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ez003045@hamlet.ucdavis.edu (James E. Lee) writes:
: I have a few words to say about Central Point Software's WinBackup--I wish
: they'd make a product that would work reasonably!  If it wasn't such a 
: nice program, I'd say I hate it; as it is, I can only lament it's weaknesses.
: 
: A few months ago, I purchased two 486SX's with Colorado 120's for a client,
: and recommended WinBackup--I'd been using it just fine at work for a year 
: or so, and liked the way it works...  Well, for some reason, it seemed like
: they were doomed not to work--I tried everything in the WORLD!  I worked 
: for days, and then finally with my vendor, and to no avail... Finally, after
: trying for a couple days, we got in touch with Central Point.  After MANY
: proposed solutions not working, we got a Faxback doc that said something 
: about the fact that on some faster machines, there are problems with the 
: bus speed (I'd tried all of them) and the fact that the software uses DMA.
: Among other solutions, it was recommended that 16 color drivers be avoided
: and 256 ones be used--I changed my Windows drivers to 256c, and BAM! it 
: worked!  Any guesses as to why?  

What OS were you using it with?

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