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Procopy Copyright 1986 PROCO PRODUCTS P.O. Box 665 Chepachet, R.I. 02814 (401) 568-8459 All rights reserved Atari, TOS, & ST are trademarks of Atari Corporation ProCopy is a trademark of PROCO PRODUCTS ProCopy User's Guide A Word About ProCopy This product is intended to help you in the process of backing up your software. As much as is possible within the hardware limitations of the ST and the everchanging nature of copy-protection, it will make backup, or work, copies of all ST software. However, most copyrighted software is intended for single-owner, single system use. Please respect the time and effort spent by professional programmers in creating commercial software for the general public. PROCO is not responsible for misuse of this product or problems that arise from such misuse. ProCopy is copyrighted, and all rights are reserved by PROCO. The distribution and sale of this software is intended for use of the original purchaser only. Distribution of this product, for sale or otherwise, without the express written permission of PROCO is a violation of U.S. Copyright Law and is hereby expressly forbidden. Registration and Upgrades Please fill out and return your registration card immediately. Not only does this help you protect your investment, but it helps us keep you informed of product developments. If you purchased ProCopy directly from us, you will be automatically registered. If there is ever a problem backing up a particular piece of software, call (401-568-8459) or write us for we are always interested in improving our products. It is extremely helpful if you run the ANALYZE option of ProCopy on both the original disk you are backing up and the non-successful copy. Inclusion of this data will make it easier for us to trace the problem. Upgrades of ProCopy are available for $10.00, plus $2.00 for postage and handling ($4.50 outside North America). We accept money orders, personal checks, or VISA. Remember to include the original disk when ordering upgrades. Backing Up ProCopy Before you run ProCopy, you should make a work copy of it. When you're done, store your original ProCopy disk upright in a cool, dry, dust-free place. This way it will always be possible to make a new work copy in case of an accident. ProCopy is copyrighted, so please do not make copies other than for your own personal use. ProCopy is not copy-protected. This means that you can use the Desktop 'file copy' procedure to transfer it to your work disk. Turn on your ST, and if necessary load TOS from your system disk. For safety's sake whenever you are copying files or disks you should open the write-protect tab on the source disk (the disk from which you are copying). This is a good habit to develop as it will insure that you don't accidentally: 1) erase files by improperly selecting the trash can instead of a disk drive icon; 2) overwrite the disk with garbage when copying on a one drive system. Place the original ProCopy disk in the disk drive, and 'click' the mouse on the appropriate drive icon to open it. Select PROCOPY.PRG, 'drag' it to the drive icon (be careful you don't drag the file to the trash can) which will contain your destination disk (the one to which you are copying), and follow the prompts. If you are unsure of the procedure, check your ST Owner's Manual for complete details. When the file has been copied, remove the original ProCopy disk, and put it away for safekeeping. Using ProCopy ProCopy is designed to copy all the data from one floppy disk to another, even if the format has been modified to create copy-protection, but it ignores any ramdisks or hard drives. It can format the destination disk while copying and can copy double-sided disks when provided with a double-sided drive. It is also capable of making multiple copies without having to reread the source disk. An extra attraction of ProCopy is the option to analyze the track and sector headers and data for non-standard formats. This information is of interest to many, especially those who would like to better understand the structure of data on the disk. ProCopy will run with either a color or monochrome monitor. Load ProCopy in the normal fashion by opening a disk directory for your work disk. (If you already have an open window for a particular drive, you can get a new directory by inserting the disk you want listed, clicking on that window to make it the top, or active, one, then hitting the ESC key.) Double-click on PROCOPY.PRG, or click on it and use the 'Open' option from the Desktop File menu. When the program has loaded the following menu will appear on your screen. BEGIN:01 END:82 F1: READ A: F2: WRITE A: F3: FORMAT NO F4: DOUBLE NO F5: PROTECT NO F6: MULTPLE NO F9: ANALYZE F10: START esc. to exit The beginning and ending tracks can be adjusted with the arrow keys. The upand down arrows raise and lower the beginning track, while the left and right arrows do the same to the ending track. The original values (1 & 82) are the minimum and maximum. The options are selected with the function keys on the top row of the ST keyboard. F1 through F6 are toggles; that is, pressing these keys will flip-flop back and forth between two choices. For example, pressing F1 will toggle between reading Drive A and Drive B. If an option currently has no choices (e.g. there is no Drive B on a one drive system), the item does not change, but the bell will ring if the sound is turned up on the monitor. This indicates that the option is not available. F9 and F10 begin the analyze and copy routines, respectively. Generally speaking, striking the ESC key exits from the current routine or exits the program. Using ProCopy to copy is simple. Set the tracks and options for your needs, then press F10. Follow the prompts, and your copies will be done in almost no time at all. The Options F1: READ This option selects from which drive the source disk will be read. A two drive system will allow you to flip from A: to B: or back. With a single drive system there is only one choice, A:. (ProCopy does not count ramdisks and hard drives.) Pressing F1 when using a single drive rings the bell to remind you can't change drives. F2: WRITE This option picks to which drive the copy(s) will be written. The choices are the same as with READ; A: or B: with two drives, only A: with a single drive. Keep in mind that in order for the computer to recognize both drives they must be connected and powered up before you turn on the system; turning the second drive on after the computer is already on will not reset the system to use the second drive. In that case, reboot the system. F3: FORMAT Here the two choices are NO and YES. 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If the write-protect tab is closed on the disk, you will be prompted to open it. Fix this, replace the disk in the drive, and hit RETURN, or just hit RETURN to bypass this safety feature. On a one-drive system, when ProCopy is done reading it will prompt you to insert the destination disk. After you have done this, hit RETURN and your copy will be made. As mentioned in MULTPLE if there isn't sufficient free RAM to hold all the data, you will receive screen messages instructing you when to swap the source and destination disks. It should not take more than two passes to make a copy. When you are done copying, save the original disk as a backup with the rest of your original disks in a safe place. Use your new copy as a work disk. This is good practice, because your original disk remains the source disk if you should need to make another work copy. F9: ANALYZE This option has been included for the more technically minded, but anyone who has wondered how data is stored on disks might be interested in reading this section. Pressing F9 will display the screen prompt Insert the source disk (original)Hit RETURN when ready. (If you struck F9 accidentally, press ESC to exit the ANALYZEfunction.) Place the disk to be analyzed in the drive previously selected with the READ option and hit RETURN. ProCopy then reads and analyzes the entire disk, one track at a time. You can stop the procedure before the whole disk has been read if you wish by pressing ESC, though you should let ProCopy read a few tracks past the last one you want analyzed to assure the program has time to do the analyzation; reading is a much faster routine and gets slightly ahead. When ProCopy is done analyzing, or if you interrupt it, it will then display the information obtained from TRACK 00. Because all the track and sector data is listed in hexadecimal, the leading '$', '0x', or other methods of indicating hex notation have been omitted. You will see a field that looks like this: TRACK AA BB CC DD EE BB CC DD EE BB CC DD EE BB CC DD EE BB CC DD EE xxx xxx BB CC DD EE BB CC DD EE BB CC DD EE BB CC DD EE The following table can be used to interpret the data. AA = Track number - starts at 00 BB = Track address - this is the number of the track the sector should be on (in a normal format this matches the track number) CC = Side number - 00 = Side A, 01 = Side B DD = Sector address - the sector I.D. number EE = Sector size - 00 = 0080 bytes, 01 = 0100 bytes, 02 = 0200 bytes, 03 = 0400 bytes xxx = Sector status - there is only data here with non-standard formats crc - Checksum error ddm - Deleted data mark dxx - Duplicate sector, xx = value of the first conflicting byte of the duplicates gap - Abnormal gap size between sectors shr - Next sector starts before the end of this one snf _ Unaccessible data field If a track is unformatted the field above will not be shown but is replaced with the message: *** UNFORMATTED *** To display the other tracks use the cursor arrow keys. Pressing the DOWN arrow will display the next track in numerical order; the UP arrow lists the previous track. Holding SHIFT while pressing either the UP or DOWN arrows will skip 8 tracks in the corresponding direction. If movement either way takes you past the last track analyzed a dotted line (---) is shown. You can scroll from beginning to end by pressing L for List. This only works in a forward direction and continues until another key is pressed or the last analyzed track is reached. It does not 'wraparound' to Track 00 and start over as with the arrow keys. You also may dump the information to the printer by striking the P key. This will turn the printer on and redisplay the last shown track. If the printer is on, and you wish to turn it off, merely restriking P will do so. To exit ANALYZE, hit ESC then y at the exit prompt, and the menu will be redisplayed. The TOS routines for file copy and disk copy are designed to work only with standard formatted disks, which is accomplished by making these routines capable of copying data but not formatting disks. This requires all tracks to be formatted, tracks and sectors numbered properly, and that all the rest of the sector header and data are valid. With TOS you must use a previously formatted disk. If the format has been changed, TOS file or disk copy probably won't succeed. You may be able to go through the whole process but the program won't run. This is because one of the first things a copy-protected program does is to check the disk format. When it gets the message that the disk format is normal, or at least not the altered version it is expecting to find, it takes whatever actions the programmer felt were necessary to render the program unusable. If the format is altered a great deal the TOS copy functions may not even be able to finish. ProCopy ,since it is capable of reading strange formats and recreating them on other disks, does not have these limitations. Also, it is not necessary to run ANALYZE in order for the program to correctly duplicate these different formats; the design of ProCopy allows it to handle all these details internally without requiring user help. We have included this option to increase your enjoyment of the program. As new formats are designed ProCopy will be upgraded to deal with these formats appropriately, but it is extremely difficult to check 100% of the new software as it arrives on the market. If you ever cannot successfully copy a disk with ProCopy,let us know. Please include any information gained from analyzing the disks involved. Limited Warranty PROCO warrants to the original purchaser of this product that the recording media will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of purchase. If the original disk should become defective in that time, PROCO will replace or repair it, free of charge. Mail it postpaid to PROCO PRODUCTS, P.O. Box 665, Chepachet, R.I. 02814, along with proof of the date of purchase. This warranty does not apply to disks that are subject to abuse, excessive use, or neglect. Any implied warranties of the media are limited to the ninety day period. PROCO makes no implied claims or warranties as to the suitability of this software for any particular purpose. PROCO is not responsible for incidental and/or consequential damages incurred while using this product. PROCO also reserves the right to upgrade or otherwise alter this product and/or documentation without notification of any person of such changes. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of damages or limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, so the above exclusions or limitations may not apply to you.