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- ***** KWIKCOPY 2.5 *****
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- Brought to you by Phil!94 / LSD
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- Public Ðomain Released 29/07/94
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-
- DESCRIPTION:
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-
- Its another disk copier! But! The difference with Kwikcopy is that you're
- not bogged down with near-useless options and you dont have to mess about
- with loads of tedious mouse clicks on tiny boxes every time you just want
- to copy and check a disk!
-
- NEW STUFF IN V2.5:
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-
- 1. Find disk name. Click on the "GET NAME" box to show the name of the disk
- in the source drive. You'll be told that the name is invalid if the disk
- is non-dos/has errors etc.
-
- 2. Track Counter. Yes, for your entertainment (and very little else!) there
- is now a track meter which tells you where the heads are positioned and
- what side of the disk is being accessed.
-
- 3. Exit to back to DOS. By popular demand, you can now exit the program and
- return to whatever was happening before. No mean feat, considering the
- amount of hardware registers etc that have been fiddled with behind the
- O/S's back! Remember that you will almost definately have swapped disks
- whilst the program was in action so dont expect the Amiga to immediately
- recognize the disks remaining in the drives after you exit the program!
- (Unless you havent changed em).Also remember that Amiga Dos gets horribly
- confused if you have 2 disks inserted that have the same name. Best bet
- is to eject any disks that werent origianlly in the drives before you
- exit the program.
-
- 4. The positioning of the Track Range Markers has been improved as it was a
- bit hit and miss in 2.1.. All you do is click LMB on the number over/
- under the red/green arrows and the pointer will disappear. The marker
- will now move with the mouse. Just click again to drop the marker in its
- new position.
-
- 5. The "Check Disk System Type" and "Recopy Errors" boxes have been
- amalgamated into one box. This looks neater and makes more sense.
-
- 6. Terminate any operation by pressing the ESCAPE key.
-
- 7. Format improvements: You now have access to the full character set when
- giving the name of a disk. You're allowed the correct maximum number of
- characters (30) and you can abort the FORMAT option during the name
- entry by pressing ESCAPE. Disks are automatically installed with WB 3's
- bootblock.
-
- 8. Removed a bug that sometimes meant that whole disks were read as having
- checksum (6) or NSAG (3) errors. Even though they were perfect working
- dos disks. These disks were mainly from cover mags and other commercial
- sources.. (It was caused by the gap being shorter that I expected it
- ever to be.)
-
- 9. This version is even shorter in file length than Kwikcopy 2.1! Only 9K!
-
- 10.New coat of paint and slightly different sounds!
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- >>>> FULL INSTRUCTIONS <<<<
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- *** TASK BOXES ***
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- Select:
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- COPY
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- To copy a disk from the source drive to the destination drive (indicated in
- the boxes to the right).
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- FORMAT:
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- To format a disk in the destination drive (indicated to the right). You'll
- be asked for a name - type it and press return to start.
-
- Note: If you select one of the above options with the check system set
- at "off", the green block marks on the track guage just imply that
- the track has been 'done' and NOT that it is error free.
-
-
- TEST:
- -----
- To check a disk in the destination drive (indicated right) for errors.
-
- NAME:
- -----
- To return the name of the disk in the source drive (indicated left).
-
- DEFAULT
- -------
- Returns all settings to the way they were when the program was first loaded.
-
- STOP:
- -----
- To Terminate any disk operation.
-
- EXIT:
- -----
- To return to the Amiga Operating system.
-
-
- *** SETTINGS BOXES ***
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-
- Click:
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- SOURCE
- ------
- To change between df0 and df1 as the source drive (the opposite is the
- destination)
-
- DEST
- ----
- To change between df0 and df1 as the destination drive (the opposite is the
- source)
-
- SIDES
- -----
- To select between UPPER,LOWER and BOTH sides to include in disk operations.
-
- CHECK
- -----
- To select the automatic disk checking facility. The options are OFF,
- DURING and AFTER TASK. If you select "DURING" the destination disk will be
- checked for errors (verified) before moving on to the next track - an error
- on the destination disk will show up as a BLUE digit. The figure after
- the word "DURING" shows the number of attempts the program will make to
- copy that track.
-
-
- *** The Track Guage ***
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-
- Shows the progress of any disk operation. A green block shows that a track
- has been 'done' / has no errors if a check system is being used (including
- the CHECK DISK option). Red/Blue Error numbers have the following meanings:
-
- 2 - No sync time out.
- 3 - No sync after gap.
- 4 - Header checksum error.
- 5 - Header error.
- 6 - Data checksum error.
-
- TRACK RANGE:
- ------------
- To change the track at which a disk operation starts/ends, click on the
- number above/below the red/green arrows, you'll now be able to move that
- marker with the mouse. Just click again to drop the arrow its new postion.
- The pointer will re-appear.
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- POTTED KWIKCOPY HISTORY
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-
-
- 1.0 - Bog basic copier.. Basic options, basic GUI.. Basically bugged!
-
- 1.1 - 24Hrs later - A bug fix, crap head positioning.
-
- 1.2 - Another bug Fix.
-
- 1.3 - Yet Another bug Fix.
-
- 1.4 - You guessed it.. What on earth was I playing at eh?
-
- 2.0 - Total re-write, nice new gfx, Format Option, Check whilst copy option,
- Include/exclude disk sides...Report messages.. Very nice, but...
-
- 2.1 - Some people reported a bug which locked the program up before it had
- even started. After much testing (Thanx Digit/DMX) this was sorted.
-
- 2.5 - This is the version you have now!
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-
- Well I hope you enjoy using Kwikcopy 2.5. Its as fast any another disk copier
- and lot less hassle! I've put a lot of time into making it and as far as I
- know its bug-free. If you do find any bugs or want to get in touch for
- LEGAL scene 0-10 days old swapping or coding type chat then contact me at:
-
- Phil!94/LSD.
- 43 Fairholme Rd,
- Hodge Hill,
- Birmingham,
- B36 8HN.
-
- UK people only please - I've no problem with foreign people only the hassle
- and expense of overseas postage!
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