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ABSTRACTS FOR CP/M USERS' GROUP VOLUME 52
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BATCH & VARBATCH are some very nice programs by Dan Ross of
Succinct Systems in Santa Cruz, California. Both Batch and
Varbatch are public domain and donated to the UG by Mr. Ross.
Essentially, BATCH and VARBATCH are super SUBMIT programs,
although they take a little getting used to. Read the
documentation (BATCH.RM) carefully to familiarize yourself with
the usage procedures. WARNING: some double-density systems
warm-boot ALL of CP/M from disk & wipe out some BIOS
changes made by BATCH, so be careful of this. Mr Ross has
included a "troubleshooting" guide at the end of the BATCH.RM
file. The programs work fine, as-is, on my single-density Tarbell
controller system using the BVIOS/BVBOOT (CP/M UG Vol. 38).
BATCH is the submit utility without variables. Varbatch includes
variables 0 thru 9 for internal use, as well as some other goodies.
See the documentation for details, as well as usage instructions.
Abstract by Jim Mills
CPYFST35.ASM
CPYFST35.DOC
CPYFST3F.COM FOR FAST CONTROLLERS (56 SEC.)
CPYFST3M.COM FOR MEDIUM CONTROLLERS (67 SEC.)
CPYFST3S.COM FOR SLOW CONTROLLERS (78 SEC.)
CPYFST35 is version 3.5 of COPYFAST (CPMUG VOL. 47), a con-
troller independent disk copy program for CP/M. Copyfast is an
adaptation of the Tarbell disk copy program, but does not
require Tarbell hardware. Version 3.5 contains several small
bug fixes, faster copy speeds, and three new features: it is
now possible to CTRL-C out of the program at any time, the
range of the copy can be changed by a parameter given on the
command line when the program is started, and the program can
now determine the size of the CP/M it is running in and adjust
accordingly. The .DOC file contains all of the installation
instructions and a great deal more about the program and op-
tions than copyfast did. The source can be assembled with ASM
or MAC, and is extensively commented. The front of the source
has all of the assembly options, and it should be no problem
for anyone to modify these options and tailor it to the par-
ticular needs of the user. As supplied, the program copies all
of tracks 2-76 of a standard 8 inch disk as fast as a con-
troller can go. Assembly options are present to accommodate
slower controllers or single disk CP/M systems. The three .COM
files are assembled versions for three different read and write
interleave combinations, try all three to see how fast your
controller is.
Review by Chuck Weingart