home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
TPUG - Toronto PET Users Group
/
TPUG Users Group CD
/
TPUG Users Group CD.iso
/
CRS
/
crs07.d81
/
subzer64.sfx
/
sub-zer0 v1.1
< prev
Wrap
Text File
|
1990-02-12
|
5KB
|
199 lines
╙UB-┌ER0 ╓1.1 (├) 1992 ╨HANTOM ╙OFTWARE & ╩EROME ╨. ┘ONER
╘HIS PROGRAM ALLOWS YOU TO ZERO OUT SECTORS ON 1541/1571/1581 AND THE
├═─ ╚ARDWARE (╚─, ╥AM╠INK, ╥AM─RIVE). ╔T SUPPORTS ALL PARTITION TYPES
EXCEPT ╨┬╒╞╞, ─┴├├, AND ╞╧╥╬. ╥EMEMBER, THAT ╥ANDOM FILES DO NOT SHOW
UP IN THE DIRECTORY AND MAY BE DELETED BY THIS PROGRAM. ┘OU HAVE BEEN
╫┴╥╬┼─!
═AIN ═ENU
1 - ╙UB-┌ER0 ╨ARTITION/─ISK
2 - ╙CAN ╨ARTITION/─ISK
3 - ─╧╙ ├OMMANDS
4 - ─IRECTORY
5 - ├HANGE ┴CTIVE ─RIVE
6 - ┼ND
╙UB-┌ER0 ╨ARTITION/─ISK
1 - ╬ATIVE ╨ARTITION
2 - 1541
3 - 1571
4 - 1581
5 - ╥ETURN TO ═AIN ═ENU
╞IRST YOU PICK THE TYPE OF ╨ARTITION/─ISK THAT YOU ARE WORKING ON. ╘HE
PROGRAM WILL THEN GO THROUGH THE ╨ARTITION/─ISK AND ┬LANK ANY SECTOR
THAT HAS NOT BEEN ALLOCATED BY THE ┬┴═. ╔T IS SUGGESTED THAT YOU USE
╙CAN, ╧PTION #2, FROM THE ═AIN ═ENU AND ╙├┴╬ THE ╨ARTITION/─ISK FIRST.
╘HIS WAY YOU CAN FIND OUT HOW MANY SECTORS THE PROGRAM WANTS TO BLANK
AND CAN CHECK THIS NUMBER AGAINST THE BLOCKS FREE BY USING THE
─IRECTORY, ╧PTION #4 FROM THE ═AIN ═ENU.
╙CAN ╨ARTITION/─ISK
1 - ╬ATIVE ╨ARTITION
2 - 1541
3 - 1571
4 - 1581
5 - ╥ETURN TO ═AIN ═ENU
╞IRST YOU PICK THE TYPE OF ╨ARTITION/─RIVE THAT YOU WISH TO ╙├┴╬. ╙CAN
WILL GO THROUGH THE ┬┴═ OF THE ╨ARTITION/─RIVE AND TELL YOU HOW MANY
SECTORS ARE FREE ON EACH TRACK. ┘OU CAN USE ╙├┴╬ TO TELL YOU HOW MANY
SECTORS ARE NOT ALLOCATED. ╘HIS IS USEFUL SO THAT YOU CAN COMPARE IT
TO THE ┬LOCKS ╞REE IN THE ─IRECTORY. ╘HIS FEATURE WAS ADDED SO THAT
YOU WOULD KNOW HOW MANY SECTORS WERE GOING TO BE WIPED BEFORE THE
PROGRAM ACTUALLY WENT AND WIPED THE SECTORS.
─╧╙ ├OMMANDS
╘HIS AREA ALLOWS YOU TO SEND ─╧╙ COMMANDS TO CHANGE
PARTITIONS/SUB-DIRECTORIES, SCRATCH FILES, FORMAT DISKS, ETC. ┴ LIST
OF SOME OF THE COMMANDS ARE LISTED ON THE SCREEN. ╞OR A DETAILED LIST
OF COMMANDS AVAILABLE, PLEASE REFER TO YOUR ─RIVE ═ANUAL.
┘OU CAN STACK COMMANDS BY USING THE ┼NGLISH ╨OUND SYMBOL BETWEEN
COMMANDS. ╘HERE IS A LIMIT OF ABOUT 255 CHARACTERS, SO WATCH HOW LONG
YOU MAKE THE COMMAND!
─IRECTORY
╘HIS WILL DISPLAY THE CURRENT DIRECTORY FOR THE DISK/PARTITION YOU ARE
WORKING ON. ┘OU CAN PRESS '╤' TO QUIT, AND '╙╨┴├┼' TO PAUSE.
─IFFERENT FILE-TYPES HAVE DIFFERENT COLOURS SO THAT THEY CAN BE READILY
IDENTIFIED.
├HANGE ┴CTIVE ─RIVE ╬UMBER
┘OU HAVE TWO OPTIONS HERE:
1 - ├HANGE ┴CTIVE ─RIVE ╬UMBER
2 - ╥ETURN TO ═AIN ═ENU
╔F YOU CHOOSE 1, YOU WILL BE QUESTIONED FOR THE DRIVE NUMBER OF THE NEW
ACTIVE DRIVE. ╔F THAT DRIVE IS NOT FOUND ON THE BUS, THE DRIVE NUMBER
WILL NOT BE CHANGED.
┼ND
╘HIS ENDS THE PROGRAM. ╧N THE 64 VERSION, THE PROGRAM PERFORMS A
├OLD-╥ESTART. ╘HE NEXT VERSION OF THE 128 PROGRAM WILL ALSO DO THIS.
├URRENTLY ON THE 128 PROGRAM, THE ╩IFFY─OS ╞UNCTION ╦EYS WILL BE
DISABLED AFTER THE PROGRAM IS EXITED. ╘HIS WILL BE FIXED IN THE NEXT
VERSION.
╙HARE-╫ARE ╬OTICE
╘HIS PROGRAM IS RELEASED AS ╙HARE-╫ARE. ╔F YOU FIND YOU ARE USING THE
PROGRAM ALOT, YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND THE AUTHOR, ╩EROME ╨. ┘ONER, A
$5 DONATION TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS PROGRAM.
╘HE AUTHORS ADDRESS IS:
╩EROME ╨. ┘ONER
┬OX 548
┼STEVAN, ╙ASKATCHEWAN
╙4┴ 2┴5
├┴╬┴─┴
├URRENT VERSIONS CAN BE FOUND ON ├═─'S SUPPORT ┬┬╙ (1-413-525-0148) OR
BY SENDING $2 TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS AND THE LATEST VERSION WILL BE SENT
TO YOU.
╔ WOULD LIKE TO THANK ─OUG ├OTTON OF ├═─ FOR HELP WITH THIS PROGRAM AND
FOR THE SUPPORT ╔ HAVE RECEIVED FROM ├═─. ╔ MUST ALSO THANK ╦EN ╚ORNE
FOR WHOM THE 128 VERSION WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN MADE, AND FOR BEING MY
MAIN TESTOR. ╦EN ALSO IS THE PERSON WHO COMPILES MY 128 VERSION, AS ╔
ONLY HAVE A 64.
╔ MUST ALSO THANK ╬OEL ╬YMAN AND ╦ENT ╙ULLIVAN. ╬OEL PROVIDED THE ═╠
FOR READING.