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Program - Disk Cover (DISKOVER)
This program is using a modified version of the share ware
concept for getting the program into the hands of people who need
good software and who are willing to pay for it. These people
should also be able to share in the fruits of their sowing. If
you sow you should also reap.
I am asking that if you use this program you should be willing to
pay for the use. When you do that you notify me that you want to
become a registered owner. When I receive your payment of $20, I
will notify you of the receipt of it and I will provide you with
a new serial # to be placed into your program. When you have
received the new serial # and have installed it into the program
(using the instructions I then provide), you should share it with
your friends.
You also need to become a salesperson, because when they register
they provide me with the serial number on the version that they
received. I register them give them a new serial number and I
will send $5.00 to the person who is the registered owner of the
old serial number. If you give away the program without
registering it you are giving the $5.00 to who ever is the
registered person on that copy.
If you register and them put the program on your favorite
bulletin board you will be lucky enough to get the program into
the hands of many people that you don't know, and they are
possible registers.
Register, and give copies to all your friends. Take it to your
computer club, share it around the office (If it is used in the
office the company must register also; on each machine!);
Remember IBM must have sold millions of the PC's, other millions
of clones have been sold. You should be able to find lots of
people who have a need to know whats on their diskettes without
putting them into a drive of the machine. But you can't share in
the rewards if you don't sow first.
The following is the required information to send to me when you
register;
Business who want or need the source code must pay a fee of
$35.00. This does not give them the right to distribute the
source code nor does it give them the right to sell this product
separately or as part of any product they sell. They have the
use of it on the machine that they purchased it for. For
unlimited distribution in their company (Compiled program only)
contact the author for Site Agreement Amounts.
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Caleb Computing Center
RD 1, Box 531
Ringoes NJ. 08551
(201) 788-1846
Include with your $20.00
Old Serial Number _____________________ Old Version Number ______________
Your Name ____________________________________________
Your Address____________________________________________
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
Your Phone number if you want me to call you with the new serial number
____________________________________________
The best time to call for me is after 11:00 PM Eastern time when the rates
are lower.
The best time to find you at this number ___________ AM or PM.
Printer this program will be used with ___________________________________
Remember to ReArc the file you give away.
Always include the three files:
DISKVR34.COM, DISKOVER.DOC and README.1ST. Don't give away the one you
received.
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What is this thing I want you to buy?
This program was written to replace the Public Domain program
COVER. This was a good program however it has a bug in it under
Dos 3.1. The free space routine did not work. It gave you
improper values. The program COVER also went into the wild blue
and hung my machine when it read a quad density (808K) diskette
with 4 sub directories.
This program also allows you to dump the data to a disk file so
that you can print it later with PRINT. This also allows you to
free up your machine faster.
The program DISKVR33, when first runs, goes into an install
section, and asks you for the colors that you want and for the
printer that the program should be installed for. I have put in
the codes for five brands of printers
EPSON,
OKIDATA,
HP Laser
C.ITOH and
IBM If you have a different printer and it uses
the codes from these above printers you are OK. If not the
program asks for the codes for CONDENSED PRINT, TOP OF FORM,
RESET PRINTER, 1/8TH LINE SPACING. You should have your manual
ready when you first run this program for these codes. If your
printer does not have an option to reset then you can set it back
to 1/6 line spacing and turn off the condensed print.
Note: If your printer is not listed please sent the author a
xerox of your printer codes so that the master program can be
updated. I will send you a new version of the program if you
will do that for me. Send this with your registration.
Note: I have included an option for the HPLaser Jet printer.
The program has special coding for the Laser Jet
because it does not print across perforations. The program will
not print in condenced mode unless you have the cartridge that
has condensed print. I can't do something your printer doesn't
support. If you have another brand of Laser printer and your
printer supports condensed; please furnish me a copy of the
control codes that this program needs and I will include them in
the program and make the required special coding changes for your
printer.
The install option also sets up the colors that are used in the
program. After the program has been installed for the first
time, you should always run program DISKOVER.COM because when the
program gets finished with installing the printer and color
options it CLONES itself into the program DISKOVER.COM. That
program will always have the new colors and printer options
installed.
If by chance when you are running this program, you decide to go
to a different printer or want different colors then hit ESC at
the first prompt and you will be placed back into the install
section.
The program is set up to allow up to 55 directories and 685
files. Not many people have that on floppies, but it will read a
hard disk also and create a mini type list.
The program also reads *.ARC files and *.LBR files and prints the
file names, sizes, and dates on the cover. I have tried to
distinguish between files with an .LBR extension and valid
archived *.LBR files. The first position of a library file is
binary 00 followed by 11 spaces or eight (*) and 'DIR'. Any
*.LBR file that does not match those rules is bypassed in the
directory explode routines.
The program does not allow you to create a file DIR.DIR on the
disk that you are reading. It assumes that the device has a
removable recording media and that if you are creating multiple
labels then when the program would go to read the next diskette
the file DIR.DIR would be gone. You can create a copy if you are
running on a Hard Disk and you have told the program that you are
a hard disk. If you are running on an Omega Device 10M floppy,
just tell the program that you are a Hard Disk. You can also
tell the program that your floppy is a hard disk but I cannot be
responsible if your directories get clobbered because you remove
the flopppy while the program is running.
The program uses the Volume-ID on the diskette or hard-disk and
it gives you an option to create a volume-id if one is not on the
disk. The program reads the VOLUME-ID of the disk and will print
it on then DISKOVER label. There are certain rules as to what
are valid charcters in a volume-id. Some programs may let you
put out any characters. I have found that this program has
abended when it finds some invalid characters in a VOLUME-ID.
Please try to follow the rules for labels, they are documented in
the IBM DOS manual.
When entering the Volume ID and Diskette Title message a mini
editor is available for allowing the entry of data.
Ctrl A or Home is beginning of line
Ctrl F or End is end of line
Ctrl S or Left arrow is left one character (except at beginning of line)
Ctrl D or Right arrow is right one character (except at end of line)
Ctrl G or Del is delete character forward
Ctrl H or Backspace is delete character backward
Ctrl Y is delete to end of line
* Note Ctrl A and Ctrl Y delete the whole line of data. *
You are always in an insert mode and anything typed at the cursor
causes the following characters to be moved to the right.
These codes are similar to those in WordStar and Turbo.
When entering the DisKover label information by typing "F3" (Dos
return previous) the previous information for the previous floppy
will be returned.
The program will print the children sub directories as part of
the files. These directories are sorted to print in front of any
file names in the parent directory. I print from left of the
dirs down and then work to the right. ie.
I will print Main Dir with the
Main Dir sub dirs of A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H,
------------------------- I, J (This will only be their names
| | | | | Not the files in those dirs).
A B C D E F G H I J I then will print sub A, followed
1 2 3 4 5 by sub 1, followed by a, followed
a b by b, followed by 2, followed by B,
followed by 3, followed by C,
then 4, then 5, then D, then E etc.
This is known as an inverted Tree
Sequence.
I will let you define the number of blank spaces you want as a
left margin. If you are printing the names for a hard disk you
may want room for a three ring binder holes. I print how much
space is being used in a directory and it prints on the line with
the directory name.
A sub directory is noted on the DisKover by "SubDir" where file
size should be followed by an *.
Following is a sample of a disk cover (DISKOVER), except it will
be printed condenced and I have made the line only 80 positions
and the real cover is 88 positions wide.
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Test of the Program Diskover for the Doc File Free: 81920 4-Mar-1986
Volume-ID: DISKOVERTST 8:55:17 pm
Directory \ Directory Size = 61174
BASIC 03-04-86 20:49 SubDir* CONFIG.SYS 02-17-86 11:40 256
SYS 03-04-86 20:47 SubDir* IBMBIO.COM 03-07-85 13:43 9564 shr
AUTOEXEC.BAT 02-27-86 23:24 384 IBMDOS.COM 03-07-85 13:43 27760 shr
COMMAND.COM 03-07-85 13:43 23210
Directory \BASIC Directory Size = 42684
BASICA.COM 03-07-85 13:43 27520 LOVE.BAS 05-18-85 23:01 1920
BASICA.PIF 03-07-85 13:43 369 LOVE.EXE 05-18-85 23:02 2816
ELEPHANT.ARC 05-03-85 12:03 10059
Arc File \BASIC\ELEPHANT.ARC
ELEPH.DAT 05-03-85 12:03 8960 ELEPHANT.BAS 05-03-85 12:03 3712
ELEPH.EXE 05-03-85 12:03 18048
Directory \SYS Directory Size = 166972
ARC.DOC 02-06-86 00:17 60432 FINDDUPE.COM 03-01-86 20:32 32898
ARC.EXE 02-05-86 22:26 32429 LINK.EXE 03-07-85 13:43 38144
ARC.TXT 01-31-86 13:38 2045 WHEREIS.COM 04-12-85 10:59 1024
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This program has been written and copyright by Karson W. Morrison
1985, 1986 Marty Morrison
Numbers 13:30 Caleb Computing Center
King James Bible Rd1 Box 531 Ringoes NJ. 08551
201-788-1846
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Please leave this Doc file with the program DISKVR34 when you
give it to your friends.