Irvine, California-based StarBase Corp announced at Networld+InterOp 95 a personal computer back-up scheduling system called Boris. Although not a full- blown back-up program, Boris can be used on stand-alone workstations, or those connected to a local area network, to automate any repetitive batch execution, such as daily downloads of information from on-line services, or periodic virus checking. It warns the user when available disk space falls below a user-prescribed level. It has also been designed as a safety net for desktop users that accidentally delete or overwrite files, or sections within files. Boris automatically saves all drafts of files, without the user having to rename them in a file vault. These files are compressed to enable more to be stored. Which files are to be saved is up to the user or network administrator: StarBase says Boris is fully configurable and parameters, like size of file, will trigger Boris’s activities. And Boris automatically deletes files; when it does this is also configurable and it is possible to protect files from being deleted. StarBase says Boris is for use with Windows and Windows NT and appears on screen as an easy-to-understand activity box. The thing takes up 2Mb of memory and will be available in May, selling for $40.
