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- ABSTRACTS FOR CP/M USERS' GROUP VOLUME 52
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- BATCH & VARBATCH are some very nice programs by Dan Ross of
- Succinct Systems in Santa Cruz, California. Both Batch and
- Varbatch are public domain and donated to the UG by Mr. Ross.
- Essentially, BATCH and VARBATCH are super SUBMIT programs,
- although they take a little getting used to. Read the
- documentation (BATCH.RM) carefully to familiarize yourself with
- the usage procedures. WARNING: some double-density systems
- warm-boot ALL of CP/M from disk & wipe out some BIOS
- changes made by BATCH, so be careful of this. Mr Ross has
- included a "troubleshooting" guide at the end of the BATCH.RM
- file. The programs work fine, as-is, on my single-density Tarbell
- controller system using the BVIOS/BVBOOT (CP/M UG Vol. 38).
- BATCH is the submit utility without variables. Varbatch includes
- variables 0 thru 9 for internal use, as well as some other goodies.
- See the documentation for details, as well as usage instructions.
- Abstract by Jim Mills
-
- CPYFST35.ASM
- CPYFST35.DOC
- CPYFST3F.COM FOR FAST CONTROLLERS (56 SEC.)
- CPYFST3M.COM FOR MEDIUM CONTROLLERS (67 SEC.)
- CPYFST3S.COM FOR SLOW CONTROLLERS (78 SEC.)
- CPYFST35 is version 3.5 of COPYFAST (CPMUG VOL. 47), a con-
- troller independent disk copy program for CP/M. Copyfast is an
- adaptation of the Tarbell disk copy program, but does not
- require Tarbell hardware. Version 3.5 contains several small
- bug fixes, faster copy speeds, and three new features: it is
- now possible to CTRL-C out of the program at any time, the
- range of the copy can be changed by a parameter given on the
- command line when the program is started, and the program can
- now determine the size of the CP/M it is running in and adjust
- accordingly. The .DOC file contains all of the installation
- instructions and a great deal more about the program and op-
- tions than copyfast did. The source can be assembled with ASM
- or MAC, and is extensively commented. The front of the source
- has all of the assembly options, and it should be no problem
- for anyone to modify these options and tailor it to the par-
- ticular needs of the user. As supplied, the program copies all
- of tracks 2-76 of a standard 8 inch disk as fast as a con-
- troller can go. Assembly options are present to accommodate
- slower controllers or single disk CP/M systems. The three .COM
- files are assembled versions for three different read and write
- interleave combinations, try all three to see how fast your
- controller is.
- Review by Chuck Weingart
-