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PASS-AROUND (tm)
TURBO COPY
Format/Copy/Verify Diskettes FAST!
Version 1.01
TURBO COPY is Licensed by Sydex to PAS Software
PASS-AROUND Copyright (c) 1989 PAS Software
TURBO COPY Copyright (c) 1987, 1988, 1989 Sydex
All Rights Reserved
PAS Software Sydex
P.O. Box 3679 153 North Murphy Ave
Federal Way, WA 98063 Sunnyvale, CA 94086
800-553-3968 408-739-4866
206-838-3989
Some of the terms used in this document are trademarks of the following
firms: International Business Machines, Sony, Microsoft, Lotus
Development Corp., Intel Corporation, MicroSolutions, Inc.
Pass-Around Distribution License
U.S. Copyright Law and international treaties prohibit duplication and
transfer of copies of the software without permission from PAS
Software. However, PAS grants to everyone permission to duplicate and
give away, sell, or otherwise distribute copies, provided no portion of
the software is omitted.
Registered users are paid quarterly, by the 20th of the following
month, less a 50 cent service fee. Payments under $5.50 will be held
until the amount due exceeds $5.50.
PAS Software does not claim that any money will result from
registration. There are no guarantees of any kind.
PAS Software reserves the right to refuse registration to anyone,
provided the registration fee is not accepted.
PAS Software reserves the right to stop paying commissions to any
registered user that violates any law or regulation or causes any
damages to PAS Software.
NO WARRANTY
PAS Software makes NO WARRANTY of any kind, express or implied,
including without limitation, any warranties of merchantability and/or
fitness for a particular purpose. PAS Software shall not be liable for
any damages, whether direct, indirect, special or consequential arising
from a failure of this program to operate in the manner desired by the
user. IN NO EVENT WILL PAS SOFTWARE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES,
INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST SAVINGS OR OTHER INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE
PROGRAM, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY OTHER PARTY.
Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or
consequential damages. So the above limitation or exclusion may not
apply to you.
What Is TURBO COPY?
TURBO COPY is a utility written to fit a distinct need for multiple
copy production. Those with Formasters or other automatic duplication
equipment are lucky - the rest of us usually have to suffer with
FORMAT, DISKCOPY and DISKCOMP.
Well, no longer. We now have TURBO COPY. TURBO COPY:
* Reads all allocated tracks from a DOS diskette and saves the data in
local memory.
* Formats a blank diskette "only" on the allocated (used) tracks,
copies the data from the original source, and verifies the copy.
* Optionally formats the rest of the blank diskette.
* "Records" and "Plays Back" diskette images from hard disk.
TURBO COPY reads all of the data from the master diskette and stores it
away. If you're copying a relatively full 720K, 1.2M or 1.44M
diskette, this means that you'll have to have some sort of additional
memory available, be it EMS (expanded memory), extended memory (on the
PC-AT) or hard disk storage. 360K diskettes on a 512K PC usually will
manage to fit all of the diskette data into available memory.
TURBO COPY uses a "Look Ma - no hands!" method where the PC keyboard is
never used during the copy process; diskette changes are simply
"sensed" by the program. A graphic display of what's going on makes
for quick and easy operation.
What Won't TURBO COPY Do?
TURBO COPY will not handle non-DOS diskettes or DOS diskettes with copy
protection. Nor will TURBO COPY handle master diskettes with errors,
or diskettes formatted in non-standard formats. Otherwise, TURBO COPY
will copy all standard IBM PC-DOS formats, provided that you have
enough memory of some kind available to hold the data contained on the
master.
TURBO COPY requires a PC XT-, AT- or PS/2-compatible computer to run.
It will not work with the Tandy 2000, IBM PC Jr. or similar non-
compatibles.
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Installing TURBO COPY
TURBO COPY will not run without first being installed.
Installation is easy. You'll need a PC XT, AT or PS/2-compatible
computer. Your video display may be monochrome, CGA, EGA or VGA, and
your diskette drives may be internal or external to your computer. If
you have more than one diskette adapter card, TURBO COPY will access
drives attached to the primary or secondary diskette adapters.
At the DOS command prompt, execute the installation program by typing
TCOPY and pressing the ENTER key.
You'll be guided through a series of displays which will install
TURBO COPY on the disk of your choice. If your system configuration
changes, you'll probably need to re-install TURBO COPY to reflect the
new configuration. TURBO COPY may be installed "in place"; that is,
the same file may be used as the installation source and destination.
During the installation process you will have an opportunity to specify
what type of diskette drives and controllers your computer supports. If
you have a single diskette adapter, all drives are connected to the
primary adapter. If you have an additional adapter, such as the SYSGEN
Omni-Bridge or MicroSolutions' CompatiCard, this is the secondary
adapter. In all cases, if your computer supports high-density diskette
formats, you must specify that it is an "AT" type of computer,
regardless of its actual model.
Starting TURBO COPY
TURBO COPY may be run with DOS command-line controls, or you may wish
to be prompted by TURBO COPY for execution parameters. Typing the
following at the DOS command prompt:
TCOPY HELP and pressing the ENTER key
will cause TURBO COPY to display a detailed list of command-line
controls and explanations.
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Entering
TCOPY PROMPT and pressing the ENTER key
will cause TURBO COPY to prompt for some of the more common controls.
The simplest form of a TURBO COPY command is:
TCOPY A:
which will perform a series of copy operations using diskette drive A:
only. Entering
TCOPY A: B:
will cause both drives A: and B: to be used, "ping-ponging" between
them for alternate copies. For a description of TURBO COPY operation,
see the section entitled "Operating TURBO COPY".
TURBO COPY has many command options which can be used to modify its
operation. The general form of the TURBO COPY command is:
TCOPY drives options...
drives refers to a list of diskette drives to be used for copying. A
drive name consists of a drive letter followed by a colon. More than
one drive may be specified; TURBO COPY will use one