<s>
FastBack	B-Application
is	O
a	O
software	O
application	O
developed	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
and	O
early	O
1990s	O
for	O
backing	O
up	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
FastBack	B-Application
was	O
unique	O
in	O
the	O
industry	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
read	O
from	O
a	O
computer	O
hard	O
drive	O
and	O
write	O
to	O
the	O
floppy	B-Device
drive	I-Device
simultaneously	O
using	O
the	O
full	O
capability	O
of	O
the	O
dual-channel	O
DMA	B-General_Concept
chip	O
found	O
in	O
personal	O
computers	O
of	O
that	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
combined	O
with	O
compression	B-General_Concept
techniques	I-General_Concept
and	O
a	O
proprietary	O
disk	B-Application
format	I-Application
that	O
stored	O
720KB	O
of	O
data	O
on	O
each	O
360KB	O
5¼-inch	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
(	O
only	O
in	O
1.2MB	O
drives	O
)	O
,	O
this	O
made	O
FastBack	B-Application
one	O
of	O
the	O
fastest	O
PC	O
backup	B-Protocol
programs	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
1984	O
,	O
FastBack	B-Application
(	O
Version	O
5.13	O
)	O
was	O
already	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1987	O
,	O
FastBack	B-Application
Plus	O
1.0	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
,	O
or	O
subsequent	O
DOS	B-Device
versions	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
with	O
an	O
unconditional	O
guarantee	O
against	O
harm	O
resulting	O
from	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
in	O
the	O
terms	O
and	O
conditions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1991	O
,	O
FastBack	B-Application
Plus	O
3.02	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
1992	O
the	O
company	O
released	O
FastBack	B-Application
Plus	O
1.0	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
written	O
for	O
PCs	O
running	O
Windows	B-Application
3.0	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
FastBack	B-Application
Plus	O
2.0	O
was	O
included	O
with	O
Novell	O
DOS	B-Device
7	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FastBack	B-Application
II	O
was	O
at	O
one	O
point	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
"	O
Drive	O
2.4	O
"	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
marketed	O
by	O
Kennect	O
Technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
1992	O
,	O
FastBack	B-Application
had	O
been	O
purchased	O
by	O
Symantec	O
Corp.	O
,	O
who	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
bundle	O
the	O
application	O
as	O
"	O
Norton	O
Fastback	B-Application
"	O
through	O
version	O
3	O
of	O
Norton	B-Application
Utilities	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
by	O
version	O
4	O
,	O
Norton	O
Fastback	B-Application
was	O
dropped	O
from	O
Norton	O
's	O
software	O
utility	O
package	O
,	O
bringing	O
an	O
end	O
to	O
FastBack	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
wrote	O
about	O
the	O
standard	O
DOS	B-Device
(	O
MSBACKUP	O
)	O
utility	O
,	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
cannot	O
automatically	O
awaken	O
itself	O
at	O
3	O
A.M.	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
full	B-Protocol
backup	I-Protocol
onto	O
a	O
quarter-inch	O
cassette	O
drive.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
BYTE	B-Application
in	O
1989	O
listed	O
Fastback	B-Application
Plus	O
as	O
among	O
the	O
"	O
Distinction	O
"	O
winners	O
of	O
the	O
BYTE	B-Application
Awards	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
"	O
if	O
you	O
have	O
a	O
hard	O
drive	O
,	O
we	O
recommend	O
this	O
package	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
