P O L Y C O P Y ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ Ûß Û Û ßÛ Û Û Û ÛÛ Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û ÛÜ ÜÛ Û Û ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß Û Û Û Û ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ Û Û Ûß ÜÜÜÜÜ ßÜ ßÛ Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Ü Û Û Û Û Û Û Û ÛÜ Û ÛÜ Û ßßßßß Û Û ß ÜÛ ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß POLYCOPY (tm) Copyright (C)1989,1990 Joseph M. Albanese All rights reserved. I N T R O D U C T I O N QUESTION: What is POLYCOPY? ANSWER: In short, POLYCOPY is an exceptionally easy to use program for making one or more copies of a diskette (or diskettes) with a single pass of the original, regardless of disk density. This feat is accomplished by using available RAM, XMS memory and/or HARD DISK space to store a complete "disk image." POLYCOPY is a highly advanced disk duplicating program which offers many significant advantages over the DOS "DISKCOPY" utility. Some of the more important features are listed below: o Original disk is inserted only once, even for multiple copies. o Automatic configuration. o Low RAM requirement. o Automatic format. o Uses available hard disk (& XMS memory) space to supplement RAM. o Easy to use. Only one mandatory parameter -- drive letter. o Supports 360K, 1.2M, 720K and 1.44M floppies. o Will copy bootable disks (a la DISKCOPY). T R A D E M A R K N O T I C E Throughout this manual are commercial names of products made by other manufacturers or developers. Many of these product names are either registered or unregistered trademarks of their respective manufacturers or developers. The owners of these trademarks have never expressed any approval or disapproval of NEOCOM products, nor are they associated with POLYCOPY, NEOCOM Microspecialists, Inc., or Joseph M. Albanese in any way. IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corp. MS-DOS is a trademark of Microsoft Corp. C O P Y R I G H T N O T I C E (Shareware Release) Copyright (C) 1989, 1990 Joseph M. Albanese. All rights reserved. POLYCOPY is a trademark of Joseph M. Albanese. L I C E N S E A G R E E M E N T (Shareware Release) The "Shareware Release" of POLYCOPY is fully copyrighted and may not be sold. However, as with all shareware, it may be copied freely for evaluation purposes. As a POLYCOPY evaluee, you are granted a 14 day trial period in which to determine its suitability. At the end of the trial period, if you wish to continue using POLYCOPY, you must register the software. Refer to the section on REGISTRATION at the end of this documentation, or to the file called "ORDER.FRM" for more information. G E T T I N G S T A R T E D REQUIREMENTS o IBM or 100% compatible PC o MS-DOS 3.xx or 4.xx (or equivalent) o About 200K of free RAM at the DOS prompt o *Hard disk * A RAM disk may be used as a substitute for a hard drive as long as it is sufficiently large to hold (potentially) an entire disk image. I N S T A L L A T I O N As a practical matter, there is no "INSTALLATION"; however, it is usually a good idea to put a copy of the program "POLYCOPY.EXE" in a pathed directory. O P E R A T I O N USAGE: C>polycopy [source drive<:>] [>] [] Note: "< >" delimited parameters are optional. Parms: "/F" = Format Mode. This will force POLYCOPY to format all diskettes prior to copying data. You won't find many disk copy utilities as powerful and easy to use as this one. There are usually only two steps you need to follow: 1. First, make the hard drive (or RAM disk) the default drive. For example, if drive "C:" is your hard drive, this can be accomplished by typing "C:" and pressing [ENTER]. NOTE: A temporary file called "DSKIMAGE.}-{" is created on the default drive during copying. It contains data that could not fit entirely into RAM. Under normal circumstances, this file is automatically deleted. 2. Type "POLYCOPY", a space, and then the drive letter of the floppy drive that will be doing the copying. For example: C>polycopy b: /f or C>polycopy a b or C>polycopy a: NOTE: Example 2 includes the "FORMAT" parameter. Also, when "source" and "target" drives are the same, then the "target" parameter is optional. O P E R A T I O N (CONT'D) Once POLYCOPY is off and running it is simply a matter of answering a couple of "Y" or "N" prompts. Either you continue making copies of the original, or you copy a different diskette. YOU CAN MAKE AS MANY COPIES OF THE ORIGINAL DISK AS YOU LIKE, WITHOUT EVER HAVING TO RE-INSERT THAT DISK. Think of the time, money and frustration you will save. Especially, when you are considered whether to register! I would like to say a few things about the "/f" parameter. When "/f" is NOT specified, POLYCOPY attempts to determine if it should format the TARGET diskette prior to copying. Most of the time that's all you have to worry about. But, occasionally, under certain circumstances POLYCOPY cannot properly determine whether a disk should be formatted. Hence, there are two circumstances where you might use the "/f" parameter: 1. When POLYCOPY has previously been unable to determine if formatting should be performed. 2. When you want to be sure that all disks are freshly formatted. A FINAL NOTE ABOUT FORMATTING When it is necessary to format a diskette, POLYCOPY shells into the DOS format utility "FORMAT.COM" so it is important that you have it pathed. For example: "PATH=C:\DOS" in you AUTOEXEC.BAT file. S O F T W A R E R E G I S T R A T I O N WHAT DO I GET BY REGISTERING? For one thing, a clear conscience. People like me work very hard on programs like this. We do so under the assumption that if people like our programs they will (should, and hopefully will) register. In addition to the wonderful feeling you will enjoy, knowing that you are helping to perpetuate the shareware concept, as a registered user of POLYCOPY you will also gain the following: o Latest version of POLYCOPY o Printed documentation o Notification of new releases o Low cost upgrades o FREE BONUS: A complimentary copy of VOLSER(tm), the volume serial number utility. VOLSER is a companion program to POLYCOPY which allows you to "add", "view" and/or "change" DOS 4.00 serial numbers. Uses for VOLSER include: serializing floppy diskettes, serial number coding hard drives (theft protection). You can even view and enter disk serial numbers in DECIMAL as well as HEXIDECIMAL format. For serializing large quantities of disks, VOLSER has automatic increment, decrement and duplicating of serial numbers. CIR: You will also receive the latest version of CIR, the "COLOR DIRECTORY" utility. This isn't just another colorized directory program. CIR displays directories in exactly the same format as the MS DOS 4.01 DIR command, except that files are color coded by extension. Plus, CIR shows the resolution and colors for .GIF files. CIR is FAST, too! As a registered user of POLYCOPY you will also be notified of other NEOCOM products, as they become available. ----- ORDER/REGISTRATION FORM ----------------------------- Send this form (completed) to: POLYCOPY REGISTRATION P.O. BOX 1157 BASSETT, VA 24055 Funds (U.S. only) payable to: Joseph M. Albanese. SINGLE COPY REGISTRATION Disk with program and documentation $20. ______ SITE LICENSE (MULTI-COPY) REGISTRATION Site license for the use of POLYCOPY. (Includes one disk & docs) PCs Price ----------------------------------------- 2 - 5 $18 each 6 - 19 $15 each 20 - 49 $13 each 50 - 99 $11 each 100 or more, $1000 one time fee. Please add $3.50 for shipping & handling for each package. (Overseas orders please add $5.00 per package) No. Copies: _________ Qty Price $_________ (Qty x Price from above chart) Shipping & Hand.: $ 3.50 Overseas: $______.__ ($5.00 if applicable) Total enclosed: $______.__ Company Name (if applicable): ______________________________ Your Name: _________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________ City: _________________________ State: ___ Zip: ______ Telephone: ( )___-____ Version you have: _______ Preferred diskette type (check one): 3.5" __ 5.25" __ Computer/configuration: ____________________________________ How and where did you find out about POLYCOPY? ____________ ____________________________________________________________ Do you have any comments and/or suggestions regarding POLYCOPY? _________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________