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From: holloway@drivax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: DCFORMAT UUE
Message-ID: <1836@drivax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 12-Jun-87 14:37:23 EDT
Article-I.D.: drivax.1836
Posted: Fri Jun 12 14:37:23 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jun-87 23:48:21 EDT
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Reply-To: holloway@drivax.UUCP (Bruce Holloway)
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Organization: Digitalis Research, Inc.
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Summary: What duz it do? Why won't it work?

I used STRINGS to look through the DCFORMAT.UUE program that came down
the net - as I couldn't figure out what it did. Maybe a couple of words
of explanation would be in order when you post things????

(Also, it unARCed with errors, even after I removed the dollar signs ($)
from the end of each line. It looks interesting - but I can't get it to
unARC without errors.)

Anyway. DCFORMAT == Double Click Software Formatter, version 2.0 for mono
systems.

It has two Format options: Normal and Fast

Also, it seems to be able to put on a standard boot track, or one that makes
disks directly execute a file??? (called MAGIC Executable Boot).

It appears to be able to copy disks as well.

Hmmm... more discoveries. It seems that MAGIC refers the Magic Sac. Perhaps
it formats those disks - which would make it really useful. Maybe it even
copies files from one format to another.

Seems to be an enhancement of something called "The Formatter".

(The following is gleaned from the .RSC file - which unARCed so badly I
could barely make some of the words and phrases out).

Copies double or single sided MAGIC SAC disks. If allowed, lets you make
another copy of the same disk, instantly. Intelligently copies disks of any
format. (unprotected disks)

Writes a boot sector that can set BIOS time, cause cold reset, turn off
verify, set med rez, bypass hard disk bootup, or run COMMAND.PRG on
floppy bootup. Writes IBM DOS boot sector.

MAGIC Formats Fast MAGIC SAC. Fast or Normal. 80 or 82 tracks. 9 or 10 sectors.
single or double. A or B drive. MAGIC SAC disks in fast format!
Double sided or single sided!

In all cases, if you are not formatting the destination disk, DC Formatter
checks to see if both disks are similar. If you are going to format the
destination disk, DC Formatter will automatically format the destination or the
copy the same as the source disk.

Look ZENTH Term and ZENTH BBS, sS Bn.

For information, write:

Double Click Software
2502 Lemonwood
Houston,Tx 77038
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