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                           EZ-DisKlone Plus
                           by EZX Publishing


  EZ-DisKlone Plus turns your computer  into a  high speed  disk duplicating
  machine  equalling  the  performance of many dedicated  hardware  diskette
  duplicators costing thousands of dollars.   Comments  or  suggestions  for
  improving EZ-DisKlone Plus will be appreciated.
     
  EZ-DisKlone Plus  requires  an  IBM PC  or  compatible  with  256K of RAM.
  Display  adapters   known  to  work  with  EZ-DisKlone Plus  are  the  IBM
  monochrome (MDA),   color (CGA),   enhanced  graphics (EGA),   and   video
  graphics array (VGA) adapters.

  EZ-DisKlone Plus supports all common 5" and 3" formats.
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  General help for all menus:
  
  This menu is broken up into two basic windows.   The  window  at  the  top
  of  your screen shows several options to choose from.   The window at  the
  bottom  of  the  screen expands on what  will  occur  if  you  choose  the
  highlighted option (the one that has a different background color).
     
  Options may be selected in one of two ways.   You  can  either  press  the
  first letter of the desired command  or  move the highlight bar  over  the
  desired option and press enter.   To move the  highlight  bar  use  either
  the space bar, up arrow, down arrow, left arrow, or right arrow.   You can
  also use home to move to the first top line item on the menu.

  Using the first letter of a command only works in the  ACTIVE  window.  If
  you  don't have any pulldown then the active window  is  the  top  window.
  Once you pulldown one of the options that becomes the active window.   You
  must use one of the commands in the pulldown once it is active.    You can
  always  use Escape to back out of the pulldown and return to the top menu.
#21#
  You are now using the EZ-DisKlone Plus Main Menu. From here you can access
  the main functional areas  of  EZ-DisKlone Plus.   Refer  to  the  On-Line
  Manual to get a feel for what a fully featured diskette duplicator can do.

  An additional  status window  is displayed near the bottom of your screen.
  It shows you the  status for load, copy, compare, and format.   A  time in
  seconds is  displayed after  each type of operation.   This  shows you the
  time it took for the previous load, copy, etc.  If 0 seconds is displayed,
  then you haven't performed an operation to allow EZ-DisKlone Plus to  time
  that function.  EZ-DisKlone Plus uses a "smart" form of counting where the
  copy and compare counters are reset to zero when you load a disk. That way
  they always provide you  information  relative to the disk you are working
  with.

  Please note that an abbreviated directory window will appear in the middle
  right of your screen as soon as a  valid source diskette  has been loaded.
  It will show the diskette volume label (if any) and first four file names.

  We have tried to design EZ-DisKlone Plus  to  let  you  get  your job done
  quickly  and  easily.   Please  feel free  to forward any  suggestions for
  improvement to us at EZX Publishing, Attn: EZ-DisKlone Plus Author.
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  EZ-DisKlone Plus couldn't locate your path.   Are you sure you entered the
  correct path  to get to your file.   Computers are dumb, you have  to tell
  them everything.

#100#


  Drive  was  not ready for read/write.   Please ensure you have a floppy in
  the drive and the drive door is closed.

  Sometimes on very fast AT compatible computers with 1.2 Mb diskette drives
  the drive can't respond quickly enough.   In this case try  the  operation
  again  or  add  a  utility  to  modify the timeout on the drive.   Several
  programs are available to fix this disk drive timeout problem.
#200#

  Help for Directory Screen:   To  use the file use the up or down arrows on
  the numeric keypad to highlight a file name and then press enter.
     
  All files in the directory listing are sorted. EZ-DisKlone Plus can handle
  a directory containing up to 500 files.   If you have more files than that
  in a SINGLE directory then please break the  directory  into  smaller ones
  before running EZ-DisKlone Plus.
     
  Cursor key movements:

  Up Arrow - Move up one file.        Down Arrow - Move down one file.
  PgUp - Move up one page of files.   PgDn - Move down one page of files.
  Ctrl+Home - Move to the first file in the directory.
  Ctrl+End - Move to the last file in the directory.

  Use Enter to select the highlighted FDF file and start operations.
#201#

  General note:

      The  file sizes  are shown in K bytes to conserve screen space.   This
      abbreviated display method  allows  additional information to be shown
      on the directory screen.  Each K is actually 1024 bytes.  If you use a
      DOS directory listing to show the size of a file,  it will show a 100K
      file as 102,400 bytes (100 times 1024).

#250#

  An error was detected  while trying to read your source diskette.   Please
  ensure the diskette is inserted in the specified drive and that the  drive
  door is closed.  Also you might try to take the diskette out and re-insert
  it back into the drive.   Sometimes the diskette isn't centered  correctly
  within the disk drive.

  The  source  was not loaded so you will not be able to  make  any  copies.

  All  standard  160K,  180K,  320K,  360K and 1.2M 5"  and  720K/1.44M 3"
  diskette formats are supported.

#300#
  EZ-DisKlone Plus  could not perform the requested operation.   This screen
  gives help related to the format and copy diskette operations.   An  error
  occured during the requested operation.   Listed  below  are  some helpful
  hints with a detailed error listing provided on the next screen.

  Please ensure:    1. The diskette isn't write protected.
                    2. There really is a  diskette in the destination drive.
                    3. There is no obvious physical damage to the  diskette.
                    4. You aren't trying to save to a 1.2 Mb diskette  in  a
                       360 Kb disk drive or a 1.44M diskette as a 720K disk.
                    5. You don't have any disk cache software that is trying
                       to buffer writes to your floppy drive.
                    6. You  really do have the specified destination  drive.

  This error may be generated on some hard disk based systems where you boot
  from the hard disk.  Try  booting from a floppy containing your DOS.   The
  problem may go away.   We have seen this happen with certain  versions  of
  DOS, specifically Compaq DOS 3.31 and IBM PC DOS 4.0.  We will continue to
  research the problem and provide an update ASAP!

  The  next help screen  will provide a  detailed explanation of  the  error
  codes.
#301#
 Error codes:

 Code                        Description
   

    0  Unable to bring the diskette in drive up to speed for operation
    1  Bad command: invalid request made to diskette controller
    2  Bad address mark: sector ID marking invalid or not found
    3  Write protect error: attempt to write on protected diskette
    4  Bad sector: requested sector not on diskette
    8  DMA failure
    9  DMA boundary error: attempt to DMA outside 64K area
   16  Bad CRC: diskette read found invalid parity check of data
   32  Controller failed: diskette controller malfunction
   64  Bad seek: move to requested track failed
  128  Time out: drive did not respond

  Note:   The  description of these  error codes were  obtained from several
  sources for the IBM PC.   The  descriptions are very generic because there
  can be  a wide variety of problems return the  same error code.   We don't
  mean to be cryptic but there  is really  no way to return a specific error
  code for every possible error condition.
#400#

  This screen shows you a lot of technical information that  probably  seems
  very confusing at first.   DOS uses all this information and more to  keep
  track of information stored on floppy diskettes.

  As  the  IBM PC and DOS has evolved over the last  few years  so  has  the
  formats of the media used in the computer.  This has caused a large number
  of formats for the media. EZ-DisKlone Plus uses the following drive types:

  0  160K  Single sided, 40 track, 8 sectors per track
  1  180K  Single sided, 40 track, 9 sectors per track
  2  320K  Double sided, 40 track, 8 sectors per track
  3  360K  Double sided, 40 track, 9 sectors per track
  4  720K  Double sided, 80 track, 9 sectors per track
  5  1.2M  Double sided, 80 track, 15 sectors per track
  6  1.44M Double sided, 80 track, 18 sectors per track

  Other information displayed on this page will need to be looked  up  in  a
  DOS technical reference manual.   You can easily obtain a book  containing
  this information from your local computer store.
#401#

  A map of your diskette is also laid out before you.   Any cluster with a *
  contains information.  Any cluster with a  .  doesn't contain information.

  Information on how the clusters relate to absolute sides, tracks, sectors,
  etc. can be obtained using the info/drive status option under the  utility
  section of EZ-DisKlone Plus.

#500#

  EZ-DisKlone Plus uses a 16 bit CRC to determine when damage has occured on a
  Floppy Disk File (FDF). Our extensive built-in testing has determined that
  this diskette (stored as file) is damaged. EZ-DisKlone Plus will not allow
  you to use a damaged floppy disk file!

  We check check all FDFs using a 16 bit CRC.  This will catch modifications
  to the data for about 99.996% of the cases.   Using a  16 bit CRC check is
  much  more  reliable than a  faster checksum  while adding only one to two
  percent speed overhead!  Our high speed assembly language CRC allows us to
  completely protect your data without slowing you down.

  Also, we have added  ultra high speed  assembly language  data compression
  for your FDF files.   The  data compression/expansion  is so fast  that it
  will almost  always  load and save  faster than an uncompressed .FDF file.
  Because of this,  we  no longer support the  older non-compressed formats.

  We hope you appreciate the extra measure of safety we have added here.

#700#

  You must first load a diskette before you can perform operations using it.
  Use the load disk option to load a diskette.

  Did you have a disk error on the previous read?  Only diskettes which have
  been read into memory can be written back out.

  If  you  are using this option to format diskettes first  format  a  clean
  master diskette using your DOS.  Load that diskette into EZ-DisKlone Plus.
  Turn the forced format option on for best results.   You can now  save  as
  many copies of the diskette as desired.   The result  is the same as using
  DOS's format command but is faster.

#750#

  You  must first load a diskette before you can do a directory of it.   Use
  the load disk option to load a diskette.

  The  in-memory directory command looks at the diskette image stored in RAM
  and generates a directory from it instead of re-reading the diskette. This
  is much faster and more convient for the user.

#760#

  The in-memory directory command allows you to do a directory of the source
  disk  you have  loaded in memory.   This allows you to  quickly check  the
  contents of the in-memory diskette to ensure you have the correct diskette
  loaded for copies or compares.

  The  in-memory directory  displays a file number to keep track of the file
  you are on,  the filename,  file extension, and file size in bytes.   This
  directory is obtained by checking the file allocation table (FAT) which is
  located  in the  image of the diskette stored in memory.   This  technique
  doesn't use DOS.  EZDKP tries to obtain the filenames from the information
  stored in memory.   There is  no other way without asking  DOS to read the
  diskette directory from the floppy diskette.   Our technique  works on all
  versions of DOS up to DOS 4.01. Since this is the latest version available
  at this time,  we feel  the technique works  under  all  known conditions.
  However, future versions of DOS may change the format of the FAT stored on
  floppy diskettes.   If this occurs, contact us to  upgrade  to the  latest
  version of EZDKP that supports your new DOS version.

#800#
  Use  of  this  option   is  highly  recommended  for  companies  producing
  diskettes  which  need  to be read on the widest range of  computers.   By
  forcing  the  format of a diskette you guarantee that data  is  laid  down
  cleanly  on the new tracks.   If  you simply write over old  data  without
  reformatting  the  diskette it can cause some problems  with 1.2 Mb floppy
  drives.  The 1.2 Mb drives are very picky on the AT.   By reformatting the
  floppy it helps readability.

  Use  of the  forced format option will cause the copy  operation  to  take
  about  50% longer than saving to a formatted floppy without forced format.
  If you  are  constantly  saving  to  blank  unformatted  diskettes  it  is
  strongly recommended that you set the default at  forced format.   Without
  forced format  EZ-DisKlone Plus  first tries  to write to the diskette, if
  that fails it will then set forced format to on for  this  one copy  only.
  You can save the one or two seconds  test time by telling EZ-DisKlone Plus
  to just  go ahead  and  format the floppy  without  testing  to see if the
  diskette is already formatted.

  Note:  If you are always working with  unformatted diskettes,  using  this
  option will save you about 1/2 second per copy.    EZ-DisKlone Plus,  like
  DOS,  first tries to write  to the floppy  before resorting to formatting.
  You are saving the time it takes to determine the floppy isn't formatted.
#850#

  Use of this option is  highly recommended  for companies which  reuse high
  quality  previously formatted  defect free diskettes.   Since  the  entire
  diskette surface  isn't checked,  this  option could  create problems  for
  questionable diskettes.   We  recommend its use only on  defect free  high
  quality diskettes!   Never  under any condition  use this  option  if  the
  diskette hasn't been previously formatted!

  Now the good news.  A diskette can be  re-formatted in  as little  as  two
  seconds using this option!

  If the diskette hasn't been previously formatted,  DON'T use this option!!

  As an extra protection,  we have added  a check  to ensure you don't quick
  format  only the first track  of an  unformatted diskette.   We  check the
  second diskette track and then default to formatting  the  entire diskette
  if the second track can't be read.
#900#

  This  option  allows  you to  define the default  path for  accessing  the
  on-line manual and context sensitive help.   Make  sure  you  include  the
  index file (.INX) along with the help/manual file (.TXT) in the  specified
  directory.

#1000#

  This option allows you to enable/disable the  sound or  beeps  on  errors.
  Some  people  find  programs  that beep on errors to  be annoying  (me for
  one).   This option  will  allow you  to  disable  ALL  warning  beeps  in
  EZ-DisKlone Plus.

#1010#

  This options allows you to limit use of XMS and EMS memory  by EZ-DisKlone
  DiskCopy.   EZ-DisKlone Plus normally uses regular RAM, XMS, EMS, and then
  virtual memory (a disk file) as the default.   This  option  allows you to
  bypass the normal operation and limit memory usage to only RAM and virtual
  memory.

  When would  you want to exclude  XMS and EMS?   Sometimes  network drivers
  don't work well with software that tries to maximize the use of your total
  memory.  We have provided the option to disable use of XMS and EMS if this
  is a problem with your system.
#1100#
   
  This menu allows you to change all the colors used in EZ-DisKlone Plus. To
  change a default color - first use the up or down arrow key to select  the
  color, then type in the new color.   When you have changed all the  colors
  press Ctrl+D to display these colors in a  sample  window.   As  with  all
  installation options,  these changes will not be used until you choose the
  retain option on the main menu.   This allows you to experiment  with  the
  installation options  and then not have to lose your original defaults.
   
  Please  keep  in  mind  the  foreground  text  colors  can  be  0-15,  the
  background 0-7. If you choose a text color the same as a background  color
  then the text will disappear.  You may notice some of your installed color
  combinations  result  in  invisible lines  on  the  Ctrl+D  popup  window.
  Please be careful not to choose this color for one of your text colors!!

  Note: For many of the EZ-DisKlone Plus installable options and user inputs
  you will see a prompt containing the characters .  If you  count  the
  number of 's you will find the maximum number of characters that  can  be
  entered.  ESC is used throughout EZ-DisKlone Plus  to signal "I want out".
  Press Enter, up arrow, down arrow, or whatever  is  asked for to enter the
  desired value.   Escape  will  throw away any  immediate  changes and  get
  you out of the area you are in.
#1101#

  Please  note  that  the background color (0-7) is one digit long  and  the
  foreground color (0-15) is two digits long.   That is why you will see the
  input  prompt  (the  s) change it's  width as you go between the  colors.

#1200#

  This screen shows the possible combinations of colors in EZ-DisKlone Plus.

  If you are using a non IBM display adapter you may have to "play" with the
  colors to get a pleasing combination.  EZ-DisKlone Plus defaults to colors
  that work well with the IBM Color Graphics Adapter,  IBM Enhanced Graphics
  Adapter, and IBM Monochrome Display Adapter.

  On  some  monochrome  display  adapter  clones  you  may  need  to alter a
  foreground text color to get the background to change intensity.

  The default combination of colors will work on any 100% IBM PC  compatible
  display adapter!

#1300#

  EZ-DisKlone Plus  allows the help & manual paths, program colors, etc.  to
  be saved in a configuration file.   If no configuration file is  specified
  on the command line (ex. C:>EZDKP /C=C:\EZDKP\MyConfg.CNF)  when  you call
  up EZ-DisKlone Plus then EZ-DisKlone Plus will  use  the  default name  of
  EZDKP.CNF.

  You are being asked for the name of the configuration file to  load.   You
  may have several configuration files saved under different names.

  Example:   BW.CNF (for black and white composite monitors  attached  to  a
  composite color card), etc.

  Please  make sure that the  configuration file you are asking  EZ-DisKlone
  Plus to use is really an EZ-DisKlone Plus configuration file!

  Remember you can always press ESC if you got into this area by accident.

#1400#

  EZ-DisKlone Plus allows the default help/manual paths, program colors, etc
  to be saved in a configuration file. If no configuration file is specified
  on the command line (ex. C:>EZDKP /C=C:\EZDKP\MyConfg.CNF) when  you  call
  up EZ-DisKlone Plus  then  EZ-DisKlone Plus will use the  default name  of
  EZDKP.CNF.

  You are being asked for the name of the configuration file to save all the
  program defaults to.  You may have several configuration files saved under
  different names.

  Examples:  BW.CNF  (for black and white composite monitors attached  to  a
  composite color card), etc.

  Please  remember  you can always press ESC  if you got into this  area  by
  accident.

#1500#

  The diskettes you are trying to compare are not the same type.   Diskettes
  come in  several  different  capacities.   You  are trying to  compare one
  format with another.  This can't be performed.

  Use the utilities section  of  EZ-DisKlone Plus  to determine the diskette
  type.

#1510#

  The compare of the two diskettes failed.  The diskette stored in memory is
  not the same as the diskette you asked EZ-DisKlone Plus to compare it to.

#1520#

  The diskette  in  memory  is the same as the diskette you  compared it to.
  Both the format and the contents are the same.

  A  complete  byte for byte  comparison was performed.  The comparison  was
  performed on the  in-memory disk and the  specified diskette one byte at a
  time.  If any byte wasn't the same,  you would have been shown a different
  window saying that the diskettes were not the same.

#1600#

  This screen  allows you to  select the  default format capacity  for  your
  disk drives.   You  specify the format for each drive by  typing the drive
  letter, an equal sign, and then the desired format capacity.   Do  not use
  any  spaces  within  the specification.   For example:  A=360  is  ok, but
  A= 360 or A=3 60 are not!  You can change the format capacity of any drive
  or all drives by simply editing the displayed values.  Also, make sure the
  drive you specify is a DOS compatible drive.   Only those drives  normally
  addressable  through  DOS  via  INT13  (a DOS standard access method)  are
  supported.

  Editing keys:  Keypad Home, End,  left arrow, right arrow, insert, delete,
                 and much more.

  Each of your floppy drives support a high end format capacity but may also
  be  able  to support  older and smaller  disk formats.   For example:  The
  first IBM PC back in 1981, only supported  the 5" 160K format.   With the
  improvements in disk drive technology and DOS revisions the capacity  grew
  in  steps up  to the  current 360K  for the  standard double sided  double
  density 5" drive.   We  provide  support for the older formats,  allowing
  compatibility with the older machines and  users of older versions of DOS.
#1625#
  EZ-DisKlone Plus could not understand the format you specified. One of two
  possibilities exist.   Either  you specified the information in an invalid
  format  or  the capacity you specified for one of the drives is not valid.

  Assume drive A: is a 720K drive and B: is a 360K drive.

  Valid commands:  A=720 B=360   or   A=720 B=160   or  A=720 B=180

  Invalid commands:  A=360 B=720   or  A=720 B=3 60   or  A =720 B=360

  Do not use any spaces in the drive=capacity statement. Ensure the capacity
  you specify is valid and that the drive is a DOS compatible drive.

  An arrow is probably  shown on your screen  under a section of the  format
  specification.   This  shows where we were in  working  with  your desired
  formats when the error was encountered.   Usually  the arrow  will  appear
  immediately  after  the end of the statement  that caused the error.   For
  example:  A=160 B=360    As the formats are looked at,  the arrow would be
  pointing to the space after 160 (it had just finished getting the  desired
  format capacity).   A check  would be performed  to see  if drive A  could
  support a 160K format (a 720K drive can't).   You would then be given  the
  error message.
#1650#

  This screen allows you to define the different drives on your computer and
  their maximum capacity.  You specify the capacity for each drive by typing
  the drive letter, an equal sign, and then the drive capacity.   Do not use
  any  spaces  within  the specification.   For example:  A=360  is  ok, but
  A= 360 or A=3 60 are not! You can change the maximum capacity of any drive
  or all drives by simply editing the displayed values.  Also, make sure the
  drive you specify is a DOS compatible drive.   Only those drives  normally
  addressable  through  DOS  via  INT13  (a DOS standard access method)  are
  supported.

  Editing keys:  Keypad Home, End,  left arrow, right arrow, insert, delete,
                 and much more.

  Many of the older computers don't directly support the newer drives  using
  the BIOS calls.  Because of this, we allow you to override the information
  we obtain from BIOS calls.   Some of the older computers may report that a
  drive  may not exist or be the wrong size when we inquire thru BIOS calls.
  If your configuration  differs  from the one shown, add  additional drives
  and correct capacities. After you save the configuration, EZ-DisKlone Plus
  will  use your  information  and  ignore  the  initial  drive  information
  provided by BIOS calls.
#1675#
         The only valid capacities in K are 360, 720, 1200, or 1440!
  EZ-DisKlone Plus could not understand the capacity you specified.   One of
  two possibilities exist.   Either you specified information in  an invalid
  format or the capacity you specified for one of the drives is not valid.

  Assume drive A: is a 720K drive and B: is a 360K drive.

  Valid command:  A=720 B=360

  Invalid commands:  A=360 B=720   or  A=720 B=3 60   or  A=720 B=320

  Do not use any spaces in the drive=capacity statement. Ensure the capacity
  you specify is the  maximum capacity  supported  by the drive and that the
  drive is a DOS compatible drive.

  An arrow is probably shown on your screen  under a section of the capacity
  specification.   This  shows where we were in  working  with  your desired
  formats when the error was encountered.   Usually  the arrow  will  appear
  immediately  after  the end of the statement  that caused the error.   For
  example:  A=160 B=360  As the capacities are looked at, the arrow would be
  pointing to the space after  160  (it had just finished getting the actual
  maximum drive capacity).  160 is an invalid maximum capacity!
#1700#
  EZ-DisKlone Plus "spools" your diskette to a specified drive when you  run
  out of normal RAM  in your computer's main memory.   When working with 3"
  disks, your computer can't store the entire diskette in memory.   We  send
  the  portion  that  can't be stored in main memory  to a disk file.   This
  option allows you to specify which drive will  contain the temporary file.

  A file by the name of VIRTDISK.$$$ is created in the root of the specified
  spool drive  and  used for the  temporary storage  of  the  portion of the
  diskette that won't fit into memory.   This file is created  for  spooling
  and then erased after you finish using EZ-DisKlone Plus.

  Please ensure there is about  one megabyte of free disk space available on
  the specified drive.  Not all of this will be used but it is the suggested
  minimum to prevent any possible problems.  For higher performance, specify
  a large RAM disk as the spool drive.  This will allow  EZ-DisKlone Plus to
  spool to a high speed device,  making the copying of larger diskettes very
  fast.   Specify your extended or expanded memory as a RAM disk and install
  EZ-DisKlone Plus to spool to this drive for much faster operation.

  Drives A-Z are allowed for spooling.   Do NOT spool to the same drive that
  you are copying!  Using floppy drives for spooling is not recommended.
#1800#

  This option  allows  you to  address  any floppy drive  attached  to  your
  computer as long as it is supported in your computer's  Basic Input Output
  System (BIOS).   Press the  letter corresponding  to the drive you want to
  access (example: G for diskette drive G:).   Special  checks are performed
  to ensure that you don't use a hard disk  or  similar type drive for  this
  operation.   Most of us  don't appreciate  it when a program  accidentally
  reformats our hard disk.

  Most computers  support drives A: and B: as floppy drives (removable media
  drives).   Hard disks  normally  start at  C: and run thru Z:  (and aren't
  normally removable).   Some computers are a little different, maybe even a
  little strange. They may even have a floppy drive addressed as G:. We have
  built in  support  for floppies addressed as  A: thru Z:  as  long as your
  computer fully supports them in its  BIOS.   We also work with most drives
  that use a device driver (in the CONFIG.SYS file) to  extend the ROM BIOS.

#1810#

  The  floppy drive  you have selected is not recognized by your system as a
  normal floppy drive.   We ask your computer using INT13 in your computer's
  Basic Input Output System (BIOS) what drives you have.   It reported  that
  the drive you selected is not a floppy drive.   Some  add-on floppy drives
  may provide you  with  some  software that  "tricks"  your  computer  into
  thinking it has  additional drives.   This kind of  thing  normally  works
  around the BIOS  and  isn't compatible  with normal BIOS calls.   We can't
  guarantee proper operation with your diskette drives in these cases.
#2000#

 EZ-DisKlone Plus  ran  out of memory  while trying to perform the requested
 operation.  Generally this will only happen if you have limited free system
 memory (RAM) and try to perform an operation that requires a lot of memory.

 Possible corrective measures:

 1.  Limit the number of memory resident programs you load.
 2.  Upgrade your system RAM if you have less than 640K.
 3.  Provide  additional free disk space  on the drive you specified for the
     spooling of large floppies.
 4.  Allocate more space to your RAM disk if you have chosen one for  higher
     performance overflow spooling (virtual memory).

#20050#
  Quick startup info:

  EZ-DisKlone Plus  is  a diskette duplication program  which lets you,  the
  user, mass produce diskettes quickly and easily.   It allows you to read a
  diskette once and then make as many copies as you want.   EZ-DisKlone Plus
  supports 5" 160K, 180K, 320K, 360K, and 1.2M; also 3" 720K and 1.44M.

  To copy a diskette  use the Load pulldown off the main menu.   Insert  the
  diskette you would like to copy.  Next tell EZ-DisKlone Plus where you put
  the diskette by selecting the Load pulldown and pressing A for drive A: or
  B for drive B:.   Your diskette will be loaded into memory.  Take out your
  master source diskette and place the diskette  you  would like to make the
  copy  on  into a drive,  it doesn't matter which drive.  Now it is time to
  tell EZ-DisKlone Plus to make the copy. Select the Copy pulldown and press
  A to make the copy in drive A:  or B for drive B:.   EZ-DisKlone Plus will
  automatically format  your floppy  if it isn't already formatted.   Repeat
  this step to make as many copies as you want.   Isn't it nice not to  have
  to reload your source diskette each time?

  EZ-DisKlone Plus now supports command line use.  For example:  EZDKP A: A:

  F1 is available to call up help while you are using EZ-DisKlone Plus.
#20051#

                       Ŀ
                        Commonly Asked Questions 
                       


  1. Will EZ-DisKlone Plus (EZDKP) duplicate copy protected  diskettes?  No.
     EZDKP will only duplicate  unprotected diskettes  with  no bad sectors.

  2. How does EZDKP manage to  copy even 1.44M floppies  in  a  single pass?
     EZDKP holds as much of the diskette in memory as possible.  The rest of
     the diskette is spooled to a file on another drive.  Use a RAM drive to
     provide maximum performance (lightning fast).

  3. Will EZDKP allow me to save diskettes on my hard disk for later recall?
     Yes! EZDKP will write any diskette to a compressed data file using data
     validity checks (CRCs) to allow ultra high speed recall later.

#20100#

  EZ-DisKlone Plus allows you to  read an entire diskette  into  memory then
  make  as many copies as you  want  without  reading  the  master  diskette
  again.   To  do  this it must retain an image of the  master  diskette  in
  memory.  This  image  can take up to 720K of  storage space.   The portion
  of the diskette that won't fit into memory is spooled to another drive.

  EZ-DisKlone Plus out performs DOS's diskcopy  both in speed  and safety of
  the operation.   EZ-DisKlone Plus  speeds up the access times of your disk
  drive allowing  quicker  reads and writes.   It also verifys the  copy  by
  checking the CRC written to the diskette during the copy process.

  When making a copy,  EZ-DisKlone Plus  (unless told otherwise)  will check
  the diskette  to see  if it is already formatted  and  then proceed either
  with the copy or the format and copy.   Just feed it diskettes, you  don't
  need to worry about the destination diskette.  Nothing could be easier!

  System requirements:  An IBM PC or totally compatible clone,  256K of RAM,
                        and IBM PC DOS version 3.0 or later. EZ-DisKlone Plus
                        should work with any version of MS DOS 3.0 or  later
                        but has not been tested with all the possible MS DOS
                        versions.
#20200#

       ͸
        PCDOS      360K 5" Diskette         1.44M 3" Diskette     
         Ĵ
        EZDKP  Load  Save FmtSavFormat Load  Save FmtSavFormat
       ͵
         DOS  24 sec41 sec83 sec44 sec60 sec92 sec178sec95 sec
       Ĵ
        EZDKP 18 sec30 sec50 sec40 sec35 sec59 sec95 sec80 sec
       ;

  Notes:  Times may change as we continue to improve EZ-DisKlone Plus. Please
          note that  the faster your computer, the more EZ-DisKlone Plus out
          performs IBM PC DOS.  We used normal RAM/XMS overflow memory.   We
          used freshly formatted diskettes that were approximately 75% full.
          Less full diskettes will result in far higher performance!

          EZ-DisKlone Plus  can make  multiple copies/compares per read, DOS
          can't.  EZ-DisKlone Plus is faster than PC DOS (2-3x) for multiple
          operations because it  doesn't reload  the source and makes copies
          of even  1.44M diskettes in a single pass!   We assumed 10 seconds
          for several manual swaps of 1.44M 3" diskettes for loads/saves.
#20201#
  All benchmarks are based on version 4.00 of EZ-DisKlone Plus running on an
  IBM PS/2 model 70.   Run your own timing tests using your hardware,  don't
  take our word that  we are faster.   The  only true test  of  how  quickly
  EZ-DisKlone Plus  will perform diskette operations  on your hardware is to
  actually time them.  We invite you to put EZ-DisKlone Plus to the test.

  The above times are  affected by the DOS version, both by its revision and
  its source  (IBM, Compaq, etc).   Any small change  in your  hardware  may
  throw off timing of EZ-DisKlone Plus.   Memory resident programs slow down
  EZ-DisKlone Plus and may drastically (up to 50%) slow the disk operations.
  Even such a small thing as  displaying the track number while copying took
  many hours of work to speed up  to where it  didn't slow down  operations.

  All tests were run with IBM PC DOS with  no memory resident programs.   If
  your timing tests show results  radically different from the above figures
  please write us.   If  you did better,  we  will  praise EZ-DisKlone Plus,
  if you did worse we will try to find something to blame it on.

  Please note that we far out perform DOS on 1.44M 3" media  because of our
  ability to  work with the diskette  in a single pass without requiring you
  to swap diskettes.  We also use "smart" loading/saving.  If your diskettes
  aren't almost full, our performance will be even higher!
#20300#

                           HISTORY OF REVISIONS:
                           

   EZ-DisKlone Plus v3.00  Nov 1990   This is  the initial Shareware release
                                      of EZ-DisKlone Plus.  Provides all the
                                      functions  of  custom  hardware   disk
                                      duplicators   costing  thousands    of
                                      dollars.

   EZ-DisKlone Plus v3.10  Feb 1991   EZ-DisKlone Plus  now  compresses  the
                                      floppy disk files  (.FDFs) using  high
                                      speed  assembly  language  compression
                                      routines.   Uses  "smart" data loading
                                      and saving where  only  data areas are
                                      used.  Added directory navigation.

   EZ-DisKlone Plus v4.00  Oct 1991   Added  full support  for  RAM/EMS/XMS.
                                      Use the  memory directly  thru our new
                                      drivers!   Added  quick format  and  a
                                      drive head clean mode.  Plus more!
#20301#

   EZ-DisKlone Plus 4.10d  Apr 1994   This  upgrade concentrated on  improved
                                      performance.   Additional touchups and
                                      minor bug fixes were also included.

#20500#

  GENERAL:
  

  1.  EZ-DisKlone Plus was developed by David Black for EZX Publishing   .

  2.  EZ-DisKlone Plus was written  in C with  the  core  disk  routines and
      several other speed critical routines in high speed assembly language.
      The source for EZ-DisKlone Plus consists of about 9,000 lines of code.

#20900#


  Unable to run EZXINFO.EXE - The latest information on our products!

  Please ensure EZXINFO.EXE is in your current working directory.

  Are you out of free RAM (see the bottom line of this screen)?  If it shows
  less than about 80K, try running EZXINFO.EXE directly from DOS.

  If EZXINFO.EXE has been lost, call:  Voice  1-713-280-9900
                                       BBS    1-713-280-8180
                                       FAX    1-713-280-0099
#20950#


  Unable to run SUPPORT.EXE - The latest information for technical support!

  Please ensure SUPPORT.EXE is in your current working directory.

  Are you out of free RAM (see the bottom line of this screen)?  If it shows
  less than about 80K, try running SUPPORT.EXE directly from DOS.

  If SUPPORT.EXE has been lost, call:  Voice  1-713-280-9900
                                       BBS    1-713-280-8180
                                       FAX    1-713-280-0099

#END#
