Date   : Fri, 05 Feb 1988 15:50:41 GMT
From   : abp@j.cc.purdue.edu (Jeffrey J Wieland)
Subject: DateStamper

In article <8802041714.AA01070@newton.arpa> bridger%rcc@RAND-UNIX.ARPA
(Bridger Mitchell) writes:
>Thanks for the kind words about DateStamper, Margaret.

I've been using DateStamper since October; I used it with WordStar 4.0,
Eco-C80, and the Make utility supplied in the tool kit to develop a
~3500 compiler for a course in compilers and operating systems that
I took.  DateStamper made keeping the numerous source files up-to-date
easy.  DatSweep made incremental backups possible (I use a 1M Advent
RAM Disk; it sure beats copying ALL the sources just to make sure that
everything is safely on a floppy).

>As a side note, DosDisk, which has just started shipping, provides
>datestamping for files on MS-DOS disks when run on a
>DateStamper-equipped system.  The distribution disk includes upgraded
>directory (SDD) and file maintenance (DATSWEEP) utilities that
>display/use/manipulate the MS-DOS datestamps.

I've been using DosDisk since December (it came with my upgrade for the
MultiCopy program for CP/M Kaypros).  I take disks back-and-forth from
work regularly, and I have only had a problem with one disk: a demo-disk
for CompuView's VEDIT PLUS.  None of our machines at work could read it,
either.  I was able to access it with Media Master on my Kaypro.

I've also been using the public domain demo for BackGrounder II.  Did you
know that there is a way to log to another disk while running BGII?  It
involves DatSweep (doesn't work with NewSweep, so it must be something
peculiar to DatSweep).  Maybe if I get a full-time job, I'll spring for
the complete version.

                               Jeff Wieland
                               abp@j.cc.purdue.edu