POINT & SHOOT BACKUP/RESTORE REVISION HISTORY


Version 1.0 - June 1988
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Original version of the program released


Version 2.0 - May 1990
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Revised program SETUP to match drive specification of version 2.0 of the
Point & Shoot Hard Disk Manager.  Program now allows use of external
floppy disk drives with letters higher than B and can be executed from
any drive or directory.

Improved disk formatting routines

Increased directory tree capacity to 255 entries

Added file compression option (approx. 50% average compression ratio)

Enhanced backup speed with direct format/write loop.  Backup approaches
1 megabyte per minute on 1.2MB or 1.44MB disks.

Added file selection list on restoration for easy single file restorations.

Added ability to make subdirectories during restoration if files are
restored to other than the original path to allow user to have complete
control over the structure of the hard disk to which files are restored.

Enhanced error detection/recovery

Added single file compression/decompression routines to assist
in reconstruction of files outside of the restore process.

Added parameter option to immediately move into and execute any one
of the 10 backup configurations:  PASBR 1..10

Revised and enhanced program documentation