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The following is an excerpt from FDFORMAT.DOC.
I deleted all stuff that belonged to FDFORMAT.
To get the whole software (FDFORMAT and FDREAD incl. full documentation
and source code), look at your local ftp-server or BBS for the FDFORMAT
package.
Oliver Fromme
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FDREAD - Use Disks with higher Capacity
LICENSE
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This program is a public-domain product for private and educational
use. You may freely copy and use it without any charge.
This program must not be sold for profit. An adaequate fee may be
requested for copying, shipping and handling when redistributing this
program.
You may modify and improve this program, but the executable program
must show a message that your version has been modified.
If you find, that this program is worth contributing for it, do not
hesitate to send cash, check, 3½"-diskettes or something else.
COMMENTS AND PROBLEMS
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Comments, improvements, suggestions and problems may be sent to
the Author
Christoph H. Hochstätter
Carl-Strehl-Strasse 20
D-3550 Marburg
West-Germany
Phone: +49 6421 14618 (voice/BTX)
E-Mail: HAMPE2@DMRHRZ11.BITNET (Bitnet/Internet)
Christoph Hochstaetter on 2:243/22 (Fido)
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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IBM or compatible Computer
DOS 3.20 or above
GETTING STARTED
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To make FDREAD resident simply type FDREAD from the DOS-Command-Line.
Or install it in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. If you have a memory-manager
installed, that supports UMB (like QEMM, QRAM, mov'em or 386-Max), do
not load FDREAD high. The TSR automatically detects the memory manager
and will load high itself.
FDREAD will also automatically load high on computers with a 286(!!!)
processor and up, if DOS 5 or higher is used. You must have HIMEM.SYS
(or another XMS-Driver) installed and put DOS=HIGH in your CONFIG.SYS
file. Since this technique of high-loading is quite tricky, you must
ensure, that FDREAD is loaded before any program that plays with the
A20 line and grabs the Interrupt 13 (Hex). This is the case for some
disk-caching programs like HYPERDISK(TM). If you are using a disk-
caching program, load FDREAD before the caching program. Also, if the
system hangs, after you installed FDREAD, load FDREAD as the first
TSR.
If you get the error "Too much memory available". You must load FDREAD
twice to avoid this error.
The TSR is required to support diskette formats, which are non-
standard under DOS.
Note, that it is not possible to create bootable diskettes, which
require the TSR. It may also be possible, that a format, which can be
read without the TSR on your computer, will fail on another computer.
If you are creating bootable diskettes, it is recommended only to use
DOS-standard-formats.
Format 360k-Drive 720k-Drive 1.2M-Drive 1.44M-Drive
--------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -----------
160 kByte Disk yes FDREAD yes FDREAD
180 kByte Disk yes FDREAD yes FDREAD
200 kByte Disk FDREAD FDREAD FDREAD FDREAD
205 kByte Disk FDREAD FDREAD FDREAD FDREAD
320 kByte Disk yes FDREAD yes FDREAD
360 kByte Disk yes FDREAD yes FDREAD
400 kByte Disk FDREAD FDREAD FDREAD FDREAD
410 kByte Disk FDREAD FDREAD FDREAD FDREAD
720 kByte Disk no yes FDREAD yes
800 kByte Disk no FDREAD FDREAD FDREAD
820 kByte Disk no FDREAD FDREAD FDREAD
1.2 MByte Disk no no yes yes
1.2 MByte Disk no no yes yes
1.44 MByte Disk no no FDREAD yes
1.44 MByte Disk no no FDREAD yes
1.48 MByte Disk no no FDREAD yes
1.6 MByte Disk no no no FDREAD
1.64 MByte Disk no no no FDREAD
1.68 MByte Disk no no no FDREAD
1.72 MByte Disk no no no FDREAD
FDREAD in the above table means, that this format will work only, if
FDREAD is installed. You may find out, that this table will not be
valid for your computer and that you can use certain diskette formats
without FDREAD, that are listed to work with FDREAD only.