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Aucbvax.2306 fa.works utzoo!duke!decvax!ucbvax!works Thu Jul 16 06:41:34 1981 pukcba ekortsyek >From COMSAT.SoftArts@MIT-Multics Thu Jul 16 06:39:59 1981 There are many naive ideas for backup that work in limited contexts. The assumption of keystroke backup is that the keystrokes are the only information needed. That might be true in simple system. It is not true when one is interacting with a more general environment. For example, inserting files from a hierarchy using names relative to the current environment. Or reading mail, or waiting for timeouts.

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