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- ABOUT SHAREWARE
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- This package contains the program named DISKCOPY. It is
- made by
- Feico Nater,
- Beukweg 24,
- 7556 DE Hengelo,
- the Netherlands.
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- The system is available as shareware. What is shareware?
- It is software which people pass around, but I, the author,
- retain the rights to it. Maybe you obtained the system from a
- bulletin-board and paid a few dollars for it, but I don't get
- a penny of it. I expect to be paid by you, because I make my
- living out of making shareware software.
- Therefore, if you like this system and use it, you are
- supposed to register. The price is US $5, or ten guilders.
- Since I cannot accept US-checks nor credit-cards, overseas
- registratants do best by just sending the money. European
- registrant may send a Eurocheck or Girobetaalkaart. The ad-
- dress: Feico Nater Shareware, Beukweg 24, 7556 DE Hengelo,
- the Netherlands.
- Why register? Well, it costs you money. But if you do,
- I will advise you about further developments. Furthermore you
- will have the right to order later versions for only a few
- dollars and I will be willing to listen to your wishes.
- And if you don't like the program? Well, throw it away.
- But you will like shareware, because it does not let you pay a
- lot of money for something you dislike afterwards.
- Whether you register or not, you are encouraged to pass
- this system around. Give away copies to your friends. Howe-
- ver, files with the extension .NAR should not be given away.
- The copies you pass around must be complete and unmodified,
- but file-compression is allowed. Any money you collect should
- be for diskette, packing, postage only and should not exceed
- five dollars.
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- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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- I have been working with computers since 1970. I have
- completed a third-level degree in computer-science. I have
- been employed for many years in a big company, making defense-
- equipment, and my colleagues considered me the most skilled
- programmer among them. However, since the company went broke
- (Gorbachev was to blame, and he did a good job) I became
- unemployed and started working as a shareware author.
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- The program DISKCOPY is intended to replace its namesake which
- is issued with DOS.
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- To install, type at the DOS-prompt: COPY a:DISKCOPY.COM C:\DOS
- entering the directory which contains the DOS-commands in
- stead of \DOS.
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- DISKCOPY serves to copy an entire floppy disk, regardless of
- its contents.
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- Copy from A to B: DISKCOPY A: B:
- Copy from B to A: DISKCOPY B: A:
- These are only possible when A and B are the same kind of
- drive.
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- Copy from A to A: DISKCOPY A: A:
- Copy from B to B: DISKCOPY B: B:
- These write an temporary intermediate file on the default
- fixed disk. Therefore no inconvenient disk-swapping will be
- needed. Note that your fixed disk (usuallly C) must be de-
- fault.
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- Copy from A to fixed disk: DISKCOPY A: filename
- Copy from B to fixed disk: DISKCOPY B: filename
- These write a permanent file on the fixed disk, which can be
- used to copy back to floppy disk.
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- Copy from fixed disk to A: DISKCOPY filename A:
- Copy from fixed disk to B: DISKCOPY filename B:
- These copy a permanent file back to floppy disk. This is
- convenient to create many equal disks.
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