Ami-Back v1.04 (Hard Drive Backup and Scheduling Utility) Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 by MoonLighter Software Development, Inc. July 28, 1991 MoonLighter Software Development, Inc., is pleased to announce Ami-Back v1.04. With this new version, Ami-Back will meet all your backup needs. Here are just some of the features we've added. o MULTI-DEVICE (partition) Backups - Now you can backup any or ALL of your partitions at once. This feature will work to ANY device Ami-Back supports such as floppies, HD floppies, removeable hard drives, SCSI tape drives, AmigaDOS file, and ANY other AmigaDOS device. o IMAGE Backups - Now you can do an Image Backups of any or ALL of your partitions (devices). This will make it easy for users with AMAX, UNIX, or other partitions that are not normally accessed by AmigaDOS backups. This backup can also be done to ANY device supported by Ami-Back (see above). This option is NOT limited to TAPE ONLY! o MULTIPLE CONFIG SCHEDULER - Ami-Back's graphics scheduler now supports multiple backup configurations. This will, for example, allow you to do a complete backup of one partition one night, then do an incremental backup the next night. You don't need to write any scripts! o COMPARE MODE - Ami-Back's compare mode now allows the user to select the parameters to use during the comparative restore operation. o HARD/SOFT LINKS - Ami-Back now supports Hard and Soft links under AmigaDOS 2.0. o KEYBOARD EQUIVLENTS - Ami-Back20 has keyboard equivlents for most its gadgets. o AND MANY MORE FEATURES! GENERAL INFORMATION and FEATURES: o Ami-Back will backup to floppies, HD floppies, removable hard drives, fixed hard drive partitions, SCSI tape drives, AmigaDOS file, and any AmigaDOS compatable device. NOTE: Ami-Back uses "SCSI Direct Commands" for communicating with SCSI tape drives. This allows a wider range of tape drive support. Ami-Back does NOT require mounting of the tape drive or any special handler software. Because of this, Ami-Back performs backups to tape at speeds 80-90% faster than the other programs that do not support SCSI Direct Commands. o Performs complete, incremental (by date, archive bit), and selective backups. o Performs complete, selective restores. o Allows control of protection bits, and file datestamps during restores. o Allows you to Write-Over, Skip-Over, or Rename files during restores. o Compare mode compares backed-up data to system data if data loss is suspected. o User-configurable scheduler (no scripts) allows for unattended backups. o Log file keeps track of background scheduler operations. o Background backups may be performed manually or called from AmigaDOS Arexx scripts. o Technical support for registered users provided by phone, support BBS, Bix, and Genie. o Two versions are included. One for Workbench 1.x and one for Workbench 2.0 ONLY. o Ami-Back is the fastest hard drive backup program for the Amiga. o Ami-Back is multitasking friendly. o Ami-Back is not copy protected in any way. PERFORMACE TESTING: Test Machine Configuration: Amiga 3000/25-50 6 Meg Ram Fujitsu 134 Meg Hard Drive. CBM A3070 Tape Drive Destination Files Bytes Elapsed Time -------------- ----- ------- ------------- SyQuest SQ555 3,887 34.5MB 3 min 59 sec Floppies 531 5.1KB 3 min 52 sec Tape 1,497 97.3MB 16 min 23 sec NOTE: Times listed above will vary with different computer system configurations. MoonLighter Software Development, Inc. 3208-C East Colonial Drive, Suite 204 Orlando, FL 32813 VOICE: (407)628-3005 FAX: (406)628-4525 BBS: Line #1 - (407)292-6080 Line #2 - (407)295-6992 BIX EMAIL - gwholland or michaelmounier