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- The following is an excerpt from FDFORMAT.DOC.
- I deleted all stuff that belonged to FDFORMAT.
- To get the whole software (FDFORMAT and FDREAD incl. full documentation
- and source code), look at your local ftp-server or BBS for the FDFORMAT
- package.
- Oliver Fromme
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- FDREAD - Use Disks with higher Capacity
-
- LICENSE
- -------
-
- This program is a public-domain product for private and educational
- use. You may freely copy and use it without any charge.
-
- This program must not be sold for profit. An adaequate fee may be
- requested for copying, shipping and handling when redistributing this
- program.
-
- You may modify and improve this program, but the executable program
- must show a message that your version has been modified.
-
- If you find, that this program is worth contributing for it, do not
- hesitate to send cash, check, 3½"-diskettes or something else.
-
-
- COMMENTS AND PROBLEMS
- ---------------------
-
- Comments, improvements, suggestions and problems may be sent to
- the Author
-
- Christoph H. Hochstätter
- Carl-Strehl-Strasse 20
- D-3550 Marburg
- West-Germany
-
- Phone: +49 6421 14618 (voice/BTX)
-
- E-Mail: HAMPE2@DMRHRZ11.BITNET (Bitnet/Internet)
- Christoph Hochstaetter on 2:243/22 (Fido)
-
-
- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- -------------------
-
- IBM or compatible Computer
- DOS 3.20 or above
-
-
- GETTING STARTED
- ---------------
-
- To make FDREAD resident simply type FDREAD from the DOS-Command-Line.
- Or install it in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. If you have a memory-manager
- installed, that supports UMB (like QEMM, QRAM, mov'em or 386-Max), do
- not load FDREAD high. The TSR automatically detects the memory manager
- and will load high itself.
-
- FDREAD will also automatically load high on computers with a 286(!!!)
- processor and up, if DOS 5 or higher is used. You must have HIMEM.SYS
- (or another XMS-Driver) installed and put DOS=HIGH in your CONFIG.SYS
- file. Since this technique of high-loading is quite tricky, you must
- ensure, that FDREAD is loaded before any program that plays with the
- A20 line and grabs the Interrupt 13 (Hex). This is the case for some
- disk-caching programs like HYPERDISK(TM). If you are using a disk-
- caching program, load FDREAD before the caching program. Also, if the
- system hangs, after you installed FDREAD, load FDREAD as the first
- TSR.
-
- If you get the error "Too much memory available". You must load FDREAD
- twice to avoid this error.
-
- The TSR is required to support diskette formats, which are non-
- standard under DOS.
-
- Note, that it is not possible to create bootable diskettes, which
- require the TSR. It may also be possible, that a format, which can be
- read without the TSR on your computer, will fail on another computer.
- If you are creating bootable diskettes, it is recommended only to use
- DOS-standard-formats.
-
-
- Format 360k-Drive 720k-Drive 1.2M-Drive 1.44M-Drive
- --------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -----------
- 160 kByte Disk yes FDREAD yes FDREAD
- 180 kByte Disk yes FDREAD yes FDREAD
- 200 kByte Disk FDREAD FDREAD FDREAD FDREAD
- 205 kByte Disk FDREAD FDREAD FDREAD FDREAD
- 320 kByte Disk yes FDREAD yes FDREAD
- 360 kByte Disk yes FDREAD yes FDREAD
- 400 kByte Disk FDREAD FDREAD FDREAD FDREAD
- 410 kByte Disk FDREAD FDREAD FDREAD FDREAD
- 720 kByte Disk no yes FDREAD yes
- 800 kByte Disk no FDREAD FDREAD FDREAD
- 820 kByte Disk no FDREAD FDREAD FDREAD
- 1.2 MByte Disk no no yes yes
- 1.2 MByte Disk no no yes yes
- 1.44 MByte Disk no no FDREAD yes
- 1.44 MByte Disk no no FDREAD yes
- 1.48 MByte Disk no no FDREAD yes
- 1.6 MByte Disk no no no FDREAD
- 1.64 MByte Disk no no no FDREAD
- 1.68 MByte Disk no no no FDREAD
- 1.72 MByte Disk no no no FDREAD
-
- FDREAD in the above table means, that this format will work only, if
- FDREAD is installed. You may find out, that this table will not be
- valid for your computer and that you can use certain diskette formats
- without FDREAD, that are listed to work with FDREAD only.
-