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- DOS Drive Tool
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- 1 INTRODUCTION .............................................. 1
- 2 REQUIREMENTS .............................................. 1
- 3 COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS ................................... 1
- 3.1 [Drive:][path][filename] ................................ 1
- 3.2 ASSUME /A ............................................... 1
- 3.3 BIOS VIDEO /B ........................................... 2
- 3.4 COLOR SET 2 /C .......................................... 2
- 3.5 IGNORE ENHANCED KEYBOARD /K ............................. 2
- 3.6 QUIET /Q ................................................ 2
- 3.7 HELP /? ................................................. 2
- 4 EDIT MODES ................................................ 3
- 4.1 DIRECTORY EDIT .......................................... 3
- 4.2 CLUSTER EDIT ............................................ 3
- 4.3 FAT EDIT ................................................ 3
- 5 MENU FUNCTIONS ............................................ 3
- 5.1 COMMON FUNCTIONS ........................................ 4
- 5.1.1 [ WRITE ] ............................................ 4
- 5.1.2 [ CLEAR ] ............................................ 4
- 5.1.3 [ Nw DRV ] ............................................ 4
- 5.1.4 [ EXIT ] ............................................ 4
- 5.1.5 [ HELP ] ............................................ 4
- 5.1.6 [ STATS ] ............................................ 4
- 5.1.7 [ BootCl ] ............................................ 4
- 5.1.8 [ RootCl ] ............................................ 4
- 5.2 DIRECTORY EDIT FUNCTIONS ................................ 4
- 5.2.1 [ SEARCH ] ............................................ 4
- 5.2.2 [ FAT ] ............................................ 5
- 5.2.3 [ CLUSTR ] ............................................ 5
- 5.2.4 [ SUBDIR ] ............................................ 5
- 5.2.5 [ PARENT ] ............................................ 5
- 5.2.6 [ ROOT ] ............................................ 5
- 5.2.7 [ PREV ] ............................................ 5
- 5.2.8 [ NEXT ] ............................................ 5
- 5.2.9 [ S-TREE ] ............................................ 5
- 5.2.10 [ UNERAS ] ............................................ 5
- 5.2.11 [ SAVE ] ............................................ 5
- 5.2.12 [ GET ] ............................................ 6
- 5.2.13 [ PUT ] ............................................ 6
- 5.3 CLUSTER EDIT FUNCTIONS .................................. 6
- 5.3.1 [ SEARCH ] ............................................ 6
- 5.3.2 [ FAT ] ............................................ 6
- 5.3.3 [ Hx/Chr ] ............................................ 6
- 5.3.4 [ DIR ] ............................................ 6
- 5.3.5 [ -1 ] ............................................ 6
- 5.3.6 [ +1 ] ............................................ 6
- 5.3.7 [ PREV ] ............................................ 6
- 5.3.8 [ NEXT ] ............................................ 6
- 5.3.9 [ S-ALL ] ............................................ 6
- 5.3.10 [ 1st CL ] ............................................ 7
- 5.3.11 [ ASC/EB ] ............................................ 7
- 5.3.12 [ OWNER ] ............................................ 7
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- 5.4 FAT EDIT FUNCTIONS ...................................... 7
- 5.4.1 [ SEARCH ] ............................................ 7
- 5.4.2 [ CLUSTR ] ............................................ 7
- 5.4.3 [ DIR ] ............................................ 7
- 5.4.4 [ PREV ] ............................................ 7
- 5.4.5 [ NEXT ] ............................................ 7
- 5.4.6 [ OWNER ] ............................................ 7
- 6 CUSTOMIZING DDT ........................................... 7
- 6.1 DISPLAY ATTRIBUTES ...................................... 7
- 6.2 FUNCTION KEY ASSIGNMENTS ................................ 8
- 7 CHANGES ................................................... 9
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- 1.0 INTRODUCTION
- DDT is a utility program for working with DOS-format drives. It displays
- the data found on the drive in the format in which DOS uses it. It can
- be used to view, search, and modify this data.
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- The DDT program has been released in versions 0.2 through 1.43, with bugs
- of varying severity found in each. Although I would like to think that
- version 1.5 is error free, I am certain that bugs will be found. Even if
- it were bug free, however, I would still be advising CAUTION in using it.
- It is, by definition, a potentially dangerous program, since it gives the
- user the power to change data that is usually better left unchanged. For
- example, by modifying the FAT, a file or even an entire disk can be made
- unusable. I strongly recommend the DOS Technical Reference Manual
- chapter on DOS Disk Allocation as a prerequisite to using DDT.
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- 2.0 REQUIREMENTS
- This program requires PC-DOS 2.0 or higher. It will support editing of
- DOS standard format diskettes and disks. It is not intended to support
- non-DOS formats, or DOS file system extensions. The program uses DOS
- interrupts 25H and 26H, and will attempt to verify the INT. 25H
- interface and the format of the target drive through DOS INT 21H. Any
- DOS file system extension or memory resident program which takes over INT
- 21H or INT 25H may interfere with this verification, causing an
- "unsupported format" error message, and preventing editing of the target
- drive. This interference has been found in using DDT with DOS 3.1/3.2
- when ASSIGN is installed. DDT Version 1.3 requires approximately 94Kb of
- free memory for the program, plus a data buffer which varies in size
- depending on the drive being edited. This buffer will not exceed 84Kb
- for most hardfiles, or 20Kb for most diskettes.
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- 3.0 COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS
- All command line parameters are optional. They can be entered in upper
- or lower case.
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- 3.1 [Drive:][path][filename]
- The DOS drive letter of the drive to be edited ( target drive ) can be
- entered as a command line parameter. This will bypass the first screen,
- which prompts for drive letter. A path and file name can also be entered
- with the command line parameter, and if the file is found, the
- subdirectory containing the file will be displayed in Directory Edit mode
- as the first screen, with the cursor at the specified file.
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- 3.2 ASSUME /A
- The /A parameter is used to ASSUME a set of format parameters for the
- target drive. This is useful in cases where the a Boot Record has been
- damaged, causing the disk(ette) to appear to have an unusable format.
- The /A parameter has two forms of use.
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- For diskettes, predefined parameter sets are provided for most common
- diskette formats. To ASSUME one of these sets, use one of the /A forms
- listed in the following table:
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- Predefined formats for the ASSUME parameter ( /A )
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- /A160 single-sided, 8 sect./trk. ( 160 Kb 5.25" )
- /A180 single-sided, 9 sect./trk. ( 180 Kb 5.25" )
- /A320 double-sided, 8 sect./trk. ( 320 Kb 5.25" )
- /A360 double-sided, 9 sect./trk. ( 360 Kb 5.25" )
- /A720 double-sided, 9 sect./trk. ( 720 Kb 3.5" standard format )
- /A720* double-sided, 9 sect./trk. ( 720 Kb 3.5" alternate format )
- /A1.2 double-sided, 15 sect./trk. ( 1.2 Mb 5.25" )
- /A1.44 double-sided, 18 sect./trk. ( 1.44 Mb 3.5" )
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- For hardfiles and for diskette formats not listed in the table, the
- second form of /A must be used. This form requires 7 sub-parameters
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- /Ap1,p2,p3,p4,p5,p6,p7
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- p1 = Number of logical sectors
- p2 = Bytes per sector
- p3 = Number of reserved sectors
- p4 = Sectors per FAT
- p5 = Number of FATs
- p6 = Number of Root Directory entries
- p7 = Sectors per cluster
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- For example, to start DDT with ASSUMED parameters for a 20 Mb hardfile,
- as formatted by DOS 3.3, the command line would look like this:
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- ...>DDT C: /A41735,512,1,41,2,512,4
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- The values of the sub-parameters can vary with disk size/type, DOS
- version, disk partitioning, and other factors. For a given disk(ette),
- these values can be obtained from the PARAMETERS display of DDT, but you
- would have to get the values before they are actually needed, since you
- can't start DDT without ASSUME values if the Boot Record is damaged.
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- 3.3 BIOS VIDEO /B
- The /B parameter will cause video I/O to go through BIOS Int. 10, which
- may be necessary for compatibility in some cases. This will cause
- performance to be much slower.
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- 3.4 COLOR SET 2 /C
- The /C parameter will cause DDT to use an alternate display attribute
- (color ) set.
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- 3.5 IGNORE ENHANCED KEYBOARD /K
- The /K parameter will cause DDT to not use the Enhanced Keyboard, even if
- the presence test passes. This may be necessary if a TSR program causes
- the presence test to pass when no enhanced keyboard is present.
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- 3.6 QUIET /Q
- The /Q parameter will cause DDT to not use the speaker. The speaker is
- normally used to signal invalid keystrokes or errors.
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- 3.7 HELP /?
- The /? parameter will cause DDT to display a screen of help information.
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- 4.0 EDIT MODES
- Three editing modes are available in DDT, Directory, Cluster, and FAT.
- These modes allow editing of the respective areas of the disk, in a
- format defined by DOS. For more information on FATs, Clusters, and
- Directories, see the DOS Technical Reference Manual. Changes made while
- editing are displayed in high intensity until they are written. Cursor
- movement is controlled by the [Home], [End], [PgUp], [PpDn], [TAB] and
- [Ctrl] keys, and cursor pad arrows.
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- 4.1 DIRECTORY EDIT
- Directory Edit mode allows editing of DOS directories and subdirectories.
- The directory entry fields are displayed and edited in a decoded format
- (i.e. the time field is display in HRS:MIN:SEC format ). The directory
- entry field that is reserved for DOS is not displayed in Directory Edit
- mode, but if necessary it can be accessed by editing the directory in
- Cluster Edit mode.
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- 4.2 CLUSTER EDIT
- Cluster Edit mode allows editing of Data Clusters. The data can be
- edited in Hex or Character form ( selected with [ Hx/Chr ] ), and the
- characters can be ASCII or EBCDIC ( selected with [ Asc/EB ] ). The BOOT
- Record and the ROOT Directory can also be edited in Cluster Edit mode, by
- selecting [ BootCl ] or [ RootCl ].
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- 4.3 FAT EDIT
- FAT ( File Allocation Table ) Edit mode allows editing of the FAT. The
- data is displayed in Hex, grouped by FAT pointer, which is either 12 or
- 16 bits, depending on the format of the drive. Only one FAT is
- displayed. If multiple copies of the FAT exist ( 2 FAT copies are kept
- on most DOS drives ), the [ FAT # ] function can be used to select which
- copy of the FAT is to be edited, or to select "All FATs" for edit. FAT
- Edit mode will always start in the "All FATs" state. In this state, all
- FAT copies are written with the same data when the [ WRITE ] function is
- used. When a single FAT number is selected for edit, only the selected
- copy of the FAT will be written when the [ WRITE ] function is used.
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- If differences are found between the first and second FAT copies when DDT
- is started or when "All FATs" editing is selected, a warning message is
- displayed. The differences of the second FAT will be displayed as
- highlighted changes, over the first FAT data. Executing a [ WRITE ] at
- this point will write the second FAT data to all copies of the FAT.
- Alternately, executing a [ CLEAR ] follwed by a [ WRITE ] will write the
- first FAT data to all copies of the FAT.
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- 5.0 MENU FUNCTIONS
- Menus are displayed across the bottom of the screen, and offer up to 20
- choices, corresponding to [F1] through [F10], and [Shift]+[F1] ( [SF1] )
- through [SF10]. The [F11] and [F12] keys ( or [Ctrl] [<-] and [Ctrl]
- [->] keys ) can be used to move the menu-cursor, and the last line on the
- screen will display a message explaining the function of the item
- selected. Menu items can be executed by selecting with the menu-cursor
- and then pressing [ENTER], or directly by pressing the "F" key
- corresponding to the menu item. The [Esc] key is used to exit to the
- drive selection screen.
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- The functions assigned to the keys can be customized for each of the
- three edit modes, to suit personal taste. The procedure for changing the
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- 5.1 COMMON FUNCTIONS
- The functions listed in this section are available in all edit modes.
- Other function key labels ( such as [ SEARCH ] ) will be the same in all
- three modes, but will function differently in each mode, and therefore
- will be listed under each edit mode section.
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- 5.1.1 [ WRITE ]
- This function writes the NEW data ( highlighted on the display ) to the
- disk. In FAT edit mode, the new data will be written to all copies of
- the FAT.
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- 5.1.2 [ CLEAR ]
- This function clears all the NEW ( highlighted ) data from the display.
- The display will then show the original data read from the disk.
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- 5.1.3 [ Nw DRV ]
- This function will end the editing of the current drive, and return to
- the drive-selection screen. The [Esc] key will also perform this
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- 5.1.4 [ EXIT ]
- This function will end DDT and return to DOS.
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- 5.1.5 [ HELP ]
- This function will display a short message explaining how to use DDT
- menus and editing functions.
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- 5.1.6 [ STATS ]
- This function will display a set of statistics or parameters describing
- the target drive.
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- 5.1.7 [ BootCl ]
- This function will allow editing the BOOT record of the target drive.
- The data will be displayed in Cluster Edit mode, but only the
- single-sector Boot Record will be displayed. This function is not
- available in Directory Edit mode in the default version of DDT, but it
- can be added to the function menu if desired ( see CUSTOMIZING DDT ).
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- 5.1.8 [ RootCl ]
- This function will allow editing the ROOT Directory of the target drive
- in Cluster Edit mode. This may be needed to edit the Reserved field of
- directory entries, which is not shown in Directory Edit mode.
- Subdirectories can edited in Cluster Edit mode by selecting a
- subdirectory entry in Directory Edit mode, and the switching to Cluster
- Edit mode ( [ CLUSTR ] ). This function is not available in Directory
- Edit mode in the default version of DDT, but it can be added to the
- function menu if desired ( see CUSTOMIZING DDT ).
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- 5.2.1 [ SEARCH ]
- In Directory mode, the search covers only the FILENAME (.EXT) field. The
- search is case sensitive, even though lower-case file name are not legal
- in DOS. Partial names can be entered. For example: "DDT" will find any
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- directory entry with a ".BAT" extension. The search will be forward
- only, from the current entry. If the current directory is a
- subdirectory, the search will include all clusters forward in the chain.
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- 5.2.2 [ FAT ]
- This function will select FAT Edit mode. The cursor will be positioned
- at the FAT entry for the Start Cluster of the current directory entry.
- If the current directory entry is unused, the cursor will be positioned
- at the FAT entry for the first unused cluster on the disk.
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- 5.2.3 [ CLUSTR ]
- This function will select Cluster Edit mode for the Start Cluster of the
- current directory entry. If the current directory entry is unused, the
- first unused cluster on the disk will be displayed.
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- 5.2.4 [ SUBDIR ]
- If the cursor is selecting a subdirectory entry, the first cluster of
- that subdirectory will be displayed in Directory Edit mode.
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- 5.2.5 [ PARENT ]
- If the current directory is not the Root Directory, the PARENT of the
- current directory will be displayed in Directory Edit mode.
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- 5.2.6 [ ROOT ]
- This function will display the ROOT Directory in Directory Edit mode.
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- 5.2.7 [ PREV ]
- This function will display the previous cluster ( in the FAT chain ) of
- the current subdirectory in Directory Edit mode.
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- 5.2.8 [ NEXT ]
- This function will display the next cluster ( in the FAT chain ) of the
- current subdirectory in Directory Edit mode.
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- 5.2.9 [ S-TREE ]
- This function will search the directory tree for a file name, starting
- with the current entry of the current directory. To search the complete
- directory tree, use [ ROOT ] to select the ROOT Directory, and then
- start the tree search. When a match is found, the matching file name is
- displayed. The tree search can then be repeated at that point to search
- the rest of the tree for more matches.
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- 5.2.10 [ UNERAS ]
- When a directory is displayed, erased files will have "+" as the first
- character of the file name. To try to un-erase a file, move the cursor
- to the erased file name, and execute the [ UNERASe] function. DDT will
- then change the "+" character to a "?", and try to rebuild the FAT chain
- for the file by using a "best guess" approach. This consists of
- beginning with the start cluster, and searching forward in the FAT to
- find enough unused clusters to match the file size. To complete the
- unerase attempt, the new directory AND the new FAT must then be written
- to disk by using the "WRITE" menu function in both DIR and FAT edit
- modes.
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- 5.2.11 [ SAVE ]
- The save function will write the specified file to a drive other than the
- one being edited. The destination drive entered for the save file must
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- current name will be used. After executing the UNERASE function, this
- function can be used instead of writing the modified Directory and FAT.
- This lets you recover a file without writing to the drive being edited.
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- 5.2.12 [ GET ]
- This function will get the current entry of the current directory, and
- place it in a save area. This entry can then be written to a different
- location by using the [ PUT ] function. The saved entry will be
- displayed at the bottom of the Directory Edit window. If a completely
- blank, unused entry is saved ( GETed ? ), the saved entry will not be
- displayed.
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- 5.2.13 [ PUT ]
- This function will PUT the saved entry at the current entry of the
- current directory. The [ WRITE ] function must then be used to write the
- entry to the disk(ette). If no entry is saved, a blank, unused entry
- will be written.
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- 5.3.1 [ SEARCH ]
- In Cluster mode, the search pattern can be entered in HEX or in
- Characters, depending on which edit format is active when the search is
- started. The search is a forward search from the current cursor
- position. If an Entry NAME is shown on the top line of the Cluster Edit
- display, then the search will include all the clusters in the FAT chain
- for that entry. Otherwise, only the current cluster is searched. If
- multiple clusters are searched, the search can be interrupted at any time
- by pressing the [Esc] key.
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- 5.3.2 [ FAT ]
- This function will select FAT Edit mode. The cursor will be positioned
- at the FAT entry for the current cluster.
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- 5.3.3 [ Hx/Chr ]
- This function will toggle the Edit Format between Hex and Character.
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- 5.3.4 [ DIR ]
- This function will select Directory Edit mode.
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- 5.3.5 [ -1 ]
- This function will select the previous cluster ( cluster number - 1 ).
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- 5.3.6 [ +1 ]
- This function will select the next cluster ( cluster number + 1 ).
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- 5.3.7 [ PREV ]
- This function will select the previous cluster in the FAT chain. If the
- current cluster is unused, the previous unused cluster is selected.
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- 5.3.8 [ NEXT ]
- This function will select the next cluster in the FAT chain. If the
- current cluster is unused, the next unused cluster is selected.
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- 5.3.9 [ S-ALL ]
- This function will search all data clusters starting with the current
- cluster. To search all data clusters, use the [ 1st CL ] function to
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- 5.3.10 [ 1st CL ]
- This function selects the first data cluster on the drive ( data cluster
- number 2 ).
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- 5.3.11 [ ASC/EB ]
- This function toggles the text window of the Cluster Edit display between
- ASCII and EBCDIC characters.
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- 5.3.12 [ OWNER ]
- This function is available in both FAT and Cluster Edit mode. It will
- search the directory tree for the owner of the FAT chain which contains
- the current cluster. If an owner is found, the mode is switched to
- Directory Edit mode, with the cursor at the Owning file name. If the
- first owner found is an erased entry, the search is continued until a
- non-erased owner is found, or until the entire tree is searched. If the
- entire tree is searched and only an erased owner is found, the erased
- entry will be displayed.
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- 5.4.1 [ SEARCH ]
- In FAT mode, the search pattern is a FAT pointer value, entered in hex.
- The search is a forward search from the current cursor position.
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- 5.4.2 [ CLUSTR ]
- This function will select Cluster Edit mode for the cluster of the
- current FAT entry ( selected by the cursor ).
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- 5.4.3 [ DIR ]
- This function will select Directory Edit mode.
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- 5.4.4 [ PREV ]
- This function will move the cursor to the previous cluster in the FAT
- chain. If the current cluster is unused, the cursor is moved to the
- previous unused cluster.
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- 5.4.5 [ NEXT ]
- This function will move the cursor to the next cluster in the FAT chain.
- If the current cluster is unused, the cursor is moved to the next unused
- cluster.
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- 5.4.6 [ OWNER ]
- This function is available in both FAT and Cluster Edit mode. It will
- search the directory tree for the owner of the FAT chain which contains
- the current cluster. If an owner is found, the mode is switched to
- Directory Edit mode, with the cursor at the Owning file name. If the
- first owner found is an erased entry, the search is continued until a
- non-erased owner is found, or until the entire tree is searched. If the
- entire tree is searched and only an erased owner is found, the erased
- entry will be displayed.
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- 6.1 DISPLAY ATTRIBUTES
- DDT has two sets of colors or display attributes. The first set is used
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- mode. The second set is used for EGA-type displays and CGA-type displays
- in CO80 mode, or when specified by the /C command line parameter. Both
- sets contain 10 colors, and are present in the DDT.EXE file in a data
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- DDT COLOR SET 1>...........<DDT COLOR SET 2>...........<END OF COLORS
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- Each period represents a one-byte color or attribute value. The uses for
- each of the eleven colors are described below, in the order that the
- colors appear in the data structure.
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- COLOR USES
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- 1 Unchanged edit-able data and status field labels
- 2 Changed edit-able data
- 3 Prompts and warnings
- 4 Status fields
- 5 Menu labels for function key menus ( line 24 )
- 6 Menu cursor for function key menus ( line 24 )
- 7 Boxes
- 8 Line markers: '>' and '<'
- 9 Function key labels ( line 23 )
- 10 Function descriptions ( line 25 )
- 11 Menu cursor while the function is in progress
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- The color sets can be customized with DDT by finding the DDT.EXE file in
- the Directory Mode, then selecting Cluster Mode. This will display the
- first cluster of DDT.EXE. Next, execute an ASCII search for 'DDT COLOR
- SET' to find the color data in the file. Hex mode Cluster editing can be
- used to customize the color sets, and the new colors can then be written
- into the DDT.EXE file.
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- 6.2 FUNCTION KEY ASSIGNMENTS
- Each of the three edit modes in DDT has a menu with up to 20 available
- functions assigned to the function keys [F1] through [F10], and
- [Shift]+[F1] through [Shift]+[F10]. The order in which functions are
- assigned to specific function keys is determined by three data structures
- in the DDT.EXE file. The data structures will appear as shown:
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- CLUSTER MODE >IGCQKJMNABDHRTSLOPEF< END
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- DIRECTORY MODE >IGCQKJMNABDHR SLOPTU< END
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- FAT MODE >IGCOKJMNABDH L EF< END
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- Each data structure controls the menu definition for one of the three
- edit modes. The 20 characters between the ">" and "<" in each data
- structure map the available menu functions into function keys [F1]
- through [F10], and [Shift]+[F1] through [Shift]+[F10], in that order.
- The available functions are identified by capital letters as defined by
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- A [ WRITE ] [ WRITE ] [ WRITE ]
- B [ CLEAR ] [ CLEAR ] [ CLEAR ]
- C [ SEARCH ] [ SEARCH ] [ SEARCH ]
- D [ STATS ] [ STATS ] [ STATS ]
- E [ BootCl ] [ BootCl ] [ BootCl ]
- F [ RootCl ] [ RootCl ] [ RootCl ]
- G [ Nw-DRV ] [ Nw-DRV ] [ Nw-DRV ]
- H [ EXIT ] [ EXIT ] [ EXIT ]
- I [ HELP ] [ HELP ] [ HELP ]
- J [ DIR ] [ SUBDIR ] [ DIR ]
- K [ Hx/Chr ] [ CLUSTR ] [ CLUSTR ]
- L [ OWNER ] [ UNERAS ] [ OWNER ]
- M [ PREV ] [ PREV ] [ PREV ]
- N [ NEXT ] [ NEXT ] [ NEXT ]
- O [ -1 ] [ PARENT ] [ FAT # ]
- P [ +1 ] [ ROOT ] [ ]
- Q [ FAT ] [ FAT ] [ ]
- R [ S-ALL ] [ S-TREE ] [ ]
- S [ Asc/EB ] [ SAVE ] [ ]
- T [ 1st CL ] [ GET ] [ ]
- U [ ] [ PUT ] [ ]
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- The menus can be customized with DDT by finding the DDT.EXE file in the
- Directory Mode, then selecting Cluster Mode. This will display the first
- cluster of DDT.EXE. Next, execute an ASCII search for the data
- structure header for the selected menu ( for example 'CLUSTER MODE' ) to
- find the menu definition data structure in the file. Character mode
- Cluster editing can be used to customize the menu, and the new data
- structure can then be written into the DDT.EXE file. A "space", instead
- of a capital letter, in the function key data area will cause no function
- to be assigned to the corresponding function key. Functions can be used
- more than once, or not used at all, but a valid function MUST be assigned
- to AT LEAST ONE of the keys [F1] through [F10].
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- Version 1.2 includes the following changes from version 1.1:
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- - Fixed a bug in the FAT WRITE function which caused only the first
- copy of the FAT to be written, or caused the FAT WRITE function to
- hang if only 1 FAT copy existed ( on VDISKS ).
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- - Fixed a bug in the presence test for the enhanced keyboard which
- caused the test to pass when no enhanced keyboard was present,
- resulting in a lock-up on the first enhanced keyboard Wait call.
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- - Fixed a bug in the Cluster SEARCH function which cause the search to
- hang if a single-character target was used in a multi-cluster search.
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- - Changed cursor type selection to try to avoid "disappearing" cursors.
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- - Moved the UNERASE function to a function key ( [SF6] ), instead of
- acting on the type-over of the "Erased character".
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- - Added the SAVE function ( [SF7] ) to Directory Edit mode, which
- allows writing a file to a drive other than the target drive.
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- - Added the /A ( ASSUME ) command line parameter, which allows the user
- to tell DDT to assume a format for a disk(ette) that does not have a
- valid format defined in the Boot Record.
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- - Added the /K command line parameter, which will cause DDT to not use
- any Enhanced Keyboard BIOS functions.
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- - Added a color to the DDT Color sets.
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- Version 1.21 includes the following changes from version 1.2:
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- - Fixed a bug in Enhanced Keyboard presence test which cause the test
- to sometimes indicate "present" in error.
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- Version 1.22 includes the following changes from version 1.21:
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- - Fixed a bug in the SAVE function which caused an error message for
- files which ended exactly on a cluster boundary. The fix will allow
- files to be saved even when the file size in the directory entry does
- not agree with the size of the FAT chain. The FAT chain size will be
- used for the SAVE.
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- Version 1.4 includes the following changes from version 1.22:
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- - Added support for DOS 4.0, including support for volumes > 32 Meg.
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- - Added support for display modes with > 25 lines. DDT will check the
- number of lines displayed when the program is started, and use all
- available lines.
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- - Added customizing capability to function key assignments.
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- - Added [ Nw DRV ], [ EXIT ], and [ HELP ] menu functions.
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- Version 1.41 includes the following changes from version 1.4:
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- - Changed DOS version check to also look for OS/2 compatabilty box.
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- - Added /Q command line parameter to turn off the speaker.
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- - Changed exit path to RESET the edited drive before exiting.
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- Version 1.42 includes the following changes from version 1.41:
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- - Fixed a bug in the cursor type selection for EGA.
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- - Fixed a bug in the subdirectory read/write function for large
- DOS 4 hardfiles.
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- Version 1.43 includes the following changes from version 1.42:
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- - Fixed a bug in the calculations to determine FAT format.
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- - Added [ FAT # ] function to allow all copies of the FAT to be
- accessed individually.
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- - Add [ GET ] and [ PUT ] functions to Directory Edit mode, to allow
- saving a directory entry and writing it to another directory
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