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- TITLE RECOVER - Diskette Recovery Program
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- Author: Jack Botner / PC196
- Date written: Feb. 1983 Last updated: Mar. 1983
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- This program reads a diskette one track at a time, and pre-
- sents one sector at a time on the display in character and hexa-
- decimal representation. The diskette can be browsed forward or
- backward one sector or one track at a time using function keys.
- On request, any sector displayed can be stored in memory. At the
- end of the run, a diskette file can be created from the stored
- data.
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- Command format:
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- RECOVER [drive:] [/2] [/9]
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- drive: is the drive where the diskette to be processed will
- be found. If omitted, the default drive is used.
- /2 should be entered for double-sided diskettes.
- /9 should be entered for 9-sector/track diskettes.
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- All available unused main storage is allocated for the storage of
- data. If the storage is filled, a status message is displayed and
- processing continues, but no more data can be stored.
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- The program is designed to be tolerant of diskette errors if a
- read error occurs on a track, a status message is displayed and
- the option is given to continue with the next or last track.
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- rror occurs on a track, a status messa