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Re: At Ease @ floppy disks

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From: Randall Blondeau
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 00:00
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----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Here at the Univ. of Arizona, we did use At Ease for a while, but
encountered the same problem. We then started using Foolproof. It can be
configured to allow file management on floppy disks only. This will
probably fit your needs. Foolproof is made by :

Smartstuff Software
PO 82284
Portland, OR 97292
(503) 775-2821


>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Our computer/media center is interested in how sites that use At Ease
>have coped with the wish of users to be able to make backup copies of
>files on floppies. What they wish for is way to let users do uncontrolled
>file management, but only on the floppy side of the machine. We are
>experimenting with DiskCopy, but it is an all or nothing proposition
>which falls a little short of the ideal.
>
>Any suggestions will be welcome.
>
>========================================================
>Stuart Spore              | voice: 212-263-1092
>Head Library Medical      | fax:   212-263-6534
>Informatics Group         |
>NYU Medical Library       | spore@is2.nyu.edu
>550 1st Ave.              | http://pages.nyu.edu/~spore
>New York, N.Y. 10016      |
>========================================================
>*   Non sunt multiplicanda entia praeter necessitatum
>========================================================


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Randall Blondeau        You're gonna need a bigger boat... -Chief Martin Brody
Lab Supervisor
CCIT/User Support
University of Arizona
(520) 621-8921
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