hodges@maui.cs.ucla.edu (08/05/89)
I talked with Fifth Dimension the other day and they told me that the main reason for Fastback II was to work with the multifinder. Great, said I, and went off to back up my Rodime 140 (nearly reformmatted by Rodime despite a need only for a new power supply). Well, if Fastback II works under multifinder I'll be damned. Both times I tried my system hung on me. I was backing up to floppies and not tape. They never said that it had to be onto a SCSI unit. Does anyone out there have advice or similar experiences? THIS is a drag. And of course the earlier reported problems are also a drag. Jack Hodges, UCLA
mmccann@hubcap.clemson.edu (Mike McCann) (08/05/89)
I have a copy of FastbackII and was having a problem when backing up my hard drives to tape under MultiFinder. Fifth Generation says to give FastbackII 1.5Mb of memory under MultiFinder for it to work properly. As for how it performs under MultiFinder, FastbackII doesnt crash on me but when the tape is writing or reading my system freezes until the tape finishes (the tape drive is the Apple Tape Backup). I enjoy FastbackII but..... -- Mike McCann (803) 656-3714 Internet = mmccann@hubcap.clemson.edu Poole Computer Center (Box P-21) UUCP = gatech!hubcap!mmccann Clemson University Bitnet = mmccann@clemson.bitnet Clemson, S.C. 29634-2803 DISCLAIMER = I speak only for myself.
cramer@sun.com (Sam Cramer) (08/06/89)
In article <6171@hubcap.clemson.edu>, mmccann@hubcap (Mike McCann) writes: >As for how it performs under MultiFinder, FastbackII doesnt crash on me >but when the tape is writing or reading my system freezes until the tape >finishes (the tape drive is the Apple Tape Backup). I enjoy FastbackII >but..... Just a guess, but this may be due to the fact that the tape drive does not disconnect from the SCSI bus until the (lengthy) tape operation is complete, denying the Mac access to the bus (which it would need to read the disk). Sam
MacUserLabs@cup.portal.com (Stephan - Somogyi) (08/08/89)
cramer@sun.com (Sam Cramer) writes: >Just a guess, but this may be due to the fact that the tape drive >does not disconnect from the SCSI bus until the (lengthy) tape >operation is complete, denying the Mac access to the bus (which it >would need to read the disk). The problem is on the Mac side. Hopefully, with a forthcoming System release, Apple will finally release the async SCSI Manager. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Stephan Somogyi MacUserLabs@cup.portal.com NetWorkShop Coordinator or MacUser ...{apple|uunet|sun}!cup.portal.com!MacUserLabs Stay alert, trust no-one, keep your laser handy. Any opinions expressed above are mine.