FastBack

By 1984, FastBack (Version 5.13) was already on the market. In February 1992 the company released FastBack Plus 1.0 for Windows, written for PCs running Windows 3.0. FastBack Plus 2.0 was included with Novell DOS 7 in 1994. FastBack II was at one point bundled with the "Drive 2.4" floppy disk drive marketed by Kennect Technology. By 1992, FastBack had been purchased by Symantec Corp., who went on to bundle the application as "Norton Fastback" through version 3 of Norton Utilities for the Macintosh. However, by version 4, Norton Fastback was dropped from Norton's software utility package, bringing an end to FastBack. • Fastback For The Macintosh v1.01/1.02 – 1987, v1.3 – 1988 • Fastback II v2.10 – 1990 • Fastback Plus v2.6 1991, v3.0.1 – 1992 ==Features==

The New York Times wrote about the standard DOS (MSBACKUP) utility, that it "cannot automatically awaken itself at 3 A.M. to make a full backup onto a quarter-inch cassette drive." ==Reception==

BYTE in 1989 listed Fastback Plus as among the "Distinction" winners of the BYTE Awards, stating that "if you have a hard drive, we recommend this package". ==References==