it must have been posted before or available from one of the archives/servers. - Robert Ling <rling@june.cs.washington.edu>
ljdickey@water.UUCP (11/04/87)
In article <5407@jhunix.UUCP> ins_bjjb@jhunix.UUCP (Jared J Brennan) writes: > > I've yet to hear of a hard disk backup utility, except for one rather >unmemorable one I saw at the AtariFest, but they must exist . . . What are >the best (and cheapest)? > Use Turtle. It is the best and the cheapest. Why should a backup program be memorable? -- L. J. Dickey, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo. ljdickey@watmath.UUCP UUCP: ...!uunet!watmath!ljdickey ljdickey%water@waterloo.edu ljdickey@watdcs.BITNET ljdickey%water%waterloo.csnet@csnet-relay.ARPA
ins_bjjb@jhunix.UUCP (Jared J Brennan) (11/10/87)
ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (Lee Dickey) writes: >In article <5407@jhunix.UUCP> ins_bjjb@jhunix.UUCP (Jared J Brennan) writes: >> I've yet to hear of a hard disk backup utility, except for one rather >>unmemorable one I saw at the AtariFest, but they must exist . . . What are >>the best (and cheapest)? >Use Turtle. It is the best and the cheapest. >Why should a backup program be memorable? Well, anything that fits my needs usually sticks in my memory a bit more than this did. The package was white, I remember that much . . . And it didn't do incremental backups. So much for that. I guess I'll go with Turtle . . . I need some of the Magic disks from Current Notes, anyway. Thanks to those who've sent me advice. Also, on the subject of the monochrome monitor, well, I still need one, but my original message seems to have created the false impression that I'll trade my color monitor for a mono . . . no, thanks. Besides, they have these new color monitors that seem a lot better than this one I'm using now. Look for the contrast and brightness knobs UNDER the screen (which seems sharper). -- Jared J. Brennan BITNET: INS_BJJB@JHUVMS, INS_BJJB@JHUNIX ARPA: ins_bjjb%jhunix@hopkins.ARPA UUCP: {allegra!hopkins, ihnp4!whuxcc} !jhunix!ins_bjjb "Sorry. Wrong species . . ."