sUB-zER0 IS A PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS YOU TO ZERO OUT SECTORS ON 1541/1571/1581 AND THE cmd hARDWARE (hd, rAMlINK, rAMdRIVE, AND fd). iT SUPPORTS ALL PARTITION TYPES EXCEPT pbuff, dacc, AND forn. rEMEMBER, THAT rANDOM aCCESS FILES DO NOT SHOW UP IN THE DIRECTORY AND MAY BE DELETED BY THIS PROGRAM. yOU HAVE BEEN warned!!
mAIN mENU
1 - sUB-zER0 pARTITION/dISK
2 - sCAN pARTITION/dISK
3 - dos cOMMANDS
4 - dIRECTORY
5 - cHANGE aCTIVE dRIVE
6 - end
sUB-zER0 pARTITION/dISK
fIRST YOU ARE ASKED WHAT KIND OF pARTITION/dRIVE YOU ARE WORKING ON. cHOICES:
1 - nATIVE pARTITION
2 - 1541
3 - 1571
4 - 1581
5 - rETURN TO mAIN mENU
tHE PROGRAM WILL THEN GO THROUGH THE pARTITION/dISK AND bLANK ANY SECTOR THAT HAS NOT BEEN ALLOCATED BY THE bam. iT IS SUGGESTED THAT YOU SUE sCAN, oPTION #2 FROM THE mAIN mENU, AND sCAN THE pARTITION/dISK FIRST. tHIS 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 dIRECTORY, oPTION #4 FROM THE mAIN mENU.
sCAN pARTITION/dISK
fIRST YOU ARE ASKED WHAT KIND OF pARTITION/dRIVE YOU ARE WORKING ON. cHOICES:
1 - nATIVE
2 - 1541
3 - 1571
4 - 1581
5 - rETURN TO mAIN mENU
sCAN WILL GO THROUGH THE bam OF THE pARTITION/dRIVE AND TELL YOU HOW MANY SECTORS ARE FREE ON EACH TRACK. yOU CAN USE scan TO TELL YOU HOW MANY SECTORS ARE NOT ALLOCATED. tHIS IS USEFUL SO THAT YOU CAN COMPARE IT TO THE bLOCKS fREE IN THE dIRECTORY. tHIS 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.
dos cOMMANDS
tHIS AREA ALLOWS YOU TO SEND dos COMMANDS TO CHANGE PARTITIONS/SUB-DIRECTORIES, SCRATCH FILES, FORMAT DISKS, ETC. a LIST OF SOME OF THE COMMANDS ARE LISTED ON THE SCREEN. fOR A DETAILED LIST OF COMMANDS AVAILABLE, PLEASE REFER TO YOUR dRIVE mANUAL.
yOU CAN STACK COMMANDS BY USING THE english pound SYMBOL BETWEEN COMMANDS. tHERE IS A LIMIT OF ABOUT 255 CHARACTERS, SO WATCH HOW LONG YOU MAKE THE COMMAND!!
dIRECTORY
tHIS WILL DISPLAY THE CURRENT DIRECTORY FOR THE DISK/PARTITION YOU ARE WORKING ON. yOU CAN PRESS 'q' TO quit, AND 'space' TO pause. dIFFERENT FILE-TYPES HAVE DIFFERENT COLOURS SO THAT THEY CAN BE READILY IDENTIFIED.
cHANGE aCTIVE dRIVE nUMBER
yOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS HERE:
1 - cHANGE aCTIVE dRIVE nUMBER
2 - rETURN TO mAIN mENU
iF YOU CHOOSE 1, YOU WILL BE QUESTIONED FOR THE DRIVE NUMBER OF THE NEW ACTIVE DRIVE. iF THAT DRIVE IS NOT FOUND ON THE BUS, THE DRIVE NUMBER WILL NOT BE CHANGED.
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tHIS ENDS THE PROGRAM. bOTH THE 64 & 128 VERSIONS OF THE PROGRAM NOW PERFORM A COLD-RESTART. tHIS MEANS THAT IF YOU HAVE jIFFYdOS, THE KEY COMMANDS WILL BE BACK!!!
sHARE-wARE nOTICE
tHIS PROGRAM IS RELEASED AS sHARE-wARE. iF YOU FIND YOU ARE USING THE PROGRAM ALOT, YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND THE AUTHOR, jEROME p. yONER, A $5 DONATION TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS PROGRAM.
tHE AUTHORS ADDRESS IS:
jEROME p. yONER
bOX 548
eSTEVAN, sASKATCHEWAN
s4a 2a5
canada
cURRENT VERSIONS CAN BE FOUND ON q-lINK AND geNIE. i WOULD LIKE TO THANK dOUG cOTTON OF cmd FOR HELP WITH THIS PROGRAM AND FOR THE SUPPORT i HAVE GOTTEN FROM cmd. aLSO, dOUG UPLOADS MY PROGRAMS TO q-lINK.
i MUST ALSO THANK kEN hORNE FOR WHOM THE 128 VERSION WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN MADE AND FOR BEING MY MAIN TESTOR.
i MUST ALSO THANK nOEL nYMAN AND kENT sULLIVAN. nOEL PROVIDED THE ml FOR READING THE DIRECTORY (OPTION 5 FROM mAIN mENU ON THE 64 VERSION). kENT WAS THE INTERMEDIARY AND WAS THE PERSON WHO SUGGESTED THAT i USE ml FOR THIS PART.
