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MCOMPARE.TXT

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000006E0: D2 C5 20 20 20 20 20 20  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  |..              |
000006F0: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  20 20 C3 4F 50 59 52 49  |          .OPYRI|
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...MCOMPARE                        COPYR
IGHT 1993 BY CREATIVE MICRO DESIGNS, INC
..--------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
..THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES A MEANS OF VERIF
YING ENTIRE DISKS OR PARTITONS AGAINST A
.MASTER OR ORIGINAL COPY ON A CMD DEVICE
. THIS CAN BE USEFUL FOR CHECKING.BACKUP
S OR COPIES MADE FOR OTHER PURPOSES. WE 
USE THIS PROGRAM OURSELVES AT.CMD WHENEV
ER DISKS ARE RETURNED BY USERS WHO HAVE 
HAD TROUBLE WITH GETTING.THEM TO WORK ON
 THEIR SYSTEMS...MCOMPARE, LIKE MCOPY, W
ILL ONLY COMPARE SIMILAR FORMATS. THAT I
S TO SAY THAT.BOTH THE SOURCE AND TARGET
 MUST BE SIMILAR FORMATS. YOU MAY NOT CO
MPARE A 1541.DISK WITH A 1581 PARTITON, 
FOR EXAMPLE, SINCE THESE FORMATS ARE OBV
IOUSLY.DIFFERENT...MCOMPARE ALSO HAS ONE
 FURTHER LIMITATION. THE COMPARE CODE IS
 RUN FROM INSIDE.THE TARGET DRIVE IN ORD
ER TO SPEED UP THE COMPARE PROCESS. DUE 
TO THE AMOUNT.OF SPACE REQUIRED FOR THIS
 CODE, THE TARGET DEVICE MUST BE A CMD D
EVICE...TO USE MCOMPARE, SELECT THE SOUR
CE DEVICE USING <F1/F2>. THE SOURCE MAY 
BE A.1541, 1571, 1581, CMD FD, CMD HD, R
AMLINK OR RAMDRIVE. IF THE SOURCE IS A C
MD.DEVICE, THEN SELECT THE SOURCE PARTIT
ION USING <F3/F4>...NOW SELECT THE TARGE
T DEVICE USING <F5/F6>. THE TARGET MAY B
E A CMD FD, CMD.HD, RAMLINK OR RAMDRIVE.
 SELECT THE TARGET PARTITION USING <F3/F
4>...TO BEGIN THE COMPARISON, PRESS THE 
<C> KEY. AFTER THE COMPARISON IS COMPLET
E,.MCOMPARE WILL REPORT WHETHER THE SOUR
CE AND TARGET MATCH OR NOT...DIRECTORIES
 OF THE SOURCE OR TARGET MAY BE OBTAINED
 BY USING THE <A> KEY.(SOURCE DIRECTORY)
 AND <B> KEY (TARGET DIRECTORY)...TO EXI
T FROM THE PROGRAM, PRESS THE BACK ARROW
 KEY...............................-----
----------------------------------------
---------------------------------.MCOMPA
RE                        COPYRIGHT 1993
 BY CREATIVE MICRO DESIGNS, INC..
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