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- Title: readme.doc
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- Created: May 12, 1992
- Last Modified: May 17, 1992
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- Purpose: Attempts to save raw sectors from a floppy disks
- after all everything else fails.
-
- Based on: osproj.prg by Albert Dayes
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- Documentation: ST INTERNALS (3rd revison) by Abacus Software
- ST DISK DRIVES INSIDE and OUT by Abacus Software
- DOS PROGRAMMER's REFERENCE (3rd edition) by Que
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- Internal Functions:
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- Internal Structures:
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- Author: Albert Dayes
- Modified by: Albert Dayes
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- Legal Notes: Copyright 1992 Albert Dayes
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- Version: 1.0
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- Compiler: Laser C version 2.1
- Debugger: Laser DB version 1.1
- Operating System: ALL TOS in ROM
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- Last Resort Disk Saver (LRDS) will attempt to read the raw sectors from
- the floppy disk when the fat or directory structure are destroyed or
- have fatal flaws in them. This will not harm the disk in any way since
- all it does is read the floppy disk. Hopefully you have made backups
- of everything so you will never to have to use this program called
- Last Resort Disk Saver.
-
- The program is straight forward just by following the prompts. This is
- a very basic program but it works. It attempts to read 10 sectors per
- track automatically if it fails it assumes that the disks are 9 sectors.
- It also attempts to read a double sided disk even if the bios parameter
- block claims it is. This to be sure that all data can be recovered
- regardless if the boot, FAT and directory areas are completely destroyed.
- The easiest data to recover is text rather than binary data. A good program
- that I have for binary and text file editing is Lookit by Codehead Software.
- There is FLASH which allows some type of editing or binary files with its
- capture buffer editor. Also a host of public domain and shareware programs
- that are all over the pay and free BBS systems and public domain disk
- sellers.
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- REQUIREMENTS:
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- disk drives: a) 2 floppy drives
- b) 1 floppy and 1 hard disk
- operating system: all TOS in ROM should work
- ram: 512k
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- NOTE: It will not work with a single floppy drive!!!!!
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- If you have a hard disk on your system the program will automatically
- write to the dumped file to C partition on your hard disk. The filename
- that is dumped is called <BAD99.ZZZ> and it will always be in the root
- directory of your destination drive regardless if its a hard disk or
- a 2nd floppy drive.
-
- Some good programs to try out as well:
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- ICD, Inc
- 1220 Rock Street
- Rockford, IL, 61101
- USA
- (815)-968-2228
- program: CLEANUP
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- NOTE: Requires ICD host adapter may not work with floppy disks. I have
- not tried this program personally but have heard good reports
- about it.
-
- Beckemeyer Development, Inc.
- PO BOX 21575
- Oakland, CA, 94620
- (510)-530-9637
- program: HARD DISK SENTRY
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- NOTE: This works with all host adapters ICD/ATARI/SUPRA and works on
- hard disks on the ACSI port (normal atari dma port) and the TT
- scsi port. It works with floppies as well as hard disks for
- fixing errors in the FAT and directory. I have personal
- experience with this product since 1987 and I really enjoy how
- simply it is and how well it works. It also works with those
- big partitions that are greater than 32 megabytes.
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- This is the only OPTIMIZER for ST/TT hard disks that I know of
- that is currently being supported!! Fixes errors and optimizes
- your disks either floppy or hard disks its like having Norton
- Utilites on the ST.
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- Codehead Software
- PO BOX 74090
- Los Angeles, CA, 90004
- (213)-386-5735
- program: LookIt
-
- A very good binary and text file editor. I really think its one
- of the best around that I have used on any hardware platform.
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