ZX Review #1-2 31 декабря 1996

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New Programs - copier ABCDcopy and utility for formatting floppy disks Floppy Format.

                          NEW PROGRAMS


       Introducing today of the young author of Moscow Ivan 
Roshchina. His programs that we have included in the collection 
of system software SD20 (Sm.Prays-list) show in his weight 
class' best results. 

       Suffice it to say that we Inforkome Formake and moved to
use copyist I. Roshchina for their production needs. Themselves
understand that for us is extremely important reliability 
copied information, and Every second on the account.


       So, the word author.

(C) I. Roshchin, Moscow.

                    ABCDcopy v.1.1

      Offered to your attention the program is designed for 
quick and convenient copying or duplicating discs.


      The main advantages of the program:

      - Increased stability in the work. The program does not 
hang or reset correctly handles all issues with drive;


      - The possibility of using one to four drives;

      - User's choice can enable or disable the scan

        copying;

      - You can adjust the speed prolgrammy depending on the 
quality 

        used a floppy drive;

      - User's choice might like copying an entire disk, and

        only occupied a region file;

      - You can copy the direct (0 - 159) or reverse (159 - 0) 
direction; 

      - You can save your selections Copy

        (Save setup).

      - A visual representation of the copying process;

      - The use of special algorithms to provide maximum

        speed up;

      - You can specify the number of repeated attempts to read 
or 

        recording;

      - Automatic determination of the need to format the drive 
- copy 

        (However, if you want you can turn it off);

      - Possibility to use extra memory as a buffer for

        copying. The program can run on computers with memory

        48, 128, 256 and 512 kilobytes (expandable using port # 
7FFD). If 

        write the driver (how to do this stated in the 
description) 

        you can use any additional memory;

      - If the memory fits all copied the information she read 
from the 

        CD of the original at once, and then you can write any 
number of 

        copies;

      - Provides a temporary exit from the program in TR DOS, 
for example, to 

        see directory of the drive;

      - A detailed description of the format ZX WORD (93 
sectors). 


                        FLOPPY FORMAT v.1.00

      This program for formatting floppy disks are not only 
universal, but she is also the safest! FLOPPY FORMAT implements 
the following features: 

      - Formatiprovanie disks for three operating systems: TR 
DOS, IS DOS, 

        MS DOS;

      - Support for standard and nonstandard formats diskettes 
(only 25 

        formats);

      - Of course, formatting is performed with quality control;

      - Check the contents of a floppy disk before formatting. 
The program always warns that Formatting disks contain

any information;

      - The possibility of so-called "sham" format (purified
file allocation table and root directory) for a previously 
formatted floppy disks. FLOPPY FORMAT he recognizes the 
situation where possible "fake" formatting;


      - With "dummy" TR DOS formatted disks, information which 
was on the zero track is rewritten to 160 th, so that the 
contents of the floppy disk is always can be restored;


      - TR DOS before reformatting the drive that already had 
something written down, the program reads and stores in memory 
the contents of the zero track. If during while formatting you 
suddenly remembered that on the disc was recorded valuable 
information, simply click BREAK, and a separate line will be 
restored, unless, of course, the desired region of the disk is 
not already formatted; 

      - Formatted using FF discs read fine on emulators;

      - MS DOS on a floppy disk by formatting the original 
written bootstrap (BOOT-sector), as a similar program on a PC;


      - At least 1,5 times higher performance MS DOS floppies
due to formatting offset sectors;

      - There is a Screen Saver;

      - The program is stable in operation, has the possibility 
of temporary release in TR DOS, a detailed description of the 
format ZX WORD (104 sectors); 

      - There is a context-sensitive help system (available at 
any time of the program when you press the "H".