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- BitMaster 1.05 Reference Sheet...
-
- BitMaster was created during my research on the FDC chip
- on the ST and is the product of much trial and error. This program
- is designed to create and modify special track formats.
-
- Special track formats include high density disks or non
- standard formats such as on protected disks...
-
- To read a track format into the buffer, press R and then
- enter a track number. (It's in hex, sorry, it's public domain..
- what do you expect for free??!!)
-
- Then press I to interpret the address marks. This will fill
- the data block with E5's and configure the address headers so that
- they can be rewritten to the disk..
-
- To write a track from the buffer, press W and then enter the
- track number. Now that that is done.. you now should have a track
- format on the disk without data.
-
- To copy the data, you must read each sector, using the
- ctrl-r command and then write it back on the destination using the
- ctrl-w command. If you are creating a custom format, then you do
- not necessarily need to do this step..
-
-
- The meaning behind the FDC status report is this:
-
- Motor = Motor on/off (0 = off/1 = on)
-
- Wrpro = Write Protect on/off (0 = off/1 = on)
-
- Rtyp/Spin = Record Type/Spin-up
- ( on seeks this means if the spin-up finished but on regular sector
- reads then 0 = regular data mark and 1 = deleted data mark)
-
- RNF = Record Not Found (on sector commands a 1 = the sector was
- not found on this track )
-
- CRC = Cyclic Redundancy Check (on sector commands a 1 = crc
- error occured )
-
- Lsdat/Tr0 = Lost Data/Track 0 ( if head on TR0 then = 1 )
- ( if lost data during sector command then = 1 )
-
- Dtr/Indx = Data Request/Index Pin ( Status of index pin )
-
- Busy = Busy (the operation completed while FDC busy )
-
-
-
- BitMaster is not designed with the beginner or intermediate
- user/programmer in mind. It must be combined with knowledge about
- track formats in order to effectively use it to it's full potential.
- Any ideas, suggestions, or improvements that you would like to see,
- should be relayed to me via IBBS (292-1321) or NSIC (771-6132).
- Have fun..... and be sure only to modify backups of your disks
- with this product as I make no claims as to the operation of this
- program....
-
- Using the info gained from this experiment.. I will be
- releasing the ultimate copier for the ST as part of my CodeZapper ST
- protection removal program. Look for it soon.......
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