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- * MEGAFORM 1.9 04.Jan.1988 *
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- * AUTOR : *
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- * Peter Maier, Waldstr. 83, 6085 Nauheim, GERMANY Tel: 06152/62081 *
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- This program is useful for formatting,copying and testing disks.
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- In version 1.9 you get the following functions :
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- - Format Disk
- - Copy Disk
- - Test Disk
- - Fastload Format
- - Scan Disk
- - Erase Disk
- - Connect Drive B
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- Format Disk
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- *** ATTENTION ***
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- Use this option only when you're sure that you've inserted the correct
- disk into your drive, because when you click on START FORMAT the formatting
- of your disk starts immediately.
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- You can format your disk with different capacitys.
- It is possible to format 9,10 or 11 sectors, 80 - 83 tracks, single- or
- double sided and with or without verify. ( This is useful for 11 sector
- disks, because you need good disks for that format !! )
- If you use 83 tracks, 11 sectors and 2 sides you will get about 925 Kb free.
- So you'll gain about 200 Kb more on every disk !!
- A file is created on the disk that contains information about the format :
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- MEGAFORM.INF 0 02-10-80 00:00
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- This shows how many sides(02),sectors(10) and tracks(80) the disk has.
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- Copy Disk
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- This copy gets all information out of the bootsector of the source disk.
- So you don't have to worry about the format on disk.
- All you have to do is to set the drives,the multicopy-option and the
- convert option( This option converts normal disks into fastloading disks.
- But this works only with 9 sector disks ).
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- This copy can't copy any protections and also no weird formats on disk.
- The Tracksnumbers have to count from 0 - 82 and the sectornumbers from
- 1 to 11. Otherwise you will receive error messages.
- If there are errors on disk an alert box will occur and you have the
- following options :
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- - Read again Try to read this sector again.
- - Next Track Continue reading on the next track, sector 1.
- - Continue Continue reading on the next sector, same track.
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- The destination disk must not be formatted. If there are write errors an
- alert box occurs also with these options :
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- - Write again Try to write this sector again
- - Format formats the track and then writes the sector
- - Cancel Abort writing
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- If you know that your destination disk is not formatted you can also set
- the FORMAT Destination button to YES.
- So you won't have to click on format in the alert box if you get write
- errors 'cause the disk is not formatted.
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- If you've set the MULTICOPY option, you can choose the destination drive,
- and if you've finished writing to the destination disks you have to click
- STOP. Then reading continues (if there was not enough memory to read the
- complete disk into the ST) or you turn back to the copy dialog.
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- You can also turn off the BOOTSECTOR INFO, so that you can make your own
- settings. ( Maybe you have a disk that contains information on both sides
- but in the bootsector it is set to single sided )
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- Test Disk
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- You can test, how many tracks could be formatted on your drive without
- receiving an error.
- Please use a new or empty disk for that, cause all information on the
- last ( 80 - 83 ) tracks will be erased.
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- Fastload Format
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- This formats a disks with 9 sectors in a special way, so that you'll
- gain double speed on loading and saving on this disk.
- If you copy a fastload disk without CONVERT set to YES, you'll lose
- the fastload format.
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- There's also a file created :
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- FASTDISK.MEG 0 01-09-83 00:00
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- This has the same meaning as above.
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- Scan Disk
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- This scans disks and looks for errors on them. If the program detects
- errors you'll get a message, and a description of the error.
- Mostly you'll get these two errors :
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- - Sector not found This sector is not on disk.
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- - CRC Data error The sector is on disk, but the data is corrupted.
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- Erase Disk
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- *** ATTENTION ***
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- This feature erases your complete disk. BE SURE that you've inserted
- the correct disk into the drive, because all data, also the format of
- the disk will be erased. There will be nothing on the disk after
- having erased it. ( The disk is not formatted !!! )
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- Connect Drive B
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- This happens always to me : you switch on drive A an your computer and
- sometime later you need drive B.
- But this drive wasn't switched on during booting ( what a pity !! ).
- What you'll get is the nice dialog window ' Please insert disk B into
- drive ...... '. ( ... Shit ... )
- Now you can connect drive B at any time . But don't forget to turn the
- power on and don't connect drive B if you don't have one. OK !?!
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- Have fun working with MEGAFORM
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- Peter Maier
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- P.S. : I would be happy hearing from you.....
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- The next version will include :
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- Harddisk Scan / Backup
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- Copy from side 1/2 to 1/2
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- Disk Info
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- Directory
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- 10/11 Sector fastload formatting
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- MS-Dos Copy and Format
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