DOS/Floppy backup program benchmarks

[Dave McGuire]

Chuck Guzis wrote:
>> Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 11:04:15 -0500
>> From: Jim Leonard 
> 
>> What I would love to test is Central Point Backup (PC Backup?) prior to 
>> version 6, which is the only version I had available to test.  Versions 
>> prior to 6 are supposed to contain code that supports the Option Board I
>> have in my 5160 for additional speed -- however, I'm not sure how much 
>> speedup I could expect, since some of the faster programs in the 
>> shootout must have been operating at a 1:1 intereave (I was writing all 
>> 40 tracks both sides in less than 30 seconds per disk; can it get any 
>> faster than that?).
> 
> I'll dig out the old FastBack and see if I've got an older CP backup--
> I may well have.  

   Ahh yes, I was beating my head against the wall trying to remember 
that name.  I used FastBack all the time when I was writing database 
apps under DOS.  We used it around the office to move files around, and 
between work and home.  It's actually a really nice package as I recall.

           -Dave

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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL