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