simon@alberta.UUCP (Simon Tortike) (08/12/88)
The time has come (to quote Lewis Carrol's walrus) to invest in a tape or other backup facility for my copious quantities of fortran code and other mundane items. Has anyone who reads this conference have any experience with the various drives on the market? I should be grateful for any advice that one might give. If this has been discussed recently and someone archived a copy of the discussion, would they please e-mail it to me? My needs are primarily backing up personal software on the Mac O/S as successive versions---5 to 20 files per day. Distribution is a minor concern only. I have a Mac II with a 40 Mbyte hard disc and might be chaining another SCSI disc to this one soon. The software is all-important, of course. Speed would be nice, and the ability to quickly catalogue the archived files. A note on archives---a hierarchical directory listing would be a good idea. Flexibility in choosing the file or directory to back up would be another good idea: type, creator, date of modification or creation. Interface for idiots: I love being asked first before anything is irretrievably deleted. Ability to process command scripts: is this useful? I'll summarize (=concatenate?) any responses I get and post them. Thanks in advance. ---- Simon Tortike, Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineering, The University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CANADA T6G 2G6. BITNET: stortike@ualtavm | UUCP: alberta!simon | AGT: 403/432-3338