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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. PMDSKCP ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- the PM - Diskette - Copier Version 1.01
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- A new Program of Markus Noller
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. About PMDSKCP ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- PMDSKCP Version1 . 01
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- (c) 1992, M. Noller
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- Fido-net 2:244/45
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Introduction ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This program serves for the copying and comparing of diskettes under PM
- (Presentation Manager) of OS/2. The user interaction is handled completely in a
- small window and is very clearly arranged therefore. An additional window is
- used for configuration of several options. This configuration is saved and
- restored at every start of the program.
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- The program generates the volume id automatically for disks formatted first
- time; it is preserved on disks which were formatted before. In addition to that
- the user will receive a warning if the target disk contains data already.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. NOTE ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- PMDSKCP is not supplied with any sort of guarantee. You use PMFORMAT at your
- own risk.
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- The following names are trademarks of companies used only for reference purpose
- in this document.
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- o IBM und OS/2 - IBM Corporation
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Start ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The program is started by simply typing PMDSKCP on the command line. If you
- only want to compare Disks, give the Paramter "/m".
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- The program can be inserted very easily into a group of the PM program starter.
- It can be invoked from there with a single "Double-Klick".
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Usage ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The usage of this program is rather simple. You only have to insert the source
- diskette and to select the drive where it is has been inserted. After that you
- press the "READ" button to read the data from the diskette into memory.
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- The "READ" button will disapear then, together with the "WRITE" button to make
- room for a "STOP" button, which enables you to abort the reading action at any
- time. The end of the reading action is indicated with a bell tone. If the
- reading was successful and not aborted the "WRITE" button is displayed
- selectable now. Insert the target diskette and press the "WRITE" button to
- write the data to it.
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- The user will be informed by a message window when an error occures during the
- reading action if the cluster, the bad sector belongs to, is not already marked
- bad. The message box tells whether the cluster is allocated by a file or not.
- The user has to decide then whether to continue or not. In any case bad sectors
- from the source diskette will be copied to "unused" clusters on the target
- diskette.
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- After the data has been read into memory it could be written to a new diskette.
- In the normal case the target diskette is the same type as the source
- (size/capacity). But in some cases it is possible to copy between different
- types of diskettes. Necessarily they must have the same density (HD oder DD).
- Additional the target diskette must have at least that capacity that all data
- from the source diskette fits on it. But if the data is spread on the source
- diskette in an unfavourable way it is possible that the copying between
- different types may fail although the capacity of the target diskette is
- sufficient.
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- If you press the "WRITE" button after inserting the target diskette and
- selecting the drive (if different from the source drive) the writing of the
- target diskette is started. If the target diskette isn't already formatted,
- PMDSKCP will do it automatically.
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- If the diskette is already formatted, this is shown to the user. An additional
- window is opened; it shows the volume-id and the diskette name if present. You
- can decide now to proceed with your write or abort it. The popup of this window
- is connected to a bell tone also. This is for the case you changed to a full
- screen session right after pushing the button; so you won't wait for the end of
- the writing action for a very long time.
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- If there occurres a system error during write, the program will show it in an
- additional popup window too. The error number supplied with the text could be
- used for reference in the HELP command on the command line. If this is a write
- error you decide whether to continue, retry or abort.
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- Is the write aborted by a system error or by user in the system menu, there
- will be no problems according the drive (Locking or something like that), but
- the diskette is inoperable and should at least be formatted before used as a
- storage medium.
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- The current version of PMDSKCP is capable of storing the position of the window
- on the desktop. You can do this, as usual in PM, by selecting "System / Save"
- in the system manager menu. Additional to that you may select "Save Position"
- in the sytem menu of the program, which is the small button on the left side of
- the title bar. In this case only the current position of the PMDSKCP window is
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.1. Options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The menu item "Options" below "Save" in the system menu activates a dialog box
- containing a selection of several modes or compare operations:
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- Exact-Mode:
- The Source Diskette will be copied sector by sector,
- independent whether they contain data or not.
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- Fast-Mode:
- Only those tracks containing at least one sector filled
- with valid data will be copied.
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- No Compare:
- Writing is done with maximum speed without any verification.
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- Standard Compare:
- Every track is compared immediately after writing.
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- Extended Compare:
- The target diskette is compared as a whole with the
- data in memory after the write has been completed.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Registration ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This program is released as SHAREWARE. You recognize that when You see the
- registration request popping up right after the program start. The only
- difference between the shareware version and the registered version is this
- window; it appears only in the shareware version. The whole rest of the program
- is exactly the same. But the test period ends after thirty days (You see a
- count-down in the shareware remembering window). This limitation was necessary
- because of the bad registration moral with PMFORMAT !!
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- So I ask everybody who is willing to continue the use of this program in the
- future to send the filled registration form as soon as possible back to me.
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- Of course, I want only VERY LITTLE MONEY (not worth talking about). So the
- INTERNATIONAL version (there exists a German version as well) can be received
- for the prize of:
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- $ 10.-- (in words: ten)
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- as bank note (bill) in Your letter. This offer is valid for all "normal users"
- (ask for company licenses). You get the registered version on a diskette of
- your choice 5 1/4 inch or 3 1/2 inch and a note, if there is an upgrade because
- of a bug (I don't hope so) or because of user requests.
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- Note: Please do NOT send any cheques. Send bank notes, please ! There is a
- rather high fee for discharging foreign cheques at German banks (about $
- 8 - for a $ 10 cheque). So letters containing cheques go directly to
- /DEV/NULL (if the cheque is not $ 20 or above <grin> )
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- Once more: Please register this program. You show interest on my hobbiists
- work and I will shurely write some more programs for OS/2 then, what can be
- very useful for You then (I have some more interesting ideas on further
- projects.)
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.1. Registration form ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Markus Noller
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- Tannenstrasse 18
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- D - W7153 Weissach im Tal
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- West Germany
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- According: Registration PM-Disk-Copy
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- Yes, I want to register PMDSKCP. I know that this program is
- released without any kind of guarantee what is caused by its
- concept (shareware) and its very low prize. I enclose the
- registration fee of $10 to this letter as a bank note.
- (Again: No cheques please ! Thank you)
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- I would like to receive the software on a
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- o 5 1/4 inch diskette
- o 3 1/2 inch diskette.
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- Please send it to the following address:
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- Name, First Name: _______________________________
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- Street, No. : _______________________________
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- Postal Code, Town: _______________________________
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- Country: _______________________________
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Versions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- 1.01 First public international version
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- ═══ <hidden> АА   ═══
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- Externalcommand-Parameter :drive ,path
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- Drive and path for the command to execute. External commands are stored in form
- of program files on your disk. If you give an external command the system looks
- first in the actual directory of the standard drive for this command. If the
- command is not found there, the system continues to search along the
- directories noted in the PATH statement.