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- RESTORE 5.5 a replacement for MS and PC DOS RESTORE
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- RG last updated 90/08/03
-
- Dan Wright is a bright young blind assembler programmer I have
- been coaching. He totally rewrote Restore 5.1, a replacement
- for MS DOS Restore. It was based on my Restore 4.2.
-
- What's wrong with the official DOS Restore?
-
- 1. The DOS 3.2 version according to a Microsoft technician has 22
- reported bugs. It is "the lemon of MS DOS" to use his phrase.
-
- 2. Under DOS 3.2, MS DOS and PC DOS use incompatible formats for
- Restore. You cannot restore files backed up on PC DOS to an
- MS DOS system and vice versa.
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- 3. You cannot restore files backed up on DOS 3.3 to a machine
- running DOS 3.2. Version 3.2 Restore will not run under DOS
- 3.1, etc.
-
- 4. The user interface is very unforgiving of mistakes.
-
- What's so great about Canadian Mind Products Restore 5.5?
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- 1. It will restore disks backed up under any level of DOS (2.0 or
- higher) to a machine running any level of MS/PC DOS (2.0 or
- higher).
-
- 2. It is much smaller and faster, and it fixes all the bugs I
- know of in official Restore.
-
- 3. Because CMP Restore is not proprietary and because it runs under
- any level of DOS, it can be used to mass distribute
- files and programs too large to fit on a single diskette.
- Source is provided to allow customization for automated installs
- of proprietary software.
-
- What's the catch?
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- Restore may not be used for military purposes. Currently one of
- Americas major defense contractors, Rockwell International, is
- using Restore 4.2 to distribute its CAD software. They have
- refused to stop and apparently I have no legal recourse.
- Version 5.5 is copyrighted and Shareware to give me the legal
- right to enforce the no-military-use restriction.
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- See also the SCAT progam in \AB1\UTIL to upgrade diskettes
- formatted under older versions of DOS, which may also cause
- problems restoring.
-
- Love Roedy