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| ____|__ | Association of
| | |_| Shareware
|__| o | Professionals
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|___|___| MEMBER
ABOUT SHAREWARE
This package contains the program named DISKCOPY. It is
made by
Feico Nater,
Beukweg 24,
7556 DE Hengelo,
the Netherlands.
The system is available as shareware. What is shareware?
It is software which people pass around, but I, the author,
retain the rights to it. Maybe you obtained the system from a
bulletin-board and paid a few dollars for it, but I don't get
a penny of it. I expect to be paid by you, because I make my
living out of making shareware software.
Therefore, if you like this system and use it, you are
supposed to register. The price is US $5, or ten guilders.
Since I cannot accept US-checks nor credit-cards, overseas
registratants do best by just sending the money. European
registrant may send a Eurocheck or Girobetaalkaart. The ad-
dress: Feico Nater Shareware, Beukweg 24, 7556 DE Hengelo,
the Netherlands.
Why register? Well, it costs you money. But if you do,
I will advise you about further developments. Furthermore you
will have the right to order later versions for only a few
dollars and I will be willing to listen to your wishes.
And if you don't like the program? Well, throw it away.
But you will like shareware, because it does not let you pay a
lot of money for something you dislike afterwards.
Whether you register or not, you are encouraged to pass
this system around. Give away copies to your friends. Howe-
ver, files with the extension .NAR should not be given away.
The copies you pass around must be complete and unmodified,
but file-compression is allowed. Any money you collect should
be for diskette, packing, postage only and should not exceed
five dollars.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
I have been working with computers since 1970. I have
completed a third-level degree in computer-science. I have
been employed for many years in a big company, making defense-
equipment, and my colleagues considered me the most skilled
programmer among them. However, since the company went broke
(Gorbachev was to blame, and he did a good job) I became
unemployed and started working as a shareware author.
The program DISKCOPY is intended to replace its namesake which
is issued with DOS.
To install, type at the DOS-prompt: COPY a:DISKCOPY.COM C:\DOS
entering the directory which contains the DOS-commands in
stead of \DOS.
DISKCOPY serves to copy an entire floppy disk, regardless of
its contents.
Copy from A to B: DISKCOPY A: B:
Copy from B to A: DISKCOPY B: A:
These are only possible when A and B are the same kind of
drive.
Copy from A to A: DISKCOPY A: A:
Copy from B to B: DISKCOPY B: B:
These write an temporary intermediate file on the default
fixed disk. Therefore no inconvenient disk-swapping will be
needed. Note that your fixed disk (usuallly C) must be de-
fault.
Copy from A to fixed disk: DISKCOPY A: filename
Copy from B to fixed disk: DISKCOPY B: filename
These write a permanent file on the fixed disk, which can be
used to copy back to floppy disk.
Copy from fixed disk to A: DISKCOPY filename A:
Copy from fixed disk to B: DISKCOPY filename B:
These copy a permanent file back to floppy disk. This is
convenient to create many equal disks.