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VGA-Copy pro 5.0a - improved replacement for DISKCOPY, FORMAT and DISKCOMP
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Please feel free to upload the shareware version of VGACopy pro 5.0a to any
electronic bulletin board or to give copies of VGACopy pro 5.0a to other
users (ensure to upload the complete version with all files, see FILES THAT
COME WITH VGACOPY PRO 5.0a).
* what you need :
- 286-CPU (or greater)
- EGA or VGA graphic-card
- Mouse (recommended)
- Floppy-Drive (up to 2.88Mb capacity)
- Hard- or ramdisk
* what you get :
- very fast one-pass disk-copy -format -verify -image-program
- graphical user-interface with buttons, icons and displays
- special sector-interleave-format (allows up to 100% faster
diskaccess for DOS and Windows programs)
- several high-capacity-formats (up to 1,72 MB on 3,5")
- converts "impossible" formats (e.g.. 1,44MB or 720KB on 5,25")
- supports Soundblaster and build-in-speaker
- creates image-files, useful for disk-transfer by modem
- supports McAfee's Anti-Virus-Utilities
- the Shareware-version is not crippled in any way !
* COPYRIGHT/LICENSE/WARRANTY
----------------------------
Program and documentation Copyright 1993, Thomas Mönkemeier EDV-Beratung,
Oldenburg. All rights reserved.
Because of the nature of this manual, some software products are mentioned
by their trade names. In most cases, these designations are claimed as
trademarks by the respective companies.
All mentioned software products are NOT part of VGACopy pro 5.0a. You must
buy or register them separately.
VGACopy pro 5.0a is shareware and may be freely distributed in it's
original form with all files (exception : the .VOC and .MOD-files may be
deleted, when VGACopy pro 5.0a is spread by modem). No user may modify
VGACOPY pro 5.0a or this document in any way. No fee, charge, or other
compensation may be accepted or requested without the express written
consent of the author. Distribution of VGACOPY pro 5.0a in conjunction
with any other product is prohibited, except with similar written consent.
Distributors of public domain software may distribute copies of VGACOPY pro
5.0a subject to the above conditions.
After a trial-period of 30 days you must register to get your own
individual copy of VGACopy pro. See chapter HOW TO REGISTER VGACOPY PRO
5.0a.
The author makes no warranties of any kind, express or implied, including
without limitation, any warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a
particular purpose. Furthermore, the author shall not be liable for any
damage to data or property which may be directly or indirectly caused by
the use of VGACopy pro 5.0a. In no event will the author be liable for any
damages, including lost profits, or for any claim by any other party.
* FILES THAT COME WITH VGACOPY pro 5.0
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! .BAT a little installer
VGACOPY .EXE main program
VGACOPY .IDF icons
VGACOPY .GIF GIF-picture
VGACOPY .MOD MOD-file
VGACPY1 .VOC -
VGACPY9 .VOC several VOC-files
VGAORDER.ASC orderform
VGAREAD .EXE little driver for Dos and Windows
VGACOPY .DOC this text
VCP2DISK.EXE writes .VCP-image-files back to disk
*NOTE : If you have less harddisk-space or you don't like icons and sound
you may delete every file except VGACOPY.EXE .
* QUICK-START
-------------
You can run VGACopy pro 5.0a as soon as you finished decompression. All
functions are easy to reach, because of the graphical user-interface. You
only have to click on the easy-to-understand icons.
* GUIDED TOUR
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* before you start VGA-Copy pro, you should add the utility "VGAREAD" in
your AUTOEXEC.BAT. This little program adds the ability to Dos and
Windows, to get rid of special disk-formats. It uses about 200 bytes of
base memory - of course you can load this useful little Program into the
HMA...
NOTE: VGAREAD is NOT necessary for the use of VGACopy pro ! It's just a
little driver for Dos and Windows. This driver was original developed by
Christoph Hochstätter for his program FDFORMAT and given to the
public-domain.
* type VGACOPY <RETURN> to start VGACopy pro. You see the title-screen
with a little picture of Thomas Mönkemeier, the programmer of VGACopy pro
(if you think, this picture looks awfully, you have never seen Thomas
"live" ... ) This picture was created by the famous computer-artist
Thiemo Eddicks. You may delete VGACOPY.GIF or replace it by any other
GIF (format 320x200 with 256 colors).
You should hear a nice song "Elysium", even if you have no soundcard.
(If your computer crashes at this time, please read the troubleshootings
at the end of this text). The song "Elysium" was composed on the AMIGA
Soundtracker by Volker Tripp, member of "Jesters of sanity". The
integrated mod-play-routines were developed by Mark J. Cox (programmer of
Mod-Play pro).
After a shareware-countdown (about 10 seconds, only active
in shareware-version) you see the graphical user interface - in
some computer-magazines it was described as "cockpit". This cockpit
contains three parts : button&switches-zone, disk-info-display and
info-window.
┌───buttons & switches─────────────────┤ ├─disk-info-display─┐
│ │
│ ╔════════╤════════╤════════╤═════════╦════════════════╗ │
│ ║▄ disk A│Read │Write │▄ Turbo Θ║ :::::::::::::: ║ │
│ ╟────────┼────────┼────────┼─────────╢ :::::::::::::: ║ │
│ ║▄ disk B│Compare │fOrmat │▄ VerifyΘ╟────────────┬───╢ │
│ ╟────────┼────────┼────────┼─────────╢ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ │ ▀ ║ │
│ ║▄ ed 1 │Scan │Kill │▄ FormatΘ║ │ │ │ │ │ ▀ ║ │
│ ╟────────┼────────┼────────┼─────────╢ │ │ │ │ │ ▀ ║ │
┴ ║▄ ed 2 │Info │Quit │▄ ModifyΘ║ └──┘ └──┘ │ ▀ ║ ┴
╠════════╧════════╧════════╧═════════╩══════════╤═╪═╤═╣
┬ ║ ││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││ │ │|│|║ ┬
│ ║ ││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││ │|│█│█║ │
│ ║ ├┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┼┤ │|│█│█║ │
│ ║ ││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││ │|│█│█║ │
│ ║ ││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││││ └─┴─┴─╢ │
│ ║ ■∙∙∙ ■∙∙∙ ■∙∙∙ ■∙∙∙ ■∙∙∙ ■∙∙∙ ■∙∙∙ ■∙∙∙ ■∙∙∙║ │
│ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │
│ │
└───info-window──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
* buttons and switches
--------------------
You can click on the buttons to start action or click on the switches to
select/deselect features. If you prefer keyboard-input, or you don't
have a mouse, you can press the underlined key to select or activate.
- the four buttons on the left side represent your disk-drives, for
example A: 5,25 is the switch for your drive A: (5,25"). The green
"LED" should be luminous at the selected disk-drive-button. If you
have less than four disk-drives, the rest of the buttons will display
question-marks.
- READ : if you activate this button, the disk in the selected drive will
be read into the buffer.
- WRITE : this button starts the write or format access to the disk in
the selected drive.
* NOTE : every disk-copy is divided into two parts : "read disk to
buffer" and "write buffer to disk". Even if you only want to format a
disk, you will first have to fill the buffer (see FORMAT).
* NOTE : you may write a 3.5" 1.44MB buffer to a 5.25" HD-disk - and
vice versa ! That means, that you now have the ability to convert your
disks t