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Disk IMage Archiver V 1.4.A
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993 by Ray (Arsen) Arachelian
All Rights Reserved
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Warranty, License, and Documentation File:
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Warranty: Simply put, there ain't none. There are no warranties, express
or implied, including, but not limited to the merchantability,
or fitness of this software. Use it at your own risk.
At no time shall the author be liable for any lost profits or
savings or for any indirect, special, or consequential
damages arising out of the use, abuse or misuse of this software
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License: You, the user, may freely distribute this software without
modification, and with all the accompanying documentation and
files as you have yourself received it.
You may charge a small duplication fee for the disk on which
this software is stored, but the duplication fee is not to
exceede five dollars ($5.00 USA Currency.) This software may
be placed in an on-line archive system, such as bulletin
board systems, ftp sites, etc.
This software may be distributed by shareware distributors
on floppy disk or CD-ROM media provided that there is no
special price for obtaining the DIM program. If DIM is to
be distributed as part of a CD-ROM archive, the CD-ROM may
be priced over $5.00, however the CD-ROM archive must
also contain other shareware programs. (IE: You can't sell
a CD with just DIM on it.)
You may use this software freely for a trial period of two weeks.
After this period, if you find the software useful, and wish to
continue using this software, you will register it by filling
out the registration form, and mailing it to the author (that's
me,) along with the proper registration fee which applies to you
or your company.
Should you decide not to register this software, you will not
use DIM for any purpose other than distributing it to others.
(IE: If you don't pay for it, you can give out copies to your
friends, but you're not allowed to use it yourself until you
send in the registration fee.)
Any other use or distribution of this software is prohibited.
Using this software without registration past the two week
trial period is prohibited.
By using DIM, you agree to abide by these terms.
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Documentation:
Usage:
DIM {command} {floppy_drive} {file_name} {options}
Where command is:
-i Display information about the DIM {file_name}
-m Make an image of the disk in the {floppy_drive} and store
that image in the {file_name}
-r Restore an image of the disk to the {floppy_Drive} from
the image in the {file_name}
-c Copy diskettes in the {floppy_drive}, using the {file_name}
to store a temporary image of the diskettes. You will be
prompted to insert diskettes. After copying, the {file_name}
will be deleted unless the -nd option flag is used.
-rc Restore to multiple copies. Same as -c command, but
instead of asking for a source disk, it uses the {file_name}
image, and does not delete the {file_name.} Useful for making
multiple copies of a disk from an existing image.
-d Duplicate diskettes from one drive to another. The format
of this command is:
DIM -d {source_drive} {target_drive} {options}
Note the order of the source and target drives. No disk image
will be created. Also note that this method is slower than
using the -c command, however it can be used to convert a
5.25" diskette in one drive to a formatted 3.5" diskette in
the target drive.
-e:{pwd} Encrypt a diskette with a password. The password may be upto
63 characters in size. This command will either encrypt or
decrypt a diskette. To encrypt a diskette use the -e:{pwd}
command once. To decrypt a diskette use the -e:{pwd} command
again. Note that if you enter a wrong password when you wish
to decrypt a diskette, you must first encrypt the diskette
with that same wrong password before you can attempt to
decrypt it with the correct one.
Where floppy_drive is:
a physical floppy drive containing a formatted disk. Never
specify a hard drive for this parameter. (Dim will not
format disks, make sure you have formatted your disks
before restoring, or copying to them.)
Where file_name is:
any legal DOS file name. The default extentsion to this file
is .DIM. The default file name is $DISK.DIM. This file cannot
reside on the disk in the {floppy_drive}. Since image files
will be slightly larger than the source disk capacity, it is
reccomended that you store images on a hard drive, a network
drive, or at least a floppy drive of higher capacity than the
original floppy.
Where options are:
-bat Batch file mode. This mode will suppress all keyboard
waits, and assume "Yes" for all conversion warnings. Use
this with care since it will not ask you to confirm that
you have the right disk in the drive. Useful for automated
operations or when you don't wish to be bothered by
conversion warnings.
-v Verify after writing tracks. (slower)
Applies to the -r, -c, -rc, and -d commands.
-nd Don't delete temporary file after copy operation (see -c
command above.) Applies only to the -c command.
-fs:{size} Force Disk Size appropriate values are 160, 180, 320
360, 720, 1200, and 1440. (Please Do not use -fs:360K
instead use only -fs:360, or DIM will ignore your
request.) If you already know the size of the source
disk to make an image from, this option can save
you 5-15 seconds which would normally be used in
analyzing a disk. Also this option is useful when you
wish to extract a disk image from a disk on which you
restored an image of a different size. (ie: If you had
a 360K image and restored it to a 1.44, then sometime
later you lost the image file, but required it you
would use the -fs:360 option.)
WARNING: If you select the incorrect size, for this
option, the disk image will be partial, therefore
important data will be lost! Be careful when using
this option. It is far safer to let DIM analyze the
disk.
-fd:{trk}:{hds}:{sec}
Force Disk Parameters. Same as -sf:{size} parameter,
however this option lets you specify the exact number of
tracks, heads, and sector you wish to make an image of
from the disk.
-e:{pwd} Encrypt a disk image with a password. The password may
be upto 6