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In <8533@pogo.WV.TEK.COM> bluneski@pogo.WV.TEK.COM (Bob Luneski)
writes:

> In <"90-02-09-11:06:10.92*UK14"@DKAUNI2.BITNET> O. Steinmeier writes:

>>...
>>So, if you know a reliable, fast, cheap (PD or shareware preferred)
>>harddisk backup program, would you send me a message?

> So you want it to be fast, reliable, and do everything but wash the
  kitchen sink but you don't want to pay for it????  Typical.

I'm a bit surprised about your reaction. A lot of people answered my
request and recommended TURTLE, so I believe it might be really good.

It's true: I want to use a *fast* backup-program, because I would
not like to spend several hours on saving the information on my
80 MB-harddisk. I wrote a backup-program myself a few years ago and
it was not very fast (but reliable).

It's true: The backup program, I'm looking for, should be reliable.
I hope it will never be necessary to use the backup, but if I need it,
the restore-option should work without problems.

It's true: I'm looking for a cheap program. As mentioned before, I
wrote my own program. I also bought two different backup-programs
with my harddisks - both seem to be slow and/or unreliable. Next I
tried to use the BACKUP-command of MS-DOS 4.01 (my PC-SPEED works fine).
It's really fast and seemed to be reliable, but it also has a bug.
It is impossible to save a file which contains a German Umlaut in
it's filename. Instead of storing the file, BACKUP starts to ask
for new disks permanently.

It's NOT true, that I do not want to pay for the 'perfect' backup-
program. I only asked for a cheap program. Why should I ask for an
expensive one? A shareware product is not free, so your reproach is
is surprising (I always pay the registration fee, if I use the
program regularily). Why should I buy an expensive program, if
I could get a cheaper one (or a public domain program), which is
as good as a commercial product?

In my opinion it's ATARI's job to deliver a useful backup program
with their harddisks (the German harddisk-manual only advises
the proud owner to copy important files on disks).

By the way: In the last 4 1/2 years, I bought (!!) a lot of
software for my ATARI! I do *not* support piracy (if you meant this)!
And I usually manage  to clean the kitchen sink myself!

Thanks to those, who gave me helpful hints. And also thanks to
those, who answered to Bob Luneskis mail (Timothy Roeder (yes, it's
Mr. Steinmeier), H.C. Johnson, etc.) - I appreciated your support!

I think we should stop the discussion, it only wastes time and
money (if you would like to continue, email me!).

Oliver Steinmeier
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Disclaimer: Everything I wrote might be wrong, even this!
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Oliver Steinmeier                     (UK14@DKAUNI2.BITNET)
Waldhornstrasse 4-8
D-7500 Karlsruhe, FRG
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