DISKCOPY-READ.ME

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IGBLUEREADER	DISKCOPY-READ.ME	SEQ	Treasure Chest - Klaus Der Suhler	9	1	DOWNLOAD FILE

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000007C0: 55 4D 42 45 52 53 20 42  59 20 53 4F 46 54 57 41  |UMBERS BY SOFTWA|
000007D0: 52 45 2C 20 4F 52 20 55  53 45 20 54 48 45 20 C3  |RE, OR USE THE .|
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000007F0: 2E 0D                                             |..              |

DISK COPY - READ.ME FILE                
                MAY 1992..DISK COPY IS A
 WHOLE DISK COPY PROGRAM FOR 1571 AND 15
81 DRIVES..THE PROGRAM COPIES TRACK BY T
RACK STANDARD GCR AND MFM DISKS..DISK CO
PY CAN COPY 1571 GCR AND MOST-- MFM (MS-
DOS AND CP/M) DISKS. DISK.COPY CAN COPY 
3.5 INCH COMMODORE AND 720K MS-DOS DISKS
 USING THE 1581 DISK.DRIVE. (NOTE: THIS 
PROGRAM WILL NOT COPY NON-STANDARD OR CO
PY PROTECTED.DISKS.)..DISK COPY IS INTEL
LIGENT WITH SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDING:.
.(1) COPIES A VARIETY OF STANDARD MFM DI
SK FORMATS..(2) USE OF THE 1764 OR 1750 
REU TO ELIMINATE MUCH DISK SWAPPING. (3)
 DISK.COPY CAN WRITE MULTIPLE DESTINATIO
N DISKS, IF THE SOURCE DISK IS READ IN A
.SINGLE PASS. IN EFFECT CREATING A COPY 
MACHINE..(4) EMPTY TRACKS [TRACKS FILLED
 WITH CHARACTERS $00, $E5, OR $F6] ARE N
OT.WRITTEN BACK TO THE DISK. THIS CAN SA
VE A GREAT DEAL TIME...USE THE <F1> AND 
<F3> KEYS TO SELECT THE SOURCE AND DESTI
NATION DRIVES..BOTH DRIVES MUST BE OF TH
E SAME TYPE. 1571-1571 OR 1581-1581...TH
E <F5> KEY TOGGLES THE WRITE/VERIFY ON/O
FF. WRITE VERIFY OFF SPEEDS UP.WRITING O
F MOST 1571 DRIVES, USING DISK COMMAND: 
U0>V0.NOTE: THE WRITE/VERIFY OPTION HAS 
NO EFFECT ON MOST STAND ALONE 1571.DRIVE
S...THE <F7> KEY TOGGLES THE FORMAT DEST
INATION DISK ON/OFF. THIS OPTION.ALLOWS 
YOU TO USE (PROPERLY) PRE-FORMATTED DISK
S...THE <F6> KEY ALLOWS YOU TO TOGGLE TH
E FILL BYTE WHEN FORMATTING MFM DISKS..C
OMMODORE DISKS NORMALLY USE $00 FILL BYT
E. MS-DOS DISKS NORMALLY USE $F6.FILL BY
TE. CP/M DISKS NORMALLY USE $E5 FILL BYT
E..NOTE: COMMODORE 1571 AND 1581 DRIVES 
WE HAVE TESTED WILL NOT FORMAT DISKS.USI
NG A $F6 FILL BYTE. USE $00 FILL BYTE FO
R MS-DOS DISKS...NOTE: DISK COPY FORMATS
 BOTH SIDES OF COMMODORE 1541/71 GCR DIS
K EVEN IF.THE SOURCE DISK IS SINGLE SIDE
D. TO COPY AND FORMAT ONLY ONE SIDE OF.C
OMMODORE 1541/71 DISKS USE PRE-FORMATTED
 1541 DISKS AND TURN FORMAT.DESTINATION 
DISK OPTION OFF..NOTE: DISK COPY RESET A
LL DRIVE(S) AFTER COPYING DISKS. THEREFO
RE DO NOT.CHANGE DRIVE NUMBERS BY SOFTWA
RE, OR USE THE CMD SWAP FEATURES..

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