Apple Disk Copy 4 UG

DiskCopy Apple 3.5" Disk Duplication Program User's Guide Version 4.1 (27-Feb-90) by Steve Christensen Copyright © 1988-1990 by Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. Introduction This is a description of the program entitled DiskCopy. It is based on a previous program entitled AppleCopy, but has been completely re-written in order to add new features and to make it more machine-independent. DiskCopy is used for duplication of Sony 3.5" floppy disks from a single master disk. It does data checksumming of the master disk in order to assure a reliable duplication. System Requirements DiskCopy will run on any current Macintosh computer which has one or more Sony 3.5"double-sided floppy disk drives and enough memory to copy a disk. Program Operation Insert the DiskCopy program disk into one of the drives and power up the Macintosh. The program will load and execute automatically. After initializing itself, it will show the copy window: The window is divided into three sections. The Master Disk section shows the master disk's name and format (or, alternately, an error message), and the tag and data checksums for the disk. The Duplicate Disk section displays status and error messages related to the duplicate disks. The middle section is unbounded by a box and contains buttons and such related to the actual duplication process. The Read Master button reads an entire disk image into the Macintosh's memory, checksums the user [and tag] data, and displays the disk's name and other relevant information as described above. NOTE: When this button is enabled, the program assumes that any disk you insert will be a pontential master disk. If there is an error mounting the disk, it will be ejected without comment since the program would not be able to read it either. The Start Copy button puts the program in copy mode. The user will then be prompted to "Please insert a disk…" Once a disk is inserted, the program will copy and verify the master disk image to/with the duplicate disk. After the copy/verify operation is completed (successfully or not), the duplicate disk will be ejected; the pass, fail and total disk counts will be updated; and the cycle will begin again. The Stop Copy button stops the copy process and resumes waiting for a master disk to be inserted. The Eject Disk button does exactly what it says it does. End of discussion. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ DiskCopy 4.1 User's Guide Page 2 Copyright © 1988-90 by Apple Computer, Inc. Menus This lonely item displays a window telling about the program, its name, its version, who wrote it, who has the copyright, and lastly, how much free memory is available for duplicating disks. The File menu mostly contains file-oriented items. Load Disk Image …