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Rainbow EchoMail Digest                         Jun 15, 1990

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  BACKUP SOFTWARE FOR RB
  RE: SEDT USERS - HOW MANY


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Date:     06-12-90
To:       HAROLD BAUER
Subject:  BACKUP SOFTWARE FOR RB
From:     GEORGE DAHLCO

In a message of <Jun 07 21:41>, Harold Bauer (1:109/103@fidonet) writes:
>Does anyone know of any backup software for the rainbow (including
>IBM backup under code blue) ?

Harold,

I have been using DSGEN, the generic form of DSBACKUP for years and think
it's a great program. It packs data onto diskettes byte-to-byte (completly
filling the diskette) so you need to keep your backup sets in volume sets.
But you can restore any 1 file or group of files. It's also a *lot* faster
than DOS backup. DSBACKUP+ (the current name) is for the IBM PC/AT family,
but they used to include a generic version called DSGEN.COM which would run
on any DOS machine. DSGEN also bypasses all the menu-driven garbage and a
allows command line, batch file programming. For the Rainbow, it's the only
one I know about that works reliably. Available at 'Egghead' or similar stores,
Design Software is the company that writes it:

Design Software
1275 W. Roosevelt Road
West Chicago, IL 60185


- -George, 102/138-

PS - I am not affiliated with Design Software in any way shape or form - I
just bought DSBACKUP about 4 years ago when I was running my RB all the time.


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Date:     06-13-90 (20:38)
To:       DAN O'REILLY
Subject:  RE: SEDT USERS - HOW MANY
From:     BILL HLIWA

DOR> I used SEDT on my VAX, PC, and (used to) on my
DOR> RAINBOW...

For me, that was the attraction: I still use SEDT and DJINN on Rainbows and
PC's.  It's nice having common ground on as many systems as possible.

- --- Sirius 1.0w
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