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Q U I K F L O P 2.00
A Floppy Enhancement Utility
Copyright (c) Dave Williams 11/24/88
Tired of waiting on the floppy drive to "gronk, gronk, gronk" when you're
copying files or looking at directories on floppies?
QuikFlop speeds up the heads on your floppy drive and, more importantly,
turns the drive off immediately so you can change floppies without waiting for
the drive to eventually quit turning.
This program is not memory-resident and does not directly manipulate any
hardware. QuikFlop manipulates the BIOS Data Area to reset two parameters set
by the computer during the Power-On Self-Test (POST). These are the head step
rate and the motor-off count. The program was optimized on my AT with one 360k
drive and one 1.44 meg drive; it was very close to optimal on my wife's 4.77
mHz XT compatible. About the worst that could happen to you would be to get a
"Drive Not Ready" warning from DOS if it isn't compatible with your machine.
QuikFlop can be run at any time, though preferably in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
|Type "quikflop" at the DOS prompt to see the help (nothing will be done).
| Start QuikFlop by typing "quikflop /Q" to speed up your floppy drives. Type
|"quikflop /R" to set the drives to the default IBM parameters. The program
|will accept upper or lower case characters. Any other parameters are ignored
|and the help screen is displayed.
version information:
1.00 original release; hardcoded speedup information
| 2.00 takes command line switch to turn on or reset to defaults.
| help screen shows syntax
Warranty and Licensing Information:
Don't pull my leg. If the program breaks your machine, you get to keep both
parts. This program is placed in the public domain for any use whatsoever.
Enjoy,
Dave Williams
Jacksonville, AR
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