Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Posts: 29

Just recieved my backup module and I have to say that Springboard technology is really neat!

I plug it in and instanly the program comes up. The backup routine is relatively quick. I haven't had to restore yet, and I don't ever want to, but I'm sure this lil' piece of insurance will work flawlessly if the time comes!

My one problem is that if I would like to keep the backup module in the visor I can't seem to find the program once I exit it and go back to the os. I have to take it out and plug it back in. Has anyone found a way to do this? I have my VDlx in a rhinoskin 1100 case and the lessIi have to remove it the less chipping will occur on the notch from the cover.

Registered: Sep 1999
Location: at work...
Posts: 736

DMcH,

The program can be found in the applications list. Just click on the application silkscreen button (the house), and then select the 'All' category from the drop-down list at the top-right of the screen. The program is called "Backup" and has a little square before the name to indicate that it is a springboard module program.

Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Posts: 29

I figured out what it was....

Springboard applications must not show up in Handscape. I could see it though when I exited to the palm os. I guess it just means an extra step. Does this happen with Launcher III too?

Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Midland, Texas
Posts: 231

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Originally posted by DMcH:
Does this happen with Launcher III too?

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Registered: Dec 1999
Location:
Posts: 119

I thought about keeping the backup module in my Visor -- but the thought occurred to me that if I lost the Visor (perish the thought), I'd also lose my backup! So I keep it in my desk drawer. Because I'm prepared, this means I will never lose my Visor, right? (Isn't this a corrolary to Murphy's Law?)

Besides, where would I keep my post-it notes if I filled up my module slot with an actual module?

Registered: Sep 1999
Location: New Mexico, USA
Posts: 112

Well, there's no perfect backup solution, so I'm resigned to a multi-pronged approach.

The Backup Module sure looks like the way to keep your backside covered while away from the pc. After HandyShop2 (beta, admittedly) nuked my Visor (twice, sigh...- that reboot loop is sure disheartening) I realize how important the Backup Module is and how fortunate I was to have borrowed my co-worker's Backup Mod for that weekend.

However, after admitting that I had far too much crap on the Visor and that it wasn't helping the unit's stability much, I reloaded the essentials from scratch. And there I sat, staring at the Backup Module that contained the only copy of my PocketMoney data, and realized I could only get that data by reloading *all* that unwanted destabilizing stuff.

This is where the file-level access of Backup Buddy would have been perfect. So I need Backup Buddy, too.

Not that I begrudge the dollars or anything, but it's taking a while to get the whole setup coherent.

j.

[This message has been edited by john (edited 03-16-2000).]