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Compulsive Bulk Copier (c) 1985 Compulsive Software
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.
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.
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.
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...
John T. Grieggs
Compulsive Software