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Device-Masher System
Version 2.02
DOCUMENTATION
EVALUATION COPY
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
DATE: 18.3.1994
*********************************************************************
FOR BBS OWNERS ... Only for users of /X 2.x/3.x or S-X 2.35
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Included with this archive you can find a new DMS checker utility
made to support the new standards, Highdensity files, e.t.c...
*********************************************************************
*********************************************************************
BUGS&UPDATE REPORT is included seperately in the UPDATE.DOC ...
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~ COPYRIGHTS AND PUBLIC DOMAIN NOTICE: ~
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~ ~
~Device Master System(DMS) is a Copyrighted material. ~
~ ~
~DMS is copyrighted by ParCon Software and is available as shareware. ~
~DMS is freely distributable provided the following rules: ~
~ ~
~ 1. No charge excepting reasonable media costs may be charged. ~
~ ~
~ 2. The program and documentation may not be modified in any way. ~
~ ~
~ 3. The program package have all the files, as described in ~
~ the CONTENTS.DOC . ~
~ ~
~ParCon Software will be in no way liable for damages, incidental or ~
~consequential, arising from the use or misuse of The Device-Masher, ~
~or for any claim by any other party. Use this program at your own ~
~ risk. No warranty is given either expressed or implied. Terms of ~
~ registration are subject to change without notice. ~
~ ~
~ ~
~ ~
~ ~
~This version of DMS is released as shareware, and is limited for some ~
~options. A full version is available to registered users. ~
~The registered version features: ~
~ ~
~ ~
~ A new version of DMS which can pack disks %40 faster. ~
~ And got special options related to the DMS.DEVICE, which makes ~
~ them run at high-speed, like a normal diskdrive. ~
~ ~
~ A full version of DMS WINDOW which is %40 faster in packing, ~
~ compared to previous DMSWIN versions. ~
~ ~
~ A free evaluation copy of DMS HD BACKUP SYSTEM. ~
~ ~
~ Other utilities made by ParCon Software. ~
~ ~
~ ParCon Software will send you the lastest updated version, for free. ~
~ and you will receive another update, if made, for free. ~
~ If you want us to continue sending you updated versions, or ~
~ new programs made by us, you must add $5 to the registration fee, ~
~ for each package extra you want to receive. ~
~ ~
~ READ THE "REGISTER.ME" DOCUMENTATION FOR MORE INFORMATION ON REGISTER~
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* REQUEST * REQUEST * REQUEST * REQUEST * REQUEST * REQUEST * REQUEST *
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ParCon Software is searching a for distribution house, for selling our
DMS Harddrive backup system, which is eminent to be finished and sold.
Any software distributor interrested in buying our backup program, or
need more information about the program, are welcome to contact us on
the below address in this documentation.
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* NEW IN DMS * NEW IN DMS * NEW IN DMS * NEW IN DMS * NEW IN DMS *
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DMS WB:
DMS WB is a Workbench based version of DMS. It works just like
DMS but is iconbased.
DMS WB got a few more advantages, such as being multitasking,
so you can write a .DMS file, while you're viewing the information
about it, or you can compress a disk using another drive.
Because DMS WB can do 4 commands at a time, you have 4 information
outputs at the right side of the DMS WB window.
DMS WB has been tested on, Kickstart 1.3 / 2.x / 3.x .
You can use either reqtools.library or asl.library, for
filerequests.
Included on the disk are both asl.library and reqtools.library,
just rename the needed reqtoolsXX.library for use on your
kickstart version, to reqtools.library.
note, DMS WB is limited in speed and some operations, so
register and get a full version, by reading the register.me file.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
File-Masher System
Version 2.01
DOCUMENTATION
FMS is a part of DMS, which allows the user to pack files
and include those files to the .DMS file.
DMS and FMS, a 2-in-one file packing utility.
FMS is file compressor for data or executable files. its nothing
new that LhA, already did quite a job on that. DMS shows that it
can compete with LhA in file packing, and combining both Diskimages
and files in one single file makes it even more powerful.
FMS will detect DMS images(tracks) and tell you its here,
if found. and DMS will do the same when unpacking tracks.
When packing whole directories, FMS is very simple to use for that.
Specify directory for packing, and the directory + subdirectories
will be packed without doing anything, but specifying the
directory.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^ FMS COMMANDS ^
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
MAKESFX
^^^^^^^
If you want people to be able to unpack your .FMS files, without
needing the DMS program, you can use this command..
NOTE: This option was intended for registered versions only.
write:
DMS MAKESFX <SOURCE[.FMS]>
A
^^^
Add and compress files to archive.
with this option you can put files into a archive or you can
join those files to a previous .DMS file.
NOTE: to add files to a existing .DMS file, add the .DMS extension
ex. 1: DMS A <SOURCE[.FMS][.DMS]> <FILE1> <FILE2> ....
E
^^^
Extract files from archive.
with this option you extract files from a archive.
you can select a destination directory for the files.
When extracting, dms will search for .DMS and .FMS files
ex. 1: DMS E <SOURCE[.FMS][.DMS]> <DESTINATION DIRECTORY>
V
^^^
View files in archive.
when viewing the compressed archive, dms will show,
the most important info on the files.
and full directory structure.
ex. 1: DMS V <SOURCE[.FMS][.DMS]>
L
^^^
List files in archive.
when viewing the compressed archive, dms will show,
the most important info on the files.
dms will show only the filename.
ex. 1: DMS L <SOURCE[.FMS][.DMS]>
TEST
^^^^
For testing the .FMS file, use the "TEST" option, and specify
the extension too. And dms will validate the .FMS file.
ex. 1: DMS TEST <SOURCE[.FMS]>
*********************************************************************
*In the Evaluation version, you have limited access to this option. *
* *
*1: files larger than 66 kilobytes cannot be packed with the *
* evaluation version. *
* *
*2: you will only be able to pack one directory at a time, *
* if this directory contains subdirectories, FMS will skip *
* this subdirectory. *
* *
*3: FMS will not include file flags(rwed), and file comments. *
* Wildcards are disabled. *
* *
*4: The part of DMS which packs disks is NOT limited. *
* *
*********************************************************************
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^ DMS COMMANDS ^
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
VERIFY:
^^^^^^^
:> DEFAULT
We have all tried to unpack Disks and later found out , that the disk
had read/write errors.
Now I can proudly say, that DMS will ALWAYS, unless specified,
unpack with VERIFY on, why do it without?...
DMS will tell you IF an error occured, and report to you the BAD TRACK.
DMS will try to write the track 3 times, and after 3 error reports, DMS
will continue writing and report to you the bad track.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NOVERIFY.
^^^^^^^^^
(SUBOPTION)
:> SELECTABLE
You can disable the VERIFY , by adding the NOVERIFY option at the end
of the command line.
But I do not recommend it! as DMS would then function in almost the
same way as previous versions...
*example:
DMS WRITE <NAME>.DMS NOVERIFY
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NOTEXT.
^^^^^^^
(SUBOPTION)
:> SELECTABLE
The NOTEXT option have been changed to ignore Track 0 (bootblock) advert
texts to be shown, too...if prefered?!...
*example:
DMS WRITE <NAME>.DMS NOTEXT
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HD (for DMS v2.00 and up)
^^^^^^^
(SUBOPTION)
:> SELECTABLE
READHD. (for OLD versions v1.51 - v1.53)
^^^^^^^
(OPERATION OPTION)
:> MUST BE WRITTEN DIRECTLY AFTER THE "DMS" command name.
Since Kickstart 3.0, shipped with the A1200/A4000. The AmigaDos can
read/write HighDensity(DUAL FORMAT) disks.
But untill now, no Diskimploder/packer supports the option of packing
those disk types.
DMS can take those 1.7Meg disks now. Just remember that this version
of DMS do not check IF you are unpacking to a normal doubledensity
disk, and writing a Highdensity DMS file, to a normal disk will
result in an error.
And writing the HighDensity DMS files also needs a new WRITE option,
explained later in this documentation.
The READHD option supports all other available suboptions,
like TEXT,NOZERO e.t.c..
NOTE: you cannot REPACK a HighDensity .DMS file.
*example:
DMS READHD <NAME>.DMS (OLD DMS VERSIONS)
*example:
DMS READ <NAME>.DMS HD (DMS v2.0 and up)
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HD (for DMS v2.00 and up)
^^^^^^^^
(SUBOPTION)
:> SELECTABLE
WRITEHD. (for OLD versions v1.51 - v1.53)
^^^^^^^^
(OPERATION OPTION)
:> MUST BE WRITTEN DIRECTLY AFTER THE "DMS" command name.
If you want to unpack a DMS file which is packed using the HighDensity
option, you must use this one to unpack the disk correctly again...
The HD/WRITEHD option supports all other available suboptions,
like NOTEXT,NOVAL,NOVERIFY e.t.c..
*example:
DMS WRITEHD <NAME>.DMS (OLD DMS VERSIONS)
*example:
DMS WRITE <NAME>.DMS HD (DMS v2.0 and up)
>>NOTE:
>>
>>If you're using the option READHD, the disk cannot be unpacked
>>using previous versions of DMS, to be more exact.
>>you cannot depack a .DMS file packed with V1.51, using V1.11
>>
IT IS POSSIBLE TO READ A NORMAL DOS disk( 1.x/2.x ) WITH THIS OPTION
BUT IF YOU REALLY WANT TO, THEN SPECIFY LOW 0 HIGH 39 AND
IT WILL READ AS IT WAS AN 1.7Meg disk.
IF YOU TRY THIS, YOU WILL SEE A SMALL ADVANCHE IN PACKING (10-20K), BUT!
THESE FILES CANNOT BE UNPACKED WITH DMS v1.11 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EXPLANATION WHY THIS WORKS:
A normal DOS disk consists of 880K data, each track holds data of
11264 bytes length, where a HighDensity disk can take DOUBLE
the size of datas stored on a normal DD disk, and therefor
hold 11264 *2 bytes on each track. So it IS POSSIBLE to read with the
READHD option, but unless you need to make the file those 10-20K smaller,
dont use it for that.. Generally most people still have the DMS v1.11.
By some time, maybe most of the DMS users will have the updated version
and then.. Thats up to you.
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PC (for DMS v2.00 and up)
^^^^^^^^
(SUBOPTION)
:> SELECTABLE
Another option in DMS, is packing pc/ms-dos disks, on Amiga.
You can pack those disks using the PCx: device (used by CrossDos),
all you need to do is, tell DMS to read the disk as a PC disk.
By adding the PC option at the end of the command line, DMS will
read the disk as a pc/ms-dos disk.
People using DMS v1.xx will not be able to unpack these .dms files,
but will be notified of using a newer version, when they try to
unpack a PC packed .dms file.
*example for reading a PC/MS-DOS disk:
DMS READ <NAME>.DMS PC
*example for writing a .DMS file back as a PC/MS-DOS disk:
DMS WRITE <NAME>.DMS PC
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APPEND.
^^^^^^^
(OPERATION OPTION)
:> MUST BE WRITTEN DIRECTLY AFTER THE "DMS" command name.
Sometimes you need to pack multiply track, ex. 2 and 5.
and the tracks is not followed by eachother, so normally you
would DMS 2 or more files to do it....
That is not nessessary anymore DMS can APPEND a single track to
your DMS file.. and makes it easier for you to join single tracks
into one DMS file.
Remember! if no LOW / HIGH track is specified, DMS will pack
the tracks 0 to 79 and append those to the existing file!
If no .DMS file is found, DMS will report an error.
The APPEND option supports all other available suboptions,
like TEXT,NOZERO e.t.c..
>>>>>> NOT INCLUDED IN DMSwin v1.52 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
*example: DMS APPEND <NAME>.DMS LOW <xx> HIGH <xx>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
VIEW.
^^^^^
(OPERATION OPTION)
:> MUST BE WRITTEN DIRECTLY AFTER THE "DMS" command name.
Several things have been changed to be compatible with the
new changes in v1.51, and preivous versions will NOT report
the same information about the file, as DMS v1.51 will do.
*example:
DMS VIEW <NAME>.DMS <FULL>
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DIZTEXT
^^^^^^^
(SUBOPTION)
:> SELECTABLE
Many bbs's support the use of FILE_ID.DIZ texts nowadays.
The only thing missing was that DMS supported it, DMS DOES NOW!
works in the same way as TEXT. (for more info read below about TEXT)
*example:
DMS READ <NAME>.DMS DIZTEXT FILE_ID.DIZ
VIEWDIZ
^^^^^^^
(OPERATION OPTION)
:> MUST BE WRITTEN DIRECTLY AFTER THE "DMS" command name.
You may want to view a FILE_ID.DIZ in a .DMS file, this can be done
by using this command. If you want to save this description, you
can add "SAVE" after the .DMS file and a filename the file_id.diz
will be saved as.
*example:
DMS VIEWDIZ <NAME>.DMS SAVE <myname>
*****************************************************************************
Command Line Options and Usage
The general format for a DMS command is:
DMS command file[.DMS] [OPTIONS ...]
Everything in braces [] is optional. Everything else is required.
file[.DMS] is a user specified filename. The .DMS ending will
automatically be appended to the filename if you do not include it.
This is done to avoid confusion with other archiver formats.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1.) READ
This command will read and compress a disk. The basic usage for this
command is:
DMS Read file[.DMS] [FROM Dev:] [TEXT filetext] [CMODE mode] [LOW lowtrack]
[HIGH hightrack] [NOVAL] [NOZERO] [ENCRYPT password]
file[.DMS]
- the output file which will contain the archived disk.
OPTIONS:
FROM Dev:
- Will read the disk from a different device. The default device is DF0:
(internal drive). You may choose any device as long as it has 80 tracks,
2 sides, 11 sectors/track, and 512 bytes per sector.
Examples: DF0:, DF1:, DF2:, DF3:, RAD:, FM0:, FF0:, etc.
TEXT filetext
- Causes DMS to read in the file 'filetext' and add it to the archive.
When the archive is extracted the text will be displayed before writing
the disk. This is useful for identifying disks or giving other
information about the archive.
CMODE mode
- Chooses the compression mode used. Mode is either NONE, HEAVY1, HEAVY2,
or BEST
The default mode is BEST
Available modes are:
NONE - No Compression is performed (Straight Read).
HEAVY1 - Heavy compression, good speed/compression ratio.
HEAVY2 - Best available compression. Only available with >1meg ram.
BEST - Chooses Best compression method for available memory.
LOW lowtrack
- Specifies the starting track to read from. The default is track 0.
Lowtrack must be a value from 0 to 79.
HIGH hightrack
- Specifies the ending track to stop at. The default is track 79.
Hightrack must be a value from 0 to 79.
NOVAL
- Stops DMS from inhibiting the disk validator when reading the disk.
NOZERO
- Normally DMS will read the AmigaDOS bitmap from the disk and archive
only sectors which are being used. If the disk is a non-filing system
disk or has a bad bitmap, DMS will automatically archive the whole disk.
In EXTREME cases DMS will make a wrong assumption about the type of
disk it is archiving. NOZERO will cause DMS to archive the whole disk
totally ignoring the disk bitmap. Generally you will rarely if ever
have to use this option.
ENCRPYT password
- Causes DMS to encrypt the input from the disk using the password
supplied. 'password' is any alphanumeric word you desire.
Examples: Joe, Fred, ABC1234, ONLY-FOR-ME, etc.
EXAMPLES:
DMS read disk1
- Will compress a disk from drive DF0: using the default compression mode
and store the results in the file 'disk1.DMS'
DMS read stuff.DMS lowtrack 20
- Will compress only tracks 20 to 79 into file 'stuff.DMS'
DMS read stuff lowtrack 40 hightrack 40
- Will compress only track 40 into file 'stuff.DMS'
DMS read stuff from df1: cmode heavy1 noval nozero text RAM:intro
- Will compress a disk from drive DF1: using compression mode HEAVY1, not
inhibiting the disk validator, not using the disk bitmap and adding
the text from file 'RAM:intro' to the file 'stuff.DMS'
DMS read stuff.DMS from RAD: encrypt JOESTUFF1
- Will compress a disk from ram drive RAD: and encrypting the output
with the password 'JOESTUFF1' to file 'stuff.DMS'
DMS read stuff.DMS text CON:0/0/640/200/window
- Will compress a disk and allow you to quickly add text to the archive.
A console window will open up and you can then type any text you
want. To finish type CTRL \ to close the window and continue.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2.) WRITE
This command will uncompress and write a disk. The basic usage for this
command is:
DMS Write file[.DMS],,, [TO Dev:] [LOW lowtrack] [HIGH hightrack]
[NOVAL] [NOTEXT] [NOPAUSE] [DECRYPT password]
file[.DMS],,,
- One or more input files to be extracted. Standard AmigaDOS wildcards
are supported.
OPTIONS:
TO Dev:
- Will write the output to device Dev: (the default is drive DF0:)
The device must follows the same rules as in the READ command.
LOW lowtrack
- Specifies the starting track to write from. Tracks before lowtrack
will be ignored. Default is track 0
HIGH hightrack
- Specifies the ending track to write from. Tracks after hightrack
will be ignored. Default is track 79
NOVAL
- Stops DMS from inhibiting the disk validator when writing a disk.
NOTEXT
- Causes DMS to ignore any text to be displayed from the archive.
NOPAUSE
- Stops DMS from pausing after displaying any text from the archive.
DECRPYT password
- Causes DMS to decrypt the archive with the password 'password'.
This is only used if the archive was previously encrypted. 'password'
must be the EXACT same one used when encrypting the file otherwise
the archive will not be processed correctly.
EXAMPLES:
DMS write stuff
- Will extract the archive stuff.DMS to drive DF0:
DMS write part1 part2.dms TO DF2: NOTEXT
- Will extract the archives part1.DMS and part2.DMS to drive DF2: ,
ignoring any banner text in the archives
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3.) REPACK
This command allows you to recompress an older DMS archive. It can also
be used as a simple split utility. The basic usage for this
command is:
DMS Repack file[.DMS] [TO file2[.DMS]] [LOW lowtrack] [HIGH hightrack]
[CMODE mode]
file[.DMS]
- The input file to be recompressed.
OPTIONS:
TO file2[.DMS]
- Causes DMS to store the results in file2.DMS , otherwise the results
are automatically stored in a file TEMP.DMS
LOW lowtrack
- Specifies lowtrack to start recompression. Tracks before lowtrack
will be ignored. Default is track 0.
HIGH hightrack
- Specifies hightrack to end recompression. Tracks after hightrack
will be ignored. Default is track 79.
CMODE mode
- Chooses the compression mode to use. Same as in the READ command.
EXAMPLES:
DMS repack stuff low 20 high 40 cmode NONE
- Will extract tracks 20 through 40 from the archive stuff.DMS ,
recompress them using no compression and store the results
in the file TEMP.DMS .
DMS repack old.dms TO new.dms
- Will recompress the archive old.DMS using the default compression mode
and store the results in the file new.DMS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
4.) VIEW
This command will view information about a DMS archive. The basic usage
for this command is:
DMS View file[.DMS],,, [FULL]
file[.DMS],,,
- One or more input files to be viewed. Standard AmigaDOS wildcards
are supported.
OPTIONS:
FULL
- Causes DMS to display information about every track in the archive.
Otherwise only the information header will be displayed.
EXAMPLES:
DMS view file1 part#? full
- Will display full information about the archives file1.DMS and
the files part#?.DMS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
5.) TEST
This command will test the integrity of a DMS archive. The basic usage
for this command is:
DMS Test file[.DMS],,,
file[.DMS],,,
- One or more input files to be tested. Standard AmigaDOS wildcards
are supported.
EXAMPLES:
DMS test file1 part#?
- Will test the archives file1.DMS and the files part#?.DMS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
6.) TEXT
This command will display any banner text in a DMS archive. This is
used to quickly find out information about an archive without having
to extract it. The basic usage for this command is:
DMS Text file[.DMS],,,
file[.DMS],,,
- One or more input files to display text. Standard AmigaDOS wildcards
are supported.
EXAMPLES:
DMS text file1 part#?
- Will display any banner text from the archives file1.DMS and the files
part#?.DMS
*****************************************************************************
G E N E R A L I N F O R M A T I O N
*****************************************************************************
Still in work:
**************
A Sector/Block option, so only single blocks can be read instead
of whole tracks...for patching disks...
A complete Harddrive backup system, with a compression modes
like DMS, and very efficient on backups.
With a lot of features. (EMINENT TO BE RELEASED)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
CREDITS PAGE
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Kenneth Perto (BBS: Perto's Asshole)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Testing the PC functions in DMS...
Nicholas Clarke
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
For Making the WINDOW INTERFACE for DMS ...
Erik Løvendahl Sørensen (SAFE HEX INTERNATIONAL)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
For supply of needed material to make the virus check, in DMS v2.0
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You can register your version of the Device-Masher System
by filling out the registration text included with the package.
It costs $30 to register DMS.
And by being a registered user, you will receive the latest
updates of Device-Masher System(DMS), and other utilities
made by Parcon, such as Aktion Replay PRO updates.
And suggestions for improvements can be sent to:
ParCon software.
v. Michael Pendec
Islandsh0jparken 5, st.th.
DK-2990 NIVAA
DENMARK
**********************************************************************
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FIDONET:
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