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Rainbow Echomail Digest                      OCT 30, 1989

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   RAINBOW BACKUPS              (2 messages)
   FOUND TRACTOR FOR DECW4
   RE: RE: DEC RAINBOW DISK


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Date:      10-26-89
Subject:  RAINBOW BACKUPS
From:      GEORGE DAHLCO, SYSOP 102/

In a message of <Oct 23 12:42>, GEORGE THEALL (1:273/203) writes:

GT>regular backups.  Does anyone have reccommendations for
GT>Rainbow-compatible programs?
GT>
GT>I know there is always DEC's BACKUP.EXE, but I was hoping
GT>for something more polished like FASTBACK for the clones.

George,

You can use Design Software's DSGEN, a generic backup tool for MS-DOS based
machines.

It's cheap (around $50) and works on any generic DOS machine. DSGEN packs
a floppy full (i.e. uses it's own format) and allows single file restore.
It's  also quite fast compared to DOS backup.

The program DSGEN.COM is included in a package called DSBACKUP and is
available at Egghead software stores. I would call Design Software in Chicago
to make sure DSGEN is still included with the latest package; the one I
bought  is about 4 years old.

-George, 102/138-

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Date:      10-27-89 (05:05)
Subject:  FOUND TRACTOR FOR DECW4
From:      DON MARQUART


> ARE YOU OFFERING A DW IV 4 SALE?  HOW MUCH?  LEAVE $ AND I'LL CHECK AROUND
> FOR A POSSIBLE BUYER.

How's $75 sound, I really don't know what it is worth currently.  If you
know anyone in the market I'm open to offers.  Thanks for the reply...

PS:  Please turn off your CAPS if possible as it's kinda hard on the eyes.



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Date:      10-27-89 (05:23)
Subject:  RE: RE: DEC RAINBOW DISK
From:      DON MARQUART


> I had been told that Uniform wouldn't read RX-50, so why pay money for
it
> for that purpose?  I use Uniform to read Altos disks on the AT, and that
> works nicely.  I wouldn't want to use Uniform, because then I would have
to
> re-run Uniform every time I switched formats; now E: is the RX-50, F:
is
> Altos.

Van, believe if you check it out you will find that Uniform supports both
the CP/M and MS-DOS formats for the Rainbow.  Been using it here for years
and it's great.  You must have the required drives installed in the system
before the various menu selections will appear on the selection menu.  Just
got the recent upgrade to v2.16 and believe that there are 13 menus available
if you have all drive types installed.

> I don't know about Xenocopy.

Got it here somewhere, will try to take a look at it and see if it covers
the Rainbow.

Later...



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Date:      10-27-89 (05:28)
Subject:  RAINBOW BACKUPS
From:      DON MARQUART


> Question two:  Are there any substitutes for those RX50
> diskettes that will work reliably?  Now that we have MS-DOS,
> formatting is easy, but I don't know if AT disks will work
> Any Suggestions?  I'm getting sick of paying RX50 prices,
> even through discount places like Richard Young.
>
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