BACKUP TO FLOPPY DISK SIMPLE

On page 19 of your July/August issue you indicated that only "more experienced" users will be able to transfer directly to floppies. I am far from experienced, but was able to figure out a very simple procedure. Once you have started APP95 and are in the remote mode, switch to split screen with your highlight bar in your desktop's half of the screen. Put a floppy into the PC, press (F5) (the Goto key), and type in the appropriate drive letter of your PC's floppy drive (usually A: or B:). You can then highlight the desired files on either side of the split screen and transfer them back and forth by pressing (F2) (Copy).

I create a directory on the floppy disk with a name like "BU081792" (BU = backup, 081792 = August 17, 1992). I then back up the entire 95LX into that directory of the floppy disk.

If something goes wrong with your 95LX files, you can reload the contents of the floppy disk directory back to the 95LX effortlessly. When you are done reloading to the 95LX just reboot and EVERYTHING is exactly as it was.

I now only backup files that have changed since the last backup. A batch file or DOS connect is not needed, and a novice can do this easily. The backup takes me less than 5 minutes a week now, and it has been a life saver on several occasions.

Jeffrey Zorn

Farmington Hills, MI, USA