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- ****** D-COPY v3.1 - a D-MOB release! ******
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- ****** Coding by TURBOBRAIN & graphics by NICK23 ******
- ****** Original copy routines by R.GELFAND & S.THUBEAUVILLE ******
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-
- This program was made after we had enough of cursing over badly
- coded, inequal and often inaccurate copy-programs.
- Because of this we decided to create a copier superior to all
- other copiers seen before, and this is it...
- D-Copy is developed by hackers for hackers, and suited for your
- needs, and therefore D-Copy should be your choice from now on!!
-
-
-
- notes: D-Copy v3.1 has been tested on:
- * A1000
- * A500, A500+
- * A2000/2500
- * A3000
- * A4000 (some bugs known 'NIB')
-
- D-Copy has been tested with:
- * 512k - 16meg memory expansion
- * 2 Meg ChipMem
- * 1-4 external + harddrive
- * Kickstart v1.1 - v3.1 (40.38)
- * TurboCards (68030 + 040)
-
-
- features - switches:
- --------------------
- SRC: Source drive DF0: - DF3:
-
- DEST: Destination drive(s) DF0: - DF3:
- Writing will affect all destination drives selected. If
- destination and source drive is the same, D-Copy will
- copy in single-drive mode.
-
-
- DOS 1: Copies standard DOS tracks, including errors.
-
- DOS 2: Copies standard DOS tracks with corrected errors. Checksums
- are recalculated and some header info are also corrected.
- Otherwise the same as DosCopy 1. Use when data is lost due to
- read errors. This will not recover all data but should be able
- to save some of it.
-
- DOS 3: Copies standard DOS track but uses the Bitmap to find out which
- tracks that contains data so it only have to copy tracks with data
- on and format the rest.
-
- NIB 1: Copies foreign formats. Use when disks are copy-protected...
-
- NIB 2: Basically the same as NibbleCopy 1, but uses a different
- method to find the track gap.
-
- NIB 3: Copies MS-DOS disks (720 Kb). This routine is NOT ready yet.
- The copy routine is working and so is some of the error checking-
- routines. The only thing that isn't working is the checksum routine
- for the header and data section. I had some problems with their
- strange checksum-format.
-
-
- CHK: Checks standard DOS tracks for errors in the selected source drive.
-
- FMT: Format standard DOS disks. When prompted for the diskname, you can
- select single tracks to be formated by clicking in the grid or just
- start the operation to do a normal format.
-
- NAME: Tells the name of the disk in the selected source drive.
-
- DEF: Sets SIDE 0/1, START+END TRACK, SYNC-WORDS, and SYNC-CORRECTOR
- to the default values.
-
- ERR: Click on ERR and then on an error in the grid to get a
- short explanation of what it is.
-
- DRIVE: Scans the system for connected diskdrives (should find 5'25"
- not tested) Handy if you forgot to turn on any drives.
-
- START/
- END: Click in the grids to select start and end track.
- Left mouse button for START and right for END.
-
- 0/1: Selects which head to copy; Top, Bottom, or Both.
-
-
-
-
-
- FFS: Only used in formatting. Disk will be formated with
- FastFileSystem.
-
- RAM: Tracks are stored in memory; same as single-drive copy, but
- may be written more than once to selected destinations.
-
- VRFY: Verifies selected destinations. Verify errors are displayed
- in blue digits, where the digit is the drive number. If more
- than one drive gets a verify error on the same track, a blue
- X will appear instead of a digit.
- The verify isn't completely dependable, because the verfication
- starts half a second after the writing has started (e.g. the
- the writing of one track takes half a second). The verify
- routine will read the track correctly, but a damaged track
- may hold this data for a certain amount of time and then
- lose it. To be sure, wait a while between copying and
- checking target disks for errors.
- Use SAFE button to make the verify safer...
-
- SAFE: Makes a CheckDisk after selected operation (copy or format)
- This method is safer than Verify because there is more time
- between the writing to the disk and the reading (checking)
- from it, so if a track is bad it will probably lose it's
- contens before the check has started and you will get an error.
-
-
-
-
- CRUNCHER MENU:
- Use this only if you are short on memory, because it takes more
- time. The tracks are crunched and stored into memory under singel-
- drive copy. The higher cruncher level, the more data you can
- store in memory (and ofcourse it takes more time too).
-
-
-
- SYNCMENU:
- When the sync switch is on, all sync-marks will be recalculated
- during copy. This option should be turned off when copying
- foreign formats!
- The sync-mark is a mark that the disk controller uses to
- find the start of a track or sector on the disk. The standard
- mark for the Amiga is $4489. If you change this, the disk
- controller won't find any valid data on the disk. This can
- be used as a kind of copy-protection, because if you don't
- know the correct sync-word for the tracks, the disk becomes
- completely unreadable.
- The 'READ' and 'WRT' switches above the sync button stands for
- read/write sync-word. If you change the write-sync to an
- other value and copy the disk with this, the disk becomes
- unreadable if you don't know the correct sync-word. Crypting
- protection for valuable disks can be made with this kind of
- operation. You just have to set the read-sync to the same
- value as you had on the write-sync before and the write-sync
- to the standard sync-word($4489) to get back a readable disk!
- When you choose your 'secret' sync-word you have to let D-Copy
- calculate it for you by pressing the up or down arrows on
- the 'i' selector to the right of the sync-word. This assures
- you that the sync-word is a valid sync value to be used as
- a sync-mark. WARNING! Use this option with caution, since
- incorrect usage will destroy all data.
-
-
-
-
- features - buttons:
- -------------------
- KILL: Removes the system to increase memory.
- Very handy for those who are short of RAM. Use when copying
- in single-drive mode.
- When clicking on the exit button the computer will reset.
- This is a true reset routine (i.e expansion boards are found
- when the system is rebooting).
-
- GO!: Starts the selected function.
-
- ESC: Aborts the selected function.
-
- R: Makes a retry on damaged tracks after a copy. Has shown to
- be very successful in reading damaged tracks.
-
-
-
- features - specials:
- --------------------
- SPD: Selects what speed with which to step the head from one
- track to another. Speeds are 1 - 9 (Fast to Slow).
- Most drives can't handle a speed faster than 3. You'll
- have to try out what speed is the best for your drive!
- Don't take any chances with using a faster speed than
- your drive can handle. This will only result in read
- errors on your destination disks.
-
- ATT: The number of attempts to read damaged tracks. Also affects
- the number of writings during verification. The retries are
- displayed on the right side of each track-grid.
- Slightly below these 'Retry-indicators' you will find another
- pair of indicators which indicates how many tracks that failed
- to be read correctly or was correctly read after retries.
-
- VC: If this Led is on, DCopy has found a VirusCheck-library and
- a valid BootBlock-brainfile. Virus checking is now enabled
- when you are checking disks (CHK) or copying disks in one of
- the 'DOS' modes. The name of the library should be
- 'libs:Bootblock.library' and the name of the brainfile should
- be 'l:Bootblock.brainfile'.
-
-
- Comments:
- ---------
- MOUSE: Mouse will be freezed when clicking the RIGHT mouse button
- over the GO-R-ESC area. Indicated by pointer turning yellow.
-
- MODES: If you have selected the same source and destination drive
- the program will turn on single-drive mode automatically. This
- is the only way to get into single-drive mode.
-
- DRIVES: If you have connected more than one external drive you may get
- some problems with power consumption. Having a four-drive system
- working requires a lot of power so you just have to see if your
- powersupply can deliver the amount your drives need.
-
- SECTOR-SCANNERS:
- These 'scanners' is found below each track-grid. The right one
- in each grid reports 'Sector OK' information by either turning
- green or red (Good, Bad). When a damaged track is read, DCopy
- stores all the good sectors and makes a new read (retry). If some
- of the new read sectors are good which was bad in the previous
- readings, DCopy replaces the bad (old) sector with the good (new).
- This helps a lot if you want to read a damaged track. The scanner
- to the left is showing which sectors has been read OK.
-
-
-
-
- The testing of this program has been made by several of my
- friends and the D-MOB crew, who also gave me moral support
- during intense bug-fixing periods. I also wish to thank all
- those who sent me bug-reports and ideas on how to improve
- D-Copy and you are now able to enjoy the result!
-
-
- If you find some bugs or have some constructive ideas on
- how to improve D-Copy, please write or call me at:
-
-
-
- Stefan Bernbo / TURBOBRAIN
- Hantverkaregatan 2
- S-37135 Karlskrona
- SWEDEN
- tel: +46-(0)455-10053
-
-