home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Belgian Amiga Club - ADF Collection
/
BS1 part 41.zip
/
BS1 part 41
/
ACU dox disk 6.adf
/
Rawcopy
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1989-02-01
|
13KB
|
401 lines
******************************
* *
* The RawCopy V1.3a Copier *
AUG 1988 * * By UNISTAR
* USER'S MANUAL *
* *
******************************
Micro Systems International
Copyright (C) 1988
1143 Monroe St. * Carleton, Michigan * (313) 654-8402
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Introduction
""""""""""""
Thank You!
You have just purchased the finest disk copy system available
for the AMIGA TM computer. The RawCopy V1.3 Copier is
designed to allow you to backup your protected software.
WARRANTY:
Since the RawCopy V1.3 will not copy itself and since there
is also the potential for disk failure or damage, we will
replace or repair any damaged original RawCopy V1.3 disk for
a $3.00 shipping and handling charge.
Should you find your RawCopy V1.3 disk to be defective within
the first 30 days. We will replace or repair it for free of
charge.
This warranty applies to the registered owners only and is
non-transferable.
REQUIREMENTS:
RawCopy V1.3 requires an Amiga computer with at least 512K
of memory to operate. RawCopy V1.3 works best on machines
with extra expansion memory and more than one drive.
RawCopy V1.3 also requires Kickstart version 1.1 or greater.
WARNING:
It is illegal to sell or otherwise distribute copies of
copyrighted software. Software companies have a right and
necessity to make a profit on their product.
This product is supplied for lawful purposes only and you
are not permitted to use it in violation of federal copyright
law or state software license enforcement laws.
By using this product you agree to be bound by the terms of
this notice.
Booting Procedure:
To boot your RawCopy V1.3 disk simply insert it in drive 0
when your computer asks for the workbench disk. The RawCopy
V1.3 will boot automatically in about 6 seconds.
Operation Procedure:
1) After booting RawCopy V1.3 select the proper drive
configuration using your Mouse as follows:
2) You will see four boxes right below the word SOURCE these
boxes represent the drives to read from. The box labeled
DF0: when choosen is highlighted, the system will read
from this drive.
3) You will see four boxes right below the word TARGET these
boxes represent the drives to write to. The box labeled
DF0: when choosen is highlighted, and system will write
to this drive.
4) If you have only one drive then both SOURCE and TARGET
drives must be set with your Mouse to DF0:
5) If you are using two or more drives the copy process
should take about 90 seconds. RawCopy V1.3 will tell you
when the copy process is complete.
6) Using the left button on the Mouse click the START box to
activate the copy process.
If you are using one drive and a 512K machine, you will
have to swap disks as prompted 5 times before RawCopy V1.3
will inform you that your copy is ready. It is for this
reason that we recommend two drives for making backup
copies thereby eleminating the need for swapping of SOURCE
and TARGET disks.
Selecting Source and Target Drives:
On single drive systems the source and target drives must
be the same and are both selected as the internal drive.
On systems with two or more drives the default selection
uses df0: as the source and df1: as the target.
To select source and target drives click the left mouse
button on any of the gadgets in the "SOURCE" and "TARGET"
gadget area. These gadgets are labeled "DF0:","DF1:","DF2:",
and "DF3:". Selected drives are hilighted when ON and a
previously selected "TARGET" drive may be deselected by
clicking the left mouse button on the hilighted gadget. The
"SOURCE" drive cannot be deselected, but it can be changed
by clicking on another drive gadget.
Example:
To set-up a two drive system using "DF0:" and "DF1:". Click
the left button on your mouse over "SOURCE DF0:" and click
over "TARGET DF1:" and the system will read from "DF0:" and
write to "DF1:" when you click the "START" gadget. You also
could reverse this example and read from the other drive.
Multiple Copies:
RawCopy V1.3 has the capability to make several copies from
a single original. It can also make multiple sets of copies
without having to read the original again.
To make multiple simultaneous copies, simply select more
than one TARGET drive using the drive selection procedures
above. RawCopy V1.3 will prompt you when it's time to swap
disks.
Changing Boot procedure:
RawCopy V1.3 can be modified to boot alot faster if you
aliminate the Title Screen. Follow the directions below if
you choose to do this.
Below are two copies of batch files, the top one already
exist on RawCopy V1.3.
1. Activate the CLI from the workbench and type at the
prompt.
1> copy c/ed to ram:
1> cd ram:
2. Remove the disk in df0: and insert RawCopy V1.3 and type
at the prompt.
1> ed df0:s/startup-sequence
3. Delete MSILogo from the batch file. Like the second
example below.
4. Push the ESC button at top left of the key board and you
should see a star appear below. Then push the x key
followed with <RETURN>. This will complete the change to
the batch file.
echo "*ec"
echo " "
echo " Loading RawCopy V1.3 ..."
MSILogo
RawCopy
echo " "
echo "*ec"
echo " "
echo " Loading RawCopy V1.3 ..."
RawCopy
echo " "
Rawtracks:
Referring to (Figure 1), the left lower side contains the
read variables and on the right side are the write variables.
These gadgets are set to their correct values.
WARNING:
If you experiment with this portion of the copier, please
replace the gadgets to the default position when done.
Example:
Let's say you used [ErrorCheck] on an original program and
found a abnormal track 30. You could read this track into a
space in Ram, then write this track on to your disk so the
abnormal track would exist on your copy. Some software uses
this type of protection to keep you from cloning the
original.
Non Standard DOS:
This Backup mode is located in the menu at the top of the
screen.
Some software is protected by using abnormal DOS to keep you
from making a backup copy of your original.
This mode is very powerful and has been tested on several
programs that have this type of protection.
CAUTION:
Please be careful when using this backup feature, and also
turn this mode off when done!
Standard DOS:
Approximate 90 sec. (2 drives)
Non-Standard DOS:
Approximate 5 min. (2 drives)
Raw Edit:
Referring to (Figure 3), this portion of the program is
located in the Menu at the top. After you read a Rawtrack
you can examine this track with this module. You also can
edit this buffer if you chose to do so. But make sure you
correct the Checksum located at the top in the Menu if you
are going to write this buffer to a disk. If you don't
correct the Checksum before you dump this buffer to a disk,
you will create a error that you may not want on your copy.
WARNING:
If you experiment with [RamEdit] be very careful that you
don't go beyond the buffer limits. If you alter memory space
beyond the buffer limits you may crash the system. The only
thing to do if this happens is to Reboot the system.
Extended Cylinder:
This feature is located at the top of the screen in the menu.
It is possible to protect software by hiding data beyond
cylinder 79. RawCopy V1.3 allows you to clone these extended
tracks if needed. If you are trying to make a backup copy of
a program and it doesn't work. Set this [Extended Cylinder]
feature to 82, and retry.
Modify Read/Write Buffer:
To modify the buffer, you have to activate the DM Request
feature of RawCopy V1.3.
To do this, double-click the right button on your mouse to
activate the default gadgets. If you want to read a raw track
into a buffer, you need to do a overlap read so you have all
eleven sectors.
Example:
Let's say we want to do a Raw Read of a particular track.
You might get a group of sectors, than a gap, and some more
sectors. Because of the gap, if your buffer is not large
enough you will loose some data.
Error Check:
This section of the program located in the MENU is for
checking a protected disk for errors. You are able to check
the complete disk at one time or any number of tracks.
Error Check will display Error number and gap length of each
track. Looking at example (figure 2) Cylinder 0 Top Side, the
gap is much wider than the other gap lengths. This is how
some software is protected. The only way to backup software
of this type is to change the speed of your drive or to alter
the program so it doesn't look at this gap.
Trackdisk Driver Error Codes:
Error
Number Meaning
20 Error could not be determined
21 Could not find sector header
22 Error in sector preamble
23 Error in sector identifier
24 Header field has bad checksum
25 Sector data field has bad checksum
26 Incorrect number of sectors on track
27 Unable to read sector header
28 Disk is write-protected
29 Disk has been changed or is not currently present
30 While verifying seek position, found seek error
31 Not enough memory to do this operation
32 Bad unit number ( unit # not attached )
33 Bad drive type ( not an Amiga 3.5 inch disk )
34 Drive already in use ( only one task exclusive )
35 User hit reset; Awaiting doom
Drive Speed on Copy Protection:
It is possible to use a slow drive and create a track or
tracks that are so long that a normal drive cannot duplicate
them. The only way for the normal drive to be able to copy
the longer track would be to run slower also. Those of you
who own drives that have manual speed adjustments may desire
to adjust your speed to aid in the copying of problem tracks.
It is important that should you ever slow your drive speed
down for the purpose of making backup copies, that you return
it to the correct operating speed after you have finished
making your copies. A drive that is writing longer than
normal tracks could cause problems when making backup copies
of some disk that don't need longer tracks. This problem
will only arise on some protected software and not on
standard format disks unless your drive speed is extremely
out of range.
Additionally, we have seen some drives slow down on their own
as time has gone by. If they slow down too far the copying
process on some protected software could be affected.
The optimum drive speed is 300 RPM. This produces a word
write of 6368 words per revolution. For optimum performance,
it is best to keep your drive close to this figure.
General Information:
RawCopy V1.3 is specially designed to copy heavily protected
software. It uses no parameters in the copying process. It
employs a track by track analysis of all 160 tracks on the
disk.
RawCopy V1.3 will operate with one or a maximum of four
drives, although more than one drive is recommended.
Operating with one drive sacrifices no copying power, It just
requires swapping the disk.
Single drive systems using RawCopy V1.3 will operate on any
memory configuration, automatically making full use of the
memory therein.
Multiple drive users may select any drive as SOURCE or TARGET
it will make no difference to the operation of the program.
Also systems with two or more external drives can duplicate
multiple simultaneous copies from one original.
Speed of program execution is also a major concern for us. A
program written in assembly language will be anywhere from 2
to 100 times as fast as its high-level language equivalent.
In addition, high-level languages often do not provide the
control structure flexibilty needed to program efficient
routines. This is why RawCopy V1.3 was written in 100%
assembly language.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Files of this doc include: 'RC-Figure1.pic', 'RC-Figure2.pic', and
'RC-Figure3.pic'. These files are IFF pictures of the figure pages of
the original docs.
This doc file was typed in by -=*> UNISTAR <*=-
Quality docs typed in by UNISTAR. UNISTAR DOCS #1 on disk coming
soon.
If you use or like the program, you should buy it.