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- POLYCOPY (tm)
- Copyright (C)1989,1990 Joseph M. Albanese
- All rights reserved.
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- I N T R O D U C T I O N
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- QUESTION: What is POLYCOPY?
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- ANSWER: In short, POLYCOPY is an exceptionally easy to use program for making
- one or more copies of a diskette (or diskettes) with a single pass of the
- original, regardless of disk density. This feat is accomplished by using
- available RAM, XMS memory and/or HARD DISK space to store a complete
- "disk image."
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- POLYCOPY is a highly advanced disk duplicating program which offers many
- significant advantages over the DOS "DISKCOPY" utility. Some of the more
- important features are listed below:
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- o Original disk is inserted only once, even for multiple copies.
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- o Automatic configuration.
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- o Low RAM requirement.
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- o Automatic format.
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- o Uses available hard disk (& XMS memory) space to supplement RAM.
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- o Easy to use. Only one mandatory parameter -- drive letter.
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- o Supports 360K, 1.2M, 720K and 1.44M floppies.
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- o Will copy bootable disks (a la DISKCOPY).
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- T R A D E M A R K N O T I C E
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- Throughout this manual are commercial names of products made by other
- manufacturers or developers. Many of these product names are either registered
- or unregistered trademarks of their respective manufacturers or developers.
- The owners of these trademarks have never expressed any approval or disapproval
- of NEOCOM products, nor are they associated with POLYCOPY, NEOCOM
- Microspecialists, Inc., or Joseph M. Albanese in any way.
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- IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corp. MS-DOS
- is a trademark of Microsoft Corp.
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- C O P Y R I G H T N O T I C E (Shareware Release)
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- Copyright (C) 1989, 1990 Joseph M. Albanese. All rights reserved.
- POLYCOPY is a trademark of Joseph M. Albanese.
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- L I C E N S E A G R E E M E N T (Shareware Release)
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- The "Shareware Release" of POLYCOPY is fully copyrighted and may not be sold.
- However, as with all shareware, it may be copied freely for evaluation
- purposes. As a POLYCOPY evaluee, you are granted a 14 day trial period in
- which to determine its suitability. At the end of the trial period, if you
- wish to continue using POLYCOPY, you must register the software. Refer to the
- section on REGISTRATION at the end of this documentation, or to the file called
- "ORDER.FRM" for more information.
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- G E T T I N G S T A R T E D
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- REQUIREMENTS
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- o IBM or 100% compatible PC
- o MS-DOS 3.xx or 4.xx (or equivalent)
- o About 200K of free RAM at the DOS prompt
- o *Hard disk
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- * A RAM disk may be used as a substitute for a hard drive as long as it
- is sufficiently large to hold (potentially) an entire disk image.
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- I N S T A L L A T I O N
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- As a practical matter, there is no "INSTALLATION"; however, it is usually a
- good idea to put a copy of the program "POLYCOPY.EXE" in a pathed directory.
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- O P E R A T I O N
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- USAGE: C>polycopy [source drive<:>] [<target drive<:>>] [</f>]
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- Note: "< >" delimited parameters are optional.
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- Parms: "/F" = Format Mode. This will force POLYCOPY to format all diskettes
- prior to copying data.
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- You won't find many disk copy utilities as powerful and easy to use as this
- one. There are usually only two steps you need to follow:
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- 1. First, make the hard drive (or RAM disk) the default drive. For
- example, if drive "C:" is your hard drive, this can be accomplished by
- typing "C:" and pressing [ENTER].
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- NOTE: A temporary file called "DSKIMAGE.}-{" is created on the default drive
- during copying. It contains data that could not fit entirely into RAM.
- Under normal circumstances, this file is automatically deleted.
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- 2. Type "POLYCOPY", a space, and then the drive letter of the floppy
- drive that will be doing the copying. For example:
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- C>polycopy b: /f
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- C>polycopy a b
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- C>polycopy a:
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- NOTE: Example 2 includes the "FORMAT" parameter. Also, when "source" and
- "target" drives are the same, then the "target" parameter is optional.
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- O P E R A T I O N (CONT'D)
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- Once POLYCOPY is off and running it is simply a matter of answering a couple
- of "Y" or "N" prompts. Either you continue making copies of the original, or
- you copy a different diskette.
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- YOU CAN MAKE AS MANY COPIES OF THE ORIGINAL DISK AS YOU LIKE, WITHOUT
- EVER HAVING TO RE-INSERT THAT DISK.
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- Think of the time, money and frustration you will save. Especially, when you
- are considered whether to register!
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- I would like to say a few things about the "/f" parameter. When "/f" is NOT
- specified, POLYCOPY attempts to determine if it should format the TARGET
- diskette prior to copying. Most of the time that's all you have to worry
- about. But, occasionally, under certain circumstances POLYCOPY cannot
- properly determine whether a disk should be formatted. Hence, there are two
- circumstances where you might use the "/f" parameter:
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- 1. When POLYCOPY has previously been unable to determine if formatting
- should be performed.
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- 2. When you want to be sure that all disks are freshly formatted.
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- A FINAL NOTE ABOUT FORMATTING
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- When it is necessary to format a diskette, POLYCOPY shells into the DOS format
- utility "FORMAT.COM" so it is important that you have it pathed. For
- example: "PATH=C:\DOS" in you AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
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- S O F T W A R E R E G I S T R A T I O N
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- WHAT DO I GET BY REGISTERING?
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- For one thing, a clear conscience. People like me work very hard on programs
- like this. We do so under the assumption that if people like our programs
- they will (should, and hopefully will) register.
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- In addition to the wonderful feeling you will enjoy, knowing that you are
- helping to perpetuate the shareware concept, as a registered user of POLYCOPY
- you will also gain the following:
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- o Latest version of POLYCOPY
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- o Printed documentation
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- o Notification of new releases
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- o Low cost upgrades
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- o FREE BONUS: A complimentary copy of VOLSER(tm), the volume
- serial number utility. VOLSER is a companion program to
- POLYCOPY which allows you to "add", "view" and/or "change" DOS
- 4.00 serial numbers. Uses for VOLSER include: serializing floppy
- diskettes, serial number coding hard drives (theft protection). You
- can even view and enter disk serial numbers in DECIMAL as well as
- HEXIDECIMAL format. For serializing large quantities of disks,
- VOLSER has automatic increment, decrement and duplicating of
- serial numbers.
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- CIR: You will also receive the latest version of CIR, the "COLOR
- DIRECTORY" utility. This isn't just another colorized directory
- program. CIR displays directories in exactly the same format as the
- MS DOS 4.01 DIR command, except that files are color coded by
- extension. Plus, CIR shows the resolution and colors for .GIF files.
- CIR is FAST, too!
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- As a registered user of POLYCOPY you will also be notified of other
- NEOCOM products, as they become available.
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- ----- ORDER/REGISTRATION FORM -----------------------------
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- Send this form (completed) to:
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- POLYCOPY REGISTRATION
- P.O. BOX 1157
- BASSETT, VA 24055
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- Funds (U.S. only) payable to: Joseph M. Albanese.
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- SINGLE COPY REGISTRATION
- Disk with program and documentation $20. ______
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- SITE LICENSE (MULTI-COPY) REGISTRATION
- Site license for the use of POLYCOPY. (Includes one disk & docs)
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- PCs Price
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- 2 - 5 $18 each
- 6 - 19 $15 each
- 20 - 49 $13 each
- 50 - 99 $11 each
- 100 or more, $1000 one time fee.
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- Please add $3.50 for shipping & handling for each
- package. (Overseas orders please add $5.00 per package)
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- No. Copies: _________
- Qty Price $_________ (Qty x Price from above chart)
- Shipping & Hand.: $ 3.50
- Overseas: $______.__ ($5.00 if applicable)
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- Total enclosed: $______.__
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- Company Name (if applicable): ______________________________
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- Your Name: _________________________________________________
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- Address: ___________________________________________________
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- City: _________________________ State: ___ Zip: ______
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- Telephone: ( )___-____ Version you have: _______
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- Preferred diskette type (check one): 3.5" __ 5.25" __
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- Computer/configuration: ____________________________________
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- How and where did you find out about POLYCOPY? ____________
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- ____________________________________________________________
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- Do you have any comments and/or suggestions regarding
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- POLYCOPY? _________________________________________________
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- ____________________________________________________________
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