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- Compulsive Bulk Copier (c) 1985 Compulsive Software
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- The Compulsive Bulk Copier program is a utility intended for mass-
- producing microfloppy diskettes. As a severely restricted subset of the
- Compulsive Copier program described elsewhere on this disk, I did not
- think it would stand on its' own as a viable commercial product, however,
- it was too good to keep under wraps. Thus, here it is! For those running
- small software companies on shoestring budgets, this program should be
- worth far more than the price of the entire package.
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- The basic operation of the Compulsive Bulk Copier once it has been
- started is quite straightforward. First, you are given the opportunity to
- insert a source disk or exit the program. The program will scan the format
- of the entire disk, and the attempt to load the entire disk into memory.
- If the disk does not fit, the operation is aborted. This program will be
- most useful on a 1-meg or greater machine. Once the disk has been loaded,
- you will be given the opportunity to insert a destination or exit. This
- step will be repeated until you exit. You then have the opportunity to
- load another disk or exit the program.
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- Since this program is a direct spin-off from the vanilla Compulsive
- Copier, I am merely going to highlight the differences. First, as you have
- probably noticed, there are no user-settable options. Drive A: is hard-
- wired as both source and destination. Level is purposefully restricted to
- approximately 1. That is, only very lightly protected disks may be copied
- using this version. Writes are not verified.
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- So, what good is it? Well, first, it doesn't even format empty tracks,
- much less copy them. The things it does copy are all buffered in memory,
- and written as fast as is possible on an unmodified drive. With this
- combination, it becomes easy to do your own manufacturing. First, buy a
- bunch of unformatted disks. Next, create a master by formatting a disk
- and copying your distribution files onto it. Load this master into the
- Compulsive Bulk Copier, insert first blank disk, and hit a key. Next blank,
- key, next blank, key, next blank, key...
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- John T. Grieggs
- Compulsive Software
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