**** Diversi-Copy(tm) Demonstration Disk **** FOR 2-WEEK DEMONSTRATION ONLY Copyright 1984,1986 DSR, Inc. By Bill Basham This disk contains a demonstration version of Diversi-Copy. To legally use Diversi-Copy, please send in your payment within 2 weeks. You will receive a new Diversi-Copy disk and user support number. Please send $30 to: DSR, Inc. 34880 Bunker Hill Farmington, MI 48018 *** Diversi-Copy for 5.25 Disks *** There was not enough room on this demo disk for the full Diversi-Copy program and documentation. The 5.25 copy program on this demo disk is a short version. When you send your $30 for Diversi-Copy, we will send you a new Diversi-Copy disk with the full documentation and program, which can also format ProDOS, Pascal, DOS 3.3, and CP/M 5.25 disks. To use the short version, follow the screen prompts. To get this version to copy 5.25 disks in a specific slot, get into BASIC and enter: BLOAD DCOPY POKE 2054,S (where S=4..7 slot number) BSAVE DCOPY *** Instructions - Diversi-Copy for 3.5 Disks *** *** Making Copies *** Diversi-Copy for the Unidisk 3.5 is a separate program included on the Diversi-Copy disk. This program is called "UCOPY". You can use the UniDisk 3.3 System Utilities disk to transfer "UCOPY" to any ProDOS disk, and execute it with a "BRUN UCOPY" command. When you run the UCOPY program, it automatically finds the slot where your Unidisk 3.5 is located. The copying process works very much like Diversi-Copy for floppy disks. You may make 1-drive copies, or 2-drive copies (if you have 2 Unidisks). *** 1-Drive Copies *** To make a 1-drive copy, insert your original disk in Unidisk drive #1 and hit . The program will prompt you with screen messages and beeps. You may hit 'S' to turn the beeps off and on. To avoid writing onto your original by mistake, you may want to write protect it by sliding the tab on the disk so the write protect hole is open. The write protect hole on your duplicate must be closed, of course. *** 2-Drive Copies *** Put your original in drive #1, and your duplicate in drive #2. Press to begin copying. Both disks are ejected when copying is complete. *** Copy Features *** When copying ProDOS or Pascal disks, Diversi-Copy skips all unused blocks, as shown by the disk directory. This greatly speeds up the copying process, unless your disk is nearly full. If you want to copy these unused blocks for some reason, press "=" from the main menu (the one that says "Insert Original Disk in Drive #1"). Before writing to a Unidisk 3.5, Diversi-Copy automatically formats the disk. This takes about 45 seconds per disk, in addition to the write time. When copying onto a "virgin" disk, i.e. right out of the box, this step is necessary. However, if you are re-writing over a disk that already has data on it, you can skip this format step by pressing "F" from the main menu. Press "F" again to restore formatting. *** Halting *** Hit to cancel a disk read or write in progress. You can also hit the disk eject button to force an I/O error. *** Apple //GS *** Diversi-Copy uses the Apple //GS built-in 256K memory, and any memory plugged into the //GS memory expansion slot. Diversi-Copy works with the new Apple Disk 3.5, as well as the UniDisk 3.5 connected to the //GS. We recommend the Apple //GS with a single Apple Disk 3.5. Then buy a 1-megabyte Apple RAM card, or the GS-RAM (or GS-RAM plus) from Applied Engineering. This memory will allow 1-pass copying of any disk, and will be very useful for future //GS programs. Diversi-Copy will NOT use or destroy the memory on peripheral slot RAM cards in the Apple //GS. *** Screen Display *** The bottom line on the screen shows the progress of your copy. The number at the left is the read block, which goes from 0000 to 1600 as the program reads in your original. To the right of this is the write block, which also goes from 0000 to 1600 when writing the duplicate. The number of successful copies written is shown at the right. Press "R" from any menu to restore it to 0000. *** Mass Production *** Put your original disk in drive #1 and hit 'M'. Diversi-COPY will read this original disk into memory and hold it. You can then write multiple copies from memory without re-reading the original. If the original disk does not fit into the available memory, the program displays an error message. Otherwise, you will hear 2 beeps and see a new menu. On a 1-drive system, put a blank disk in drive #1 and hit to write each copy. On a 2-drive system, put blank disks in drives #1 and #2 and hit 'A'. Diversi-COPY will write to drive #1 and #2 alternately until you hit or get a write error. You never have to touch the keyboard. While Diversi-COPY is writing to drive #2, put a new disk in drive #1, and vice-versa. *** Errors *** When something goes wrong in the copy process, Diversi-Copy will print an error number and explanation. If you forget to insert a disk, you will see the "OffLine - No Disk in Drive" error. Just insert the disk and try again. If you try to write to a disk with the write-protect hole open, you will see the "NoWrite - Disk Write Protected" error. Slide the write-protect tab over the hole and try again (if you really wanted to write on this disk). The other error you are likely to see is the "I/O Error". Frequently, this is caused when the disk did not insert properly. Try pushing the eject button, and re-inserting the disk. The I/O error will also occur if you try to read a "virgin" disk as an original, or if you try to write onto a "virgin" disk without formatting. If the disk is copy-protected, it will also give an I/O read error. Finally, some I/O errors are caused by defective, damaged, scratched, or just worn-out disks. Hopefully, you will have used Diversi-Copy to back-up these disks before this happens. When you get an I/O error during reading, Diversi-Copy will stop and ask you to press "T" if you want to try to read the block again. Hit to cancel the copy, or "I" to ignore the bad block. If you hit "I", then a block of all "0" will be substituted for the bad block. The file which contains this block will be partially lost. *** User Support *** Your user support number is on the disk which you get from DSR, Inc. when you send $30. Licensed users may call 313 553-9460 on weekdays between 3 and 5 P.M. (Eastern) for support, or write to DSR, Inc. 34880 Bunker Hill Farmington, MI 48018-2728 We will notify licensed users of any future updates to Diversi-COPY. Updates may be purchased for $5. We will also notify users of any future programs we release. *** Multiple Computers *** Diversi-COPY may be copied and used on all computers owned by a single individual, company, school district, or goverment agency, without additional fee, subject to the following restrictions: 1. All computers must be located within a 25 mile radius, or local phone calling area. I.E. corporations with branches in different cities should buy 1 copy for each city. 2. Each user support number entitles only ONE individual to call or write to DSR for support.