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| DUP
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| Disk Duplicator
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| (C) 1988-90 by
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| FormGen Corporation
| 13 Holland Drive
| Bolton, Ontario, Canada
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| (416) 857-0022
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| ------|-- | (R)
| --| | |------------------
| | -----|--- | Association of
| | | |-- Shareware
| ---| O | Professionals
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| --------- MEMBER
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DUP Shareware Quick Doc
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| "Shareware" is a term used to describe a system for distribution
| of software. Under the shareware concept, software may be freely
| copied and passed along to others, or distributed through bulletin
| board systems, etc.
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| As a recipient of a shareware program, you may use the software
| for a short trial period to determine if it meets your needs. If
| it does, you pay the registration fee. By paying the fee, you are
| granted the right to retain the software for your use. If the
| software is not suitable, then you may discard it.
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| The shareware system provides substantial benefits the computing
| community (of which YOU are a member):
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| 1) You get to try out the software BEFORE you buy it so you know
| exactly what you're buying.
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| 2) Shareware is substantially less expensive than most commercial
| programs. You don't pay for costly marketing programs and
| fancy packaging.
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| 3) You get access to a MUCH broader base of available programs.
| Thousands of excellent programs have been written by expert
| programmers who would never consider marketing commercially.
| Through the concept of shareware, these people make their
| programs available to the community. Usually, all they ask in
| return is a small fee to reward them for the time and effort
| they've put into the program.
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| The system is based entirely on the honor system, and generally
| works quite well. (Most people are honest and wouldn't violate
| the trust placed in them by the author of the software.)
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| Shareware is NOT free software - the author counts on your integrity.
| Please register using the form the end of this manual.
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| You are encouraged to copy this software and pass it along to
| others who may be interested in using it.
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| This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware
| Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware
| principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware
| related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly,
| ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a
| dispute or problem with an
| ASP member, but does not
| provide technical support ---------
| for members' products. ------|-- | (tm)
| Please write to the --| | |------------------
| ASP Ombudsman at | -----|--- | Association of
| PO Box 5786, | | |-- Shareware
| Bellevue, WA 98006 ---| O | Professionals
| or send a Compuserve ------| | |---------------------
| message via easyplex to --------- MEMBER
| ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536
DUP Disk Duplication Utility Quick Doc
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(C)1988-90 - R.MacLean
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| DUP is a duplication utility intended for use by small firms for
| the creation of distribution disks for their software.
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| It features a simple and informative user interface, and a number of
| unique and valuable features:
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| - audible signal for disk change
| - format, write and verify in one pass
| - format may turned off for pre-formatted disks
| - verify may be turned off for maximum speed
| - option to increment serial numbers during production
| - ability to read an entire master disk into a compressed
| image file, eliminating the need to read the master disk
| at the beginning of each duplicating session
| - multi-disk copying & autoloader control
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| Setup
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| Before you can use DUP for the first time you MUST set it up for
| your particular system configuration. If you have a 286 or 386
| machine, you may simply delete the supplied configuration file
| DUP.DRV. DUP will automatically determine the number and type
| of drives in your system. If you have a PC or XT class machine,
| or if you want to override the automatic configuration, will have
| to edit DUP.DRV to match your system configuration.
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| DUP.DRV contains a series of numbers separated by commas. The first
| number represents the number of the last floppy drive in the system.
| (ie. A:=1, B:=2, C:=3, D:=4, E:=5, etc.) Following this, there is
| a number representing the type of each drive (regardless of whether
| there is actually a corresponding drive in the system) from A: up to
| the last floppy. The drive type numbers should be set as follows:
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| 0 - hard drive or drive not present
| 1 - 360K 5 1/4" floppy
| 2 - 1.2M 5 1/4" floppy
| 3 - 720K 3 1/2" floppy
| 4 - 1.4M 3 1/2" floppy
| ie.
| if your system has a 360K 5 1/4" floppy as A:,a 360K 5 1/4" floppy
| as B:, C: is a hard disk, and a 720K 3 1/2" as D:, then your
| DUP.DRV file should contain:
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| 4,1,1,0,3 (4 drives,360K,360K,hard disk,720K)
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| The file can be modified using your favorite text editor.
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