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- INTRODUCTION
-
- PMDSKCPY is a replacement product for the OS/2 DISKCOPY program.
- It offers the following benefits over the OS/2 standard disk
- copy program:
-
- o One pass. The standard disk copy program takes multiple
- passes when copying a 1.44 meg floppy. This program will
- read and write a diskette in a single pass.
-
- o Multiple copies. Once the disk is read into the in-storage
- buffer, it can be written out to multiple floppies without
- re-reading the original diskette.
-
- o Presentation Manager. This is a PM application, so the
- progress can be monitored as work continues on other PM
- applications. The Presentation Manager makes the program
- easier to use.
-
-
- OPERATION
-
- Since the program is a PM application, it takes little
- explanation. The most likely use would be to press the READ
- button to load a copy of the diskette into storage. Once that
- is successful, another diskette is placed into the drive and the
- WRITE button is pressed.
-
- This program does not write any files onto the hard disk.
- However, its use of virtual storage will probably cause OS/2 to
- swap segments out to your disk. You must have sufficient hard
- disk space to contain the swap file.
-
- The PMDSKCPY program WILL automatically format a blank diskette.
- It will NOT reformat a diskette to a different size. For
- example, if you tried to copy a 720K diskette to an already
- formatted 1.44M diskette, the operation would fail with an error
- message indicating incompatible format.
-
- PMDSKCPY currently supports reading and writing only to A:.
-
-
-
- MISCELLANEOUS
-
- This program has been tested only under OS/2 1.2. An early beta
- copy was reported to have failed under OS/2 1.1, but the machine
- was upgraded to 1.2 before I had a chance to determine the
- problem. If this fails under 1.1, I would be interested in
- knowing that. Please report this or any other bugs to the
- address listed in the registration section.
-
- This is a multithreaded PM program written entirely in Microsoft
- C 6.0.
-
-
- REGISTRATION
-
- This is a Shareware program. If you like this program, and use
- it on a frequent basis, a $15 registration fee is encouraged.
- Site license agreements are available on a case by case basis.
-
- Please send any correspondence to:
-
- Gary Murphy
- 1022 N. Cooper
- Olathe, KS 66061
-
- Prodigy: [VWSD07A]
- CIS: [73457,365]
-
- You are more likely to reach me on Prodigy than CIS, as I
- frequent that board more.
-
- Any comments, positive or negative, are welcomed. Enjoy.