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VGA-Copy pro 5.2 - improved replacement for DISKCOPY, FORMAT and DISKCOMP -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please feel free to upload the shareware version of VGACopy pro 5.2 to any electronic bulletin board or to give copies of VGACopy pro 5.2 to other users (ensure to upload the complete version with all files, see FILES THAT COME WITH VGACOPY PRO 5.2). * what you need : - 286-CPU (or greater) - EGA or VGA graphic-card - Mouse (recommended) - Floppy-Drive (up to 2.88Mb capacity) - Hard- or ramdisk * what you get : - very fast one-pass disk-copy -format -verify -image-program - graphical user-interface with buttons, icons and displays - special sector-interleave-format (allows up to 100% faster diskaccess for DOS and Windows programs) - several high-capacity-formats (up to 1,72 MB on 3,5") - converts "impossible" formats (e.g.. 1,44MB or 720KB on 5,25") - supports Soundblaster and build-in-speaker - creates image-files, useful for disk-transfer by modem - supports McAfee's Anti-Virus-Utilities - the Shareware-version is not crippled in any way ! * COPYRIGHT/LICENSE/WARRANTY ---------------------------- Program and documentation Copyright 1993, Thomas Mînkemeier EDV-Beratung, Oldenburg. All rights reserved. Because of the nature of this manual, some software products are mentioned by their trade names. In most cases, these designations are claimed as trademarks by the respective companies. All mentioned software products are NOT part of VGACopy pro 5.2. You must buy or register them separately. VGACopy pro 5.2 is shareware and may be freely distributed in it's original form with all files (exception : the .VOC and .MOD-files may be deleted, when VGACopy pro 5.2 is spread by modem). No user may modify VGACOPY pro 5.2 or this document in any way. Distribution of VGACOPY pro 5.2 in conjunction with any other product is prohibited, except with written consent. Distributors of public domain software may distribute copies of VGACOPY pro 5.2 subject to the above conditions. After a trial-period of 30 days you must register to get your own individual copy of VGACopy pro. See chapter HOW TO REGISTER VGACOPY PRO 5.2. You will receive the latest version of VGACOPY and, thereafer, receive information concerning any updates to VGACOPY. The author makes no warranties of any kind, express or implied, including without limitation, any warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose. Furthermore, the author shall not be liable for any damage to data or property which may be directly or indirectly caused by the use of VGACopy pro 5.2. In no event will the author be liable for any damages, including lost profits, or for any claim by any other party. * FILES THAT COME WITH VGACOPY pro 5.2 -------------------------------------- ! .BAT a little installer VGACOPY .EXE main program VGACOPY .IDF icons VGACOPY .GIF GIF-picture VGACOPY .MOD MOD-file VGACPY1 .VOC - VGACPY9 .VOC several VOC-files VGAREAD .EXE little driver for Dos and Windows VGACOPY .DOC this text FILE_ID .DIZ short program discription *NOTE : If you have less harddisk-space or you don't like icons and sound you may delete every file except VGACOPY.EXE . * QUICK-START ------------- You can run VGACopy pro 5.2 as soon as you finished decompression. All functions are easy to reach, because of the graphical user-interface. You only have to click on the easy-to-understand icons. * GUIDED TOUR ------------- * before you start VGA-Copy pro, you should add the utility "VGAREAD" in your AUTOEXEC.BAT. This little program adds the ability to Dos and Windows, to get rid of special disk-formats. It uses about 200 bytes of base memory - of course you can load this useful little Program into the HMA... NOTE: VGAREAD is NOT necessary for the use of VGACopy pro ! It's just a little driver for Dos and Windows. This driver was original developed by Christoph HochstÑtter for his program FDFORMAT and given to the public-domain. * type VGACOPY <RETURN> to start VGACopy pro. You see the title-screen with a little picture of Thomas Mînkemeier, the programmer of VGACopy pro (if you think, this picture looks awfully, you have never seen Thomas "live" ... ) This picture was created by the famous computer-artist Thiemo Eddicks. You may delete VGACOPY.GIF or replace it by any other GIF (format 320x200 with 256 colors). You should hear a nice song "Elysium", even if you have no soundcard. (If your computer crashes at this time, please read the troubleshootings at the end of this text). The song "Elysium" was composed on the AMIGA Soundtracker by Volker Tripp, member of "Jesters of sanity". The integrated mod-play-routines were developed by Mark J. Cox (programmer of Mod-Play pro). After a shareware-countdown (about 10 Seconds, only active in shareware-version) you see the graphical user interface - in some computer-magazines it was described as "cockpit". This cockpit contains three parts : button&switches-zone, disk-info-display and info-window. ⁄ƒƒƒbuttons & switchesƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ¥ √ƒdisk-info-displayƒø ≥ ≥ ≥ …ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕ—ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕ—ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕ—ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÀÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕª ≥ ≥ ∫‹ disk A≥Read ≥Write ≥‹ Turbo È∫ :::::::::::::: ∫ ≥ ≥ «ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ∂ :::::::::::::: ∫ ≥ ≥ ∫‹ disk B≥Compare ≥fOrmat ≥‹ VerifyÈ«ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ¬ƒƒƒ∂ ≥ ≥ «ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ∂ ⁄ƒƒø ⁄ƒƒø ≥ ﬂ ∫ ≥ ≥ ∫‹ ed 1 ≥Scan ≥Kill ≥‹ FormatÈ∫ ≥ ≥ ≥ ≥ ≥ ﬂ ∫ ≥ ≥ «ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ∂ ≥ ≥ ≥ ≥ ≥ ﬂ ∫ ≥ ¡ ∫‹ ed 2 ≥Info ≥Quit ≥‹ ModifyÈ∫ ¿ƒƒŸ ¿ƒƒŸ ≥ ﬂ ∫ ¡ ÃÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕœÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕœÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕœÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕ ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕ—ÕÿÕ—Õπ ¬ ∫ ≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥ ≥ ≥|≥|∫ ¬ ≥ ∫ ≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥ ≥|≥€≥€∫ ≥ ≥ ∫ √≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈¥ ≥|≥€≥€∫ ≥ ≥ ∫ ≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥ ≥|≥€≥€∫ ≥ ≥ ∫ ≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥≥ ¿ƒ¡ƒ¡ƒ∂ ≥ ≥ ∫ ˘˘˘ ˘˘˘ ˘˘˘ ˘˘˘ ˘˘˘ ˘˘˘ ˘˘˘ ˘˘˘ ˘˘˘∫ ≥ ≥ »ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕº ≥ ≥ ≥ ¿ƒƒƒinfo-windowƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ * buttons and switches -------------------- You can click on the buttons to start action or click on the switches to select/deselect features. If you prefer keyboard-input, or you don't have a mouse, you can press the underlined key to select or activate. - the four buttons on the left side represent your disk-drives, for example A: 5,25 is the switch for your drive A: (5,25"). The green "LED" should be luminous at the selected disk-drive-button. If you have less than four disk-drives, the rest of the buttons will display question-marks. - READ : if you activate this button, the disk in the selected drive will be read into the buffer. - WRITE : this button starts the write or format access to the disk in the selected drive. * NOTE : every disk-copy is divided into two parts : "read disk to buffer" and "write buffer to disk". Even if you only want to format a disk, you will first have to fill the buffer (see FORMAT). * NOTE : you may write a 3.5" 1.44MB buffer to a 5.25" HD-disk - and vice versa ! That means, that you now have the ability to convert your program- disks to the disk-format you need! - COMPARE : compares the buffer with the disk in the selected drive. Differences will be displayed yellow in the info-window. * NOTE : don't be afraid, if there are differences in track 0 sector 1 and sector 2. If the MODIFY-selector is ON, the special VGACOPY boot- program is located in these sectors. - FORMAT : displays all possible format-capacities in the info-window. Click on a bar to select capacity and the buffer will be filled. Then click WRITE to write buffer to disk. You also can fill the buffer by pressing F1 - F12 (see KEYS) * NOTE : bad sectors will be displayed yellow in the info-window, but will NOT be marked as bad (like MSDOS Format does)! You should not work with disks containing bad sectors. Even if the dos-format reports no errors, your data on these disks is not sure ! * NOTE : you can create impossible formats, e.g.. 5.25" HD with 1.44 MB, 5.25" DD with 720 KB, 3.5" HD with 1.2 MB and 3.5" DD with 360 KB ! - SCAN : if McAfee's SCAN is be found in a directory of your PATH-environment, the files on the selected drive will be checked for viruses. - KILL : if McAfee's KILL is be found in your path, the viruses on the disk in the selected drive will be killed. - INFO : displays directory-information of disk in selected drive. - Quit : quit VGACopy pro 5.2 and return to Dos. - TURBO : if the turbo-switch is on, the screen-output will be disabled during disk-access. Some people believe, the read- or writeprocess will be faster with a blanked screen, so this feature is added in VGACopy pro, but I never found a computer that considerable speeds up. - VERIFY : if the verify-switch is on, every written track will be verified. - FORMAT : if the format-switch is on, every track on the target-disk will be formated regardless of an existing format. * NOTE : if your target disk is not formated with VGACopy pro, you should set the format-switch ON to get the special VGACopy pro-sector-interleave- format, that allows up to 100% faster disk-access for Dos and Windows programs. - MODIFY : if the modify-switch is on, a special bootsector is written to the target disk. If your computer boots with a VGACopy pro bootsector, you get a little menu on the screen : VGA-Copy-Boot V5.0 ------------------ Dies ist keine Systemdiskette ... No system-disk F1 - DOS von Festplatte booten F1 - boot DOS from harddisk F2 - Laufwerke vertauschen F2 - swap drive A: & drive B: F3 - Neu versuchen F3 - try again F4 - Reset F4 - reset The ability to swap drives a: and b: will solve problems with programs, that come in the wrong disk-size to you, because you can boot from drive B: ! * NOTE: If you want to copy system-disks turn the MODIFY-switch OFF! If you copy them with MODIFY ON, they can't boot your computer because of the VGACopy bootprogram ... * DISK-INFO-DISPLAY ----------------- - the main part (trackdisplay) shows the actual track-number (usually green, during read/write yellow). Red numbers are error-codes : 01 Drive not supported 02 Format-error 03 Disk write-protected 04 Sector not found (Disk not formated ?) 0C Controller does not support format 40 Drive not ready 80 no Disk in Drive BX (User)Break in Drive X (you see, the programmer of VGACopy pro 5.2 likes errorCODES ! :-) - above the trackdisplay you can see some basic-info about the disk, e.g. name of the format program that formatted the disk, number of sectors, capacity, number of sides, interleave and so on. (If your disk is formatted with VGACopy, the version number and the name of your computer is shown in the first line. Your computer's name is build from the bios-checksum. Date and time of format are displayed in the second line). - on the left side is a graphical encryption of the BIOS-databyte : yellow led for double-stepping, green for write-density, red for successful recognition of disk-type and orange for format-reception of BIOS. * INFO-WINDOW ----------- - the info-window tells you at any time during disk-access, what happens to the inserted disk. Single bars on the display represent single tracks on the inserted disk. Meanings of bar-colors : dark green : track successfully read light green: track successfully read, but weak. It is recommended to format and rewrite SOURCE-Disk yellow : read-error or verify-error (depends on the selected action) black : empty track red or cyan: write-access blue : verifying * Keys ------ ESC/SPACE : stop current action (also right mouse-button) reset trackdisplay (also middle mouse-button) F1-F12 : several format-capacities F 1 160 KB old DOS-format F 2 200 KB special format DD, VGAREAD required F 3 360 KB 5.25" DD-format F 4 400 KB special-format DD, VGAREAD required F 5 410 KB special-format DD, VGAREAD required F 6 640 KB laptop-OEM-DOS DD, two sides F 7 720 KB 3,50" DD-format F 8 820 KB special-format DD, VGAREAD required F 9 1200 KB 5,25" HD-format F10 1440 KB 3,50" HD-format F11 1600 KB special-format 3,50" HD, VGAREAD required F12 1720 KB special-format 3,50" HD, VGAREAD required HOME/END : switches screen between color and black/white. Important to color-blind people. INS : increase frequency of display (on SOME monitors and graphic- cards you get a better display) PgUp/PgDn : skips display, try out ! Del : quit VGACopy pro 5.2 and return to Dos. * ENVIRONMENT ------------- In most cases it is not necessary to set environments, because VGACopy pro uses its standard-settings. TEMP set path for data-buffer (e.g. SET TEMP=D:\) NOTE: If the TEMP-variable is not set, VGACopy pro selects the drive with the most available disk-space. You should consider to use a resizeable ram-disk for data buffer (e.g. SRDISK, available in many mailboxes and internet sites) SCAN set path and name for McAfee virus-scanner (e.g. SET SCAN=C:\UTI\MCAFEE\SCAN.EXE /NOMEM) It's not necessary to set SCAN, when SCAN.EXE is to be found in your PATH. KILL set path and name for McAfee virus-killer (e.g. SET KILL=C:\UTI\MCAFEE\CLEAN.EXE) It's not necessary to set KILL, when CLEAN.EXE is located in your PATH. * Note : McAfee's anti-virus-tools are NOT part of this software- package. You should only use the latest version, available in almost every mailbox or internet-site. INFO the program mentioned in this path can be used to show directory information of the selected drive. (e.g. SET INFO=C:\VGACOPY\VGAINFO.EXE) If the INFO-variable is not set, the Dos DIR-command will be used to display the directory. Many people use special tools to show directory-information, such as VGAINFO.EXE. * NOTE : You can use the settings of the INFO-environment to call special external programs you may need... * DISK-IMAGE-FILES ------------------ VGACOPY PRO is able to create disk-image-files. This is very useful if you want to transfer a whole disk by modem. These .VCP-files are produced, if you start VGACopy PRO with the name of image-file as command-line parameter: VGACOPY D:\test buffers the disk into the file d:\test.vcp . The image file consists of all sectors in dos-sequence and is NOT compressed, because compress programs like ARJ, LHA or PKZIP will reach maximum-compression only with uncompressed files. To write the image-file TEST.VCP back to disk, you start VGACOPY pro with VGACOPY TEST.VCP an then click on the WRITE-Icon. * NOTE : look out for the little utility VCP2DISK, a little pd-program to write back VCP-Images without using VGACopy PRO. This program is very small, so you can send it by modem together with each VCP-image. * COMMAND-LINE PARAMETERS ------------------------- Only experienced users should start VGACopy PRO with command-line-parameters. Parameter : /B force sound-output on internal speaker /H to avoid 43/50 lines in text mode /X disable fade-in and fade-out on VGA-cards /S disable shadows at characters /L use Int-13-calls instead of direct access /D0-/D3 select drive 0 - drive 3 /V+ /V- turn VERIFY-switch ON or OFF /F+ /F- turn FORMAT-switch ON or OFF /M+ /M- turn MODIFY-switch ON or OFF /T+ /T- turn TURBO -switch ON or OFF -!R read disk into buffer -!W write buffer to disk -!C compare an entire disk -!Q quit and delete .VCP-file -!0- -!3 select active drive -!Fxxxx generate empty xxxx-KB disk-buffer name if name.vcp exist : start VGACopy with loaded disk-image name.vcp if name.vcp not exist : create disk-image name.vcp Examples : Create disk-image-file D:\TEST.VCP from drive 0 : VGACOPY d:\test -!0R Write image-file d:\TEST.VCP to drive 1, delete image-file and disable fading : VGACOPY d:\test -!1Wq -x Format & verify disk in drive 1 with 1.44 MB : VGACOPY d:\test -!1F1440WQ /F+ /V+ -x * TROUBLESHOOTING ------------------ Problem : Computer crashes before anything is to be seen on the screen Be sure not to work with K5 (a german keyboard-driver), because VGACopy pro 5.2 does not work with this driver. Try to start VGACopy pro 5.2 with standard-Dos keyboard-driver. On some computers the modplayer seems to work incorrectly. Please delete VGACOPY.MOD and try again. Windows : VGACopy pro is not a windows-application. On most computers it works with Windows, if you delete all sound-files (.MOD & .VOC). Playing sound may produce timer-problems. ED-Disks: ED is the new 2.88 MB disk-standard. Obviously not all manufacturers of ED controllers and drives use the standard from IBM. VGACopy Pro was developed on a Longshine-controller and works quite good on it. If your contoler does not work together with VGACopy PRO, your ED- contoler is not compatible to the IBM specification. Copy-protection : VGACopy duplicates only standard-dos-disks! It is not written to duplicate copy-protected-disks. As many programs are sold on unprotected disk, remember that software-piracy is a crime! * HOW TO RECEIVE THE LATEST SHAREWARE-VERSION OF VGACOPY PRO ------------------------------------------------------------- By modem : there are several VGACopy-support-BBS's in Germany, where you can download the latest version of VGACopy PRO and VCP2DISK. As a FIDO-User you can request the Magic VGACOPY. Modem speeds up to 16600 BPS (Zyxel) are supported. Cyberbox I Phone : +49 (0)441 391452 FIDO 2:241/2016 Cyberbox II +49 (0)441 391559 2:241/2027 On The Other Line I +49 (0)441 5040921 2:241/2008 On The Other Line II +49 (0)441 506539 2:241/2022 Bit Byter BBS +49 (0)4461891223 2:241/2014 Fast Info +49 (0)441 9509333 2:241/2003 Cyberbox Bielefeld (down until March 31st,1993) +49 (0)521 175364 Internet-Sites : The latest version will be available on SIMTEL-20, GARBO, NIC.FUNET.FI and mirrors of these archives. * HOW TO REGISTER ----------------- After a trial-period of 3 Weeks, you have to register VGACopy pro ! Germany : please run VGANLEIT.EXE to read how to register. USA : Please contact PEARL AMERICA, INC. (member ASP) 4128´ California Ave SW Seattle WA 98116 voice: 206-938-0336 fax: 206-938-0338 CIS: 71154,505 VISA/MC Accepted! A registration screen appears at the closing of the application including the above address, amount and method of payment - or you can use the form below! * REGISTRATION FORM ------------------- ---------------------------------cut here----------------------------------- SENDER : ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø ≥ ≥ ≥ PEARL AMERICA, INC. ≥ ≥ 4128´ California Ave SW ≥ ≥ Seattle WA 98116 ≥ ≥ ≥ ≥ ≥ ≥ ≥ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ DATE :_______________________,19____ ORDER ===== I'm satisfied with the shareware-version of VGACopy PRO. Please send me : ____ "VGA-COPY pro" registered version (US$ 40,00) = _____ US$ (Washington state residents please add 8.2% sales tax) ____ post & package 5.00 US$ = _____ US$ ---- Total = _____ US$ ============= Money is enclosed in the form of a money order or check. I got the program ______________________________________ Version ________ : [ ] from BBS _____________________________________________________________ [ ] from Internet-Site ___________________________________________________ [ ] from a friend, colleague, owner of registered version __________________ [ ] as part of a software-package _________________________________________ -----------------------------------cut here-------------------------------- * CONTACTING THOMAS MîNKEMEIER EDV-BERATUNG -------------------------------------------- Feel free to suggest new features for future versions of VGACopy pro ! You can contact THOMAS MîNKEMEIER EDV-BERATUNG at any of the following addresses. Our normal business hours are 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM weekdays, middle-european-(summer)-time. By mail: Thomas Mînkemeier EDV-Beratung Alte Amalienstrasse 32 W-2900 Oldenburg GERMANY By phone: Voice & Fax: int+ 49 (0)441 26673 By Email: FIDO : 2:241/2016.2 Internet: Thomas.Mînkemeier@p2.f2016.n241.z2.fast.fido.de