Number of floppies
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Under QB 5 is there away to find out the number of floppies I would need
under the different backup options?
Allan Baer ( Be part of the solution, not part of the problem. )
If there can be an estimate of the number of disks required, then you
will see the estimate at the top of the scroll list on the screen
with the start button on it.
Thanks for your reply. I did come up with some estimates on later
tries, 63 disks which i was able to cut to 26.
I am trying to create a exclude tag filter list. For me, excluding a
standard list of applications I have the original disks and backing
up everything else would work. Is there a way to use AmigaDOS
pattern matching?
Why did QB go away from standard DOS disks?
Allan,
Yes, there is pattern matching in the Tag Filter. Pages 18 and 19 in the
manual fully cover how to use the Tag Filter, but basically, on Workbench
1.3 and before, the only pattern matching you can do is wildcards (? and
#?). On Workbench 2.0 and greater (not that there is one, but we use an OS
routine that shouldn't go away in future versions) you can use the full
pattern matching tools as covered in either the AmigaDOS Manual or the
Using The System Software 2.0 manual.
Go away from standard DOS? Quarterback has never used standard DOS disks.
It has always been a different format so that more can be packed onto a
disk.
Mark Thomas
Central Coast Software
A division of New Horizons Software, Inc.