Maybe someone here can help with this riddle. I recently was given a backup archive of some directory I had on my old family Mac Plus HDD. It's spanned across 6 diskettes. When I put the disks in my Classic II, no files show in the finder, but it shows about 2k free on each. One of the disks is labeled "FB Catalog".
So, anyone know what archive format these would be? I figured maybe it's Norton Utilities' FastBack. I downloaded Norton's "Expander", which is supposed to read the archive format, but looks like no dice.
I have an old disk with a application called "Fast Back" from Fifth Generation Systems, Inc., copyright 1987. I seem to remember it was advertised a lot, using a cheetah in the ad. I don't know if Norton bought them out, but if they did it would not be surprising that they do not support the pre-Norton archive format.
I don't remember anything about using the application, and my vintage machines are packed away at the moment. I don't know if it would run on System 7, but it would probably run on System 6. Anyhow, I can send you a disk image of it in mid January if you haven't solved it by then--just remind me to do it. I am the original owner and have a serial number (but, alas, no manual), so it should still work.
Best, Eric
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