Looking for ABACKUP

Amiga1992 · 27 October 2010, 17:24

I need this software caleld ABACKUP, which backs up stuff to disk in its special format (disks created, when inserted into the drive, show up as DFX:ABCK on Workbench)

I used to have it but now I don't anymore, and I am almost sure someone here was trying to recover some files backed up with this software before but no one could provide it.

Anybody has this obscure backup program?
Would it help if I made an image of one of the backup disks?

Thanks

Bamiga2002 · 27 October 2010, 17:42

You don't mean ABackup found on Aminet?

Amiga1992 · 27 October 2010, 22:14

Maybe I am mislead... The one on Aminet is not the one I am looking for...
The one I look for was a full screen software (as in: ran in its own screen).

This screen was black and it had white text, maybe red. I think the logo was positioned on the left, sideways. It was a isotype logo, nothing graphics.

Hope this helps.

prowler · 27 October 2010, 22:53

Hmm... It doesn't sound like ABackup.

Ami-Back perhaps?

BuZz · 17 December 2012, 21:03

bump - did you find this software? I have some disks with ABCK - abackup on aminet doesn't seem to recognise them, so it must be the one you refer to. ami-back was no go also.

the disks did say on them "abackup" also

BuZz · 17 December 2012, 21:51

ok abackup from aminet was able to list catalogue on the disks, but it didnt work from a diskimage.device mounted disk is all.

BuZz · 17 December 2012, 23:38

I can confirm the right tool is ABackup - version 2.0 (on fish disk 780) opens on a custom screen etc. Newer versions can support certain older versions depending (in the guide). However I'm running the old version, as the new one was making me swap disks every 2 seconds.

dlfrsilver · 17 December 2012, 23:42

abackup 4.04 is good too

emufan · 18 December 2012, 00:14

AADB got version 5.22.

BuZz · 18 December 2012, 00:30

aminet has the latest copy also I think.

but for very old archives (such as these) the older versions deal with them better

emufan · 18 December 2012, 00:47

just found the aminet version too, 5.22

he was working on version 6.0 in `99. but not finished, i guess.

Amiga1992 · 18 December 2012, 12:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by BuZz

aminet has the latest copy also I think.

but for very old archives (such as these) the older versions deal with them better

Thanks for this Buzz. Unfortunately I have lost all those disks now. Backup gone with the wind.

I hope it helps FromWithin though!

Starglider 2 · 06 March 2014, 19:10

I too have a set of 50 ABackup disks. Could anyone tell me how to restore them to a HDF running on UAE, to be used on a Mac.

I have access to a basic Amiga 500 (no HD), and a Windows PC with a 3.5" disk drive.

Thanks!

mark_k · 06 March 2014, 19:34

It will be really tedious, but you could create an ADF file from each disk, transfer the ADF files via 720KB PC-format disks to your PC and from there to the Mac.

Trouble is, a 720KB disk can't hold an entire ADF file. So you could create two files for each disk then join them on the PC. I wrote about that in another thread.

If you don't have a memory expansion and 2nd floppy drive for your A500 doing that will be even more of a pain...

emufan · 06 March 2014, 19:46

with a second 3.5" drive in your windows machine you can try ADFread.

both drives on the same cable in your pc.
one disk with your write-protected amiga disk
second floppy drive with an empty disk.

the program produces an adf file, which you can use with your emulators.
the tool writes the resulting adf to your harddrive, not to the second disk.

27 October 2010, 17:24	#1
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	Looking for ABACKUP I need this software caleld ABACKUP, which backs up stuff to disk in its special format (disks created, when inserted into the drive, show up as DFX:ABCK on Workbench) I used to have it but now I don't anymore, and I am almost sure someone here was trying to recover some files backed up with this software before but no one could provide it. Anybody has this obscure backup program? Would it help if I made an image of one of the backup disks? Thanks

27 October 2010, 17:42	#2
Bamiga2002 BlizzardPPC'less Join Date: May 2004 Location: Finland Age: 46 Posts: 3,210	You don't mean ABackup found on Aminet?

27 October 2010, 22:14	#3
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	Maybe I am mislead... The one on Aminet is not the one I am looking for... The one I look for was a full screen software (as in: ran in its own screen). This screen was black and it had white text, maybe red. I think the logo was positioned on the left, sideways. It was a isotype logo, nothing graphics. Hope this helps.

27 October 2010, 22:53	#4
prowler Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sidcup, England Posts: 10,300	Hmm... It doesn't sound like ABackup. Ami-Back perhaps?

17 December 2012, 21:03	#5
BuZz Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Oxford / UK Age: 47 Posts: 583	bump - did you find this software? I have some disks with ABCK - abackup on aminet doesn't seem to recognise them, so it must be the one you refer to. ami-back was no go also. the disks did say on them "abackup" also

17 December 2012, 21:51	#6
BuZz Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Oxford / UK Age: 47 Posts: 583	ok abackup from aminet was able to list catalogue on the disks, but it didnt work from a diskimage.device mounted disk is all.

17 December 2012, 23:38	#7
BuZz Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Oxford / UK Age: 47 Posts: 583	I can confirm the right tool is ABackup - version 2.0 (on fish disk 780) opens on a custom screen etc. Newer versions can support certain older versions depending (in the guide). However I'm running the old version, as the new one was making me swap disks every 2 seconds.

17 December 2012, 23:42	#8
dlfrsilver CaptainM68K-SPS France Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Melun nearby Paris/France Age: 46 Posts: 10,413	abackup 4.04 is good too

18 December 2012, 00:14	#9
emufan Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: #DrainTheSwamp Posts: 4,545	AADB got version 5.22.

18 December 2012, 00:30	#10
BuZz Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Oxford / UK Age: 47 Posts: 583	aminet has the latest copy also I think. but for very old archives (such as these) the older versions deal with them better

18 December 2012, 00:47	#11
emufan Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: #DrainTheSwamp Posts: 4,545	just found the aminet version too, 5.22 he was working on version 6.0 in `99. but not finished, i guess.

06 March 2014, 19:10	#13
Starglider 2 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: California Posts: 1,146	I too have a set of 50 ABackup disks. Could anyone tell me how to restore them to a HDF running on UAE, to be used on a Mac. I have access to a basic Amiga 500 (no HD), and a Windows PC with a 3.5" disk drive. Thanks!

06 March 2014, 19:34	#14
mark_k Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Posts: 3,336	It will be really tedious, but you could create an ADF file from each disk, transfer the ADF files via 720KB PC-format disks to your PC and from there to the Mac. Trouble is, a 720KB disk can't hold an entire ADF file. So you could create two files for each disk then join them on the PC. I wrote about that in another thread. If you don't have a memory expansion and 2nd floppy drive for your A500 doing that will be even more of a pain...

06 March 2014, 19:46	#15
emufan Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: #DrainTheSwamp Posts: 4,545	with a second 3.5" drive in your windows machine you can try ADFread. both drives on the same cable in your pc. one disk with your write-protected amiga disk second floppy drive with an empty disk. the program produces an adf file, which you can use with your emulators. the tool writes the resulting adf to your harddrive, not to the second disk.

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