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- CPYDSK WHAT'S NEW
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- NEW FEATURES:
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- Version 1.2
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- 1. Added a media check. CPYDSK now checks the Target media for
- compatiblity with the Source to see if the Source and Target
- are the same size (e.g. 360KB to 360KB or 1.44MB to 1.44MB,
- etc.). If incompatible media is detected, a warning is issued
- and the program restarts from the menu.
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- 2. Added a /verify switch. This switch turns on read-after-write
- comparing of Source data with data written to the Target.
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- 3. Pressing <PgDn> anywhere in the menu will immediately accept
- the menu choices and prompt for the Source diskette. <Enter>
- continues to work as before, moving through each menu option
- until reaching the last one. Pressing <Enter> at the last
- option will end option selection and prompt for the Source
- diskette.
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- Version 1.1
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- 1. Added a /relax switch. CPYDSK, by default, only allows a
- hard disk to be used to store data from a Source diskette
- when memory has been exhausted. With the /relax switch ,
- CPYDSK will allow any disk type, not just a hard disk, to be
- used for temporary Source data storage. This includes other
- floppies that are not either the Source or Target and
- ramdisks that look like floppies.
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- Example:
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- CPYDSK A: F: /RELAX
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- Copies from Source diskette in drive A: to Target diskette in
- drive A: using disk F: (which may be another floppy, etc.) to
- hold Source data if necessary.
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- **** WARNING ****
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- Do not use CPYDSK with drive letters that have been
- redirected with the DOS commands ASSIGN or SUBST! Careless
- use of these commands with CPYDSK can lead to undesired
- writing to the Source or Target diskettes.
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- 2. Added a /mono switch. This switch turns off colors so the
- display on composite monitors is more legible.
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- Example:
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- CPYDSK /mono
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- Starts CPYDSK up in black and white.
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- CORRECTIONS:
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- Version 1.21
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- 1. By default, CPYDSK only allows a hard disk to be used to store
- data from a Source diskette when memory has been exhausted (see
- /relax switch above). The logic used to decide if the disk is a
- hard disk has been revised. Although unusual, there are
- circumstances where a valid hard disk could be rejected for
- temporary Source data storage under the old scheme.
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- 2. Various modifications to initialization routines were made to
- improve their operation.
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- Version 1.1
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- 1. Version 1.0 did not always correctly check that the Target
- drive was not a hard disk. This bug has been fixed.
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- 2. New logic added to insure that the temporary data storage
- drive letter cannot be the same as the Source or Target drive
- letters. Previously CPYDSK insisted that the temporary data
- storage drive be a hard disk, which avoided the problem.
- With the addition of the /relax switch, a check was
- necessary.
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