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Article #2375Re: "21 second-backup ?
From: Paul Linton
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1986 20:25
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1986 20:25
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In article <976@tekigm.UUCP> miker@tekigm.UUCP (Mike Roy) writes:
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> Has anyone out there in netland had any experience with a product called
>"21 SECOND BACKUP" from a company by the name of VG Data Shack located in
>Quebec and as advertised in RUN magazine?
> The package apparently contains both hardware and sofware and claims to
>back-up an entire disk in 21 seconds (!).
> I am interested in what if any modifications are required to the disk drive
>and/or c64 and how extensive these might be. Also just how efective is the
>product as compared to the advertising claims.
> Thanks for any and all responses.
I have heard of "21 Second backup" and even knew someone that had one. They
liked it very much. It comes with both software and hardware devices. The
hardware being a cable that goes between TWO disk drives. The software being
just their program to transmit between the two drives ignoring anything.
Which means that it will back-up ANYTHING, or at least that what this guy
claims. The program tells you to insert two disks in the drives and then tells
you to flip a switch on the cable. In 21 seconds you have a backup.
As for modifications, I understand there are none.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!caip!clyde!cbatt!ukma!ukecc!paul From: paul@ukecc.UUCP (Paul Linton) Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm Subject: Re: "21 second-backup ? Message-ID: <676@ukecc.UUCP> Date: Sat, 18-Oct-86 16:25:54 EDT Article-I.D.: ukecc.676 Posted: Sat Oct 18 16:25:54 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Oct-86 22:22:32 EDT References: <976@tekigm.UUCP> Reply-To: paul@ukecc.UUCP (Paul Linton) Distribution: na Organization: Paul Linton @ (University of Kentucky). Lines: 31