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- (C) COPYRIGHT 1989 by Ron NETH, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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- SETDRIVE
- INTRODUCTION
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- SETDRIVE is the copyrighted property of Ron Neth. You are granted a
- limited license to use SETDRIVE, and to copy it and distribute it,
- provided that the following conditions are met:
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- 1) No fee may be charged for such copying and distribution.
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- 2) SETDRIVE may ONLY be distributed in its original, unmodified state.
- To include SETDRIVE.EXE and READ.ME.
-
-
- Any voluntary contributions for the use of this program will be
- appreciated, and should be sent to:
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- Ron Neth
- 1075 Springhill Court
- Gambrills, Md. 21054
-
- You may not use this product in a commercial environment or a
- governmental organization without paying a license fee of $10.
- Site licenses and commercial distribution licenses are available.
-
-
-
- A word about user supported software:
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- The user supported software concept (usually referred to as freeware)
- is an attempt to provide software at low cost. The cost of offering a
- new product by conventional means is staggering, and hence dissuades
- many independent authors and small companies from developing and
- promoting their ideas. User supported software is an attempt to
- develop a new marketing channel, where products can be introduced at
- low cost.
-
- If user supported software works, then everyone will benefit. The
- user will benefit by receiving quality products at low cost, and by
- being able to "test drive" software thoroughly before purchasing it.
- The author benefits by being able to enter the commercial software
- arena without first needing large sources of venture capital.
-
- But it can only work with your support. We're not just talking about
- SETDRIVE here, but about all user supported software. If you find that
- you are still using a program after a couple of weeks, then pretty
- obviously it is worth something to you, and you should send in a
- contribution.
-
-
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- ABOUT SETDRIVE
-
- SETDRIVE is utility that resets the default parameters for a
- floppy disk drive. I first developed SETDRIVE after
- installing a 720K 3 1/2" drive into a XT clone as the B
- drive. The only way to use the drive as a 720K drive was to
- add a DRIVER.SYS entry to the CONFIG.SYS file telling DOS
- that the drive in fact was a 720K drive and not a 360K
- drive. However, DOS made my 720K drive the D drive and left
- the B drive as a 360K device. Since the new drive was
- physically cabled as the B drive I felt that DOS should
- treat it as the B drive, hence the creation of SETDRIVE.
- SETDRIVE is not intended to work miracles with your
- hardware, so even though SETDRIVE will change DOS to think
- that your 360K drive is a 1.44 megabyte drive, the reality
- of the hardware will become apparent as soon as you attempt
- to use the drive beyond its hardware limits.
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- Running SETDRIVE without a parameter will produce a output
- on the display describing the parameters necessary for
- SETDRIVE to do what you want it to.
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- Running SETDRIVE with just a drive letter will produce a
- output on the display of what the default parameters for the
- drive given as the parameter are.
- SETDRIVE B: will produce a display showing the current
- default parameter settings for the B drive.
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- Running SETDRIVE with a drive letter and a size will change
- the default drive parameters for the drive specified to
- those of a drive of the size specified.
- SETDRIVE B: 720 will change the B drive to a 720K drive even
- if it is not physically capable of being that type of drive.
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- SETDRIVE will work on any floppy disk drive with a drive
- letter between A and E. SETDRIVE will change a drive to any
- of the following sizes (360, 720, 1.2, 1.4) regardless of
- the physical characteristics of the drive. Beware, as stated
- earlier SETDRIVE cannot change the physical capabilities of
- your floppy drive a 360k drive will always be a 360k drive
- no matter what SETDRIVE tells DOS that it is.
-
- SETDRIVE can be used in a batch file or from the command
- line. I use it in my autoexec.bat file to change my B drive
- from a 360k that DOS mistakenly thinks it is to the 720k
- drive that it physically is. SETDRIVE can be used on AT
- systems to change the 1.2m drive to a 360k drive when making
- floppies for another system such as a XT that only has 360k
- drives. (SETDRIVE A 360) When your done making floppies for
- the XT system simply type "SETDRIVE A 1.2" to return your A
- drive to its full capability. SETDRIVE works equally well on
- 3 1/2 inch drives. Since I have a 1.4meg drive in my system
- but many of my friends have only a 720k drive I use
- SETDRIVE C 720 to change my 1.4meg drive to 720k when making
- floppies for my friends, and then SETDRIVE c 1.4 to return
- it to its full capability.
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- SETDRIVE will not allow you to change the parameters for
- your hard disk so don't worry about losing your valuable
- data.
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- SETDRIVE LICENSE
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- The use of SETDRIVE in a commercial environment or government organization
- is granted under the following terms:
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- 1. Payment of the license fee must be made to Ron Neth. The fee
- is based on the number of computers which will be used to run
- SETDRIVE, as follows:
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- 1 to 9 copies $10 each
- 10 to 24 copies $7.50 each
- 25 to 49 copies $6 each
- 50 to 99 copies $4.50 each
- over 99 copies $400 one time fee
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- 2. You may use SETDRIVE on the number of computers included in the license
- fee. If you have paid the fee for over 99 copies, then you may
- use SETDRIVE on any number of computers within your organization.
-
- 3. You may make copies of the program, in its original, unmodified
- form, without restriction. You may distribute these copies of
- the program without restriction.
-
- 4. If these copies are distributed outside of your organization, you
- have no obligation to control the use of those copies which are
- outside of your organization.
-
- 5. You may make copies of the program documentation, in both its
- printed form and machine readable form, without restriction.
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- 6. You may use future versions of SETDRIVE under this license. The latest
- version is available from Ron Neth for a $5 service charge.
-
- 7. You may NOT modify the program or charge a fee for copying or
- distributing the program.
-
- 8. It is your responsibility to make the necessary copies and to
- deliver them to the computers which they will be used on.
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- I agree to abide by the terms and conditions of this license.
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