

                                 PASS-AROUND (tm)

                                  TURBO COPY

                      Format/Copy/Verify Diskettes FAST!


                                 Version 2.01


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                                License Agreement

    PASS-AROUND  TURBO COPY is protected by United States Copyright Law and
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    Non-registered users of PASS-AROUND TURBO COPY are licensed only to use
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    whether or not it meets their  requirements.  All  other  use  requires
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    including without limitation, any warranties of merchantability  and/or
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    any damages, whether direct, indirect, special or consequential arising
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    PROGRAM, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY OTHER PARTY.

    Some  states do  not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or
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                            Pass-Around Registration

    Simply register a Pass-Around software program. When you register,  you
    are  assigned  a personal registration number which you enter into your
    copy of the program. Each time you share that program with a friend and
    they register, your number will appear on their registration form. When
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    PAS  Software  does  not  claim  that  any  money  will   result   from
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    PAS  Software  has  incorporated  SELF-CHECK(tm) into every Pass-Around
    program. SELF-CHECK(tm)  is  a  revolutionary  way  of  protecting  our
    software  from  viruses.  If a Pass-Around program catches a virus, the
    next time you run it, it will tell you. All your programs  should  have
    SELF-CHECK(tm).





    What Is TURBO COPY?

    TURBO COPY  is  a  utility  written to fit a distinct need for multiple
    copy production.  Those with Formasters or other automatic  duplication
    equipment  are  lucky  -  the  rest  of  us usually have to suffer with
    FORMAT, DISKCOPY and DISKCOMP.

    Well, no longer.  We now have TURBO COPY.  TURBO COPY:

    *  Reads all allocated tracks from a DOS diskette and saves the data in
    local memory.

    * Formats a blank diskette  "only"  on  the  allocated  (used)  tracks,
    copies the data from the original source, and verifies the copy.

    * Optionally formats the rest of the blank diskette.

    * "Records" and "Plays Back" diskette images from hard disk.

    TURBO COPY reads all of the data from the master diskette and stores it
    away.  If  you're  copying  a  relatively  full  720K,  1.2M  or  1.44M
    diskette,  this  means that you'll have to have some sort of additional
    memory available, be it EMS (expanded memory), extended memory (on  the
    PC-AT)  or hard disk storage.  360K diskettes on a 512K PC usually will
    manage to fit all of the diskette data into available memory.

    TURBO COPY uses a "Look Ma - no hands!" method where the PC keyboard is
    never used  during  the  copy  process;  diskette  changes  are  simply
    "sensed"  by  the  program.  A graphic display of what's going on makes
    for quick and easy operation.


    What Won't TURBO COPY Do?

    TURBO COPY will not handle non-DOS diskettes or DOS diskettes with copy
    protection.  Nor will TURBO COPY handle master diskettes  with  errors,
    or  diskettes formatted in non-standard formats.  Otherwise, TURBO COPY
    will copy all standard IBM  PC-DOS  formats,  provided  that  you  have
    enough  memory of some kind available to hold the data contained on the
    master.

    TURBO COPY requires a PC XT-, AT- or PS/2-compatible computer  to  run.
    It  will  not  work  with  the  Tandy 2000, IBM PC Jr.  or similar non-
    compatibles.





    Installing TURBO COPY

    TURBO COPY will not run without first being installed.

    Installation is easy.  You'll need  a  PC  XT,  AT  or  PS/2-compatible
    computer.   Your  video display may be monochrome, CGA, EGA or VGA, and
    your diskette drives may be internal or external to your computer.   If
    you  have  more  than one diskette adapter card, TURBO COPY will access
    drives attached to the primary or secondary diskette adapters.

    At the DOS command prompt, execute the installation program by typing

                  TCOPY     and pressing the ENTER key.

    You'll be guided through  a  series  of  displays  which  will  install
    TURBO COPY  on  the  disk of your choice.  If your system configuration
    changes, you'll probably need to re-install TURBO COPY to  reflect  the
    new  configuration.   TURBO COPY  may be installed "in place"; that is,
    the same file may be used as the installation source and destination.

    During the installation process you will have an opportunity to specify
    what type of diskette drives and controllers your computer supports. If
    you have a single diskette adapter, all drives  are  connected  to  the
    primary adapter.  If you have an additional adapter, such as the SYSGEN
    Omni-Bridge  or  MicroSolutions'  CompatiCard,  this  is  the secondary
    adapter.  In all cases, if your computer supports high-density diskette
    formats, you must  specify  that  it  is  an  "AT"  type  of  computer,
    regardless of its actual model.


    Starting TURBO COPY

    TURBO COPY may be run with DOS command-line controls, or you  may  wish
    to  be  prompted  by  TURBO COPY  for execution parameters.  Typing the
    following at the DOS command prompt:

                 TCOPY HELP SI      and pressing the ENTER key


    will cause TURBO COPY  to  display  a  detailed  list  of  command-line
    controls and explanations.





    Entering

                TCOPY PROMPT       and pressing the ENTER key

    will cause TURBO COPY to prompt for some of the more common controls.

    The simplest form of a TURBO COPY command is:

                TCOPY A: SI

    which  will perform a series of copy operations using diskette drive A:
    only.  Entering

                TCOPY A: B: SI

    will  cause  both  drives  A: and B: to be used, "ping-ponging" between
    them for alternate copies.  For a description of TURBO COPY  operation,
    see the section entitled "Operating TURBO COPY".

    TURBO COPY  has  many  command  options which can be used to modify its
    operation.  The general form of the TURBO COPY command is:

                TCOPY drives options...

    drives refers to a list of diskette drives to be used for  copying.   A
    drive  name  consists of a drive letter followed by a colon.  More than
    one drive may be specified; TURBO COPY will use  one  drive,  then  the
    next  to perform the copy operation.  The drives specified must be able
    to support the diskette format that is being copied.

    options refers to an optional list  of  terms  which  specify  how  the
    operation  of TURBO COPY is to be modified.  An option may be specified
    in full or in abbreviated  form.   In  the  following  discussion,  the
    minimum  abbreviation  for  an  option is specified; anything from this
    minimum to the full word can be used.  Thus, VERIFY has  as  a  minimum
    abbreviation V; however VE, VER, or VERIF can all be used as well.


                Specifying Faster Copying

                Term form:

                        QUICK

    If QUICK (minimum abbreviateion: Q) is specified, tracks not containing
    data are not formatted. However, since there will be no format  pattern
    present  on  the  resulting diskette, a surface copy will fail if it is
    copied with DOS DISKCOPY.





    Similarly, any attempt to add  data  to  the  copy  will  fail  with  a
    diskette  write  error.  However, a normal DOS file COPY will work just
    fine. "Quick" mode can save a  lot  of  time  copying  diskettes  which
    contain relatively little data, but does place some restrictions on the
    application of the resulting copy.

                Verifying the Copy: None, Part or All

                Term form:

                        VERIFY=NONE
                        VERIFY=DATA
                        VERIFY=ALL

    If VERIFY (minimum abbreviation: V)  is  specified,  the  area  of  the
    diskette  to  be checked after copying can be modified.  If VERIFY=NONE
    (minimum abbreviation: V=N) is specified, no part of the diskette  will
    be  verified.   This is not recommended unless the accuracy of the copy
    is of secondary importance to the speed of the  copy.   If  VERIFY=DATA
    (minimum  abbreviation:  V=D)  is  specified,  only  that  part  of the
    diskette containing file data is copied. This is the default  condition
    when VERIFY has not been specified.If VERIFY=ALL (minimum abbreviation:
    V=A) is specified, the entire diskette is verified after formatting and
    copying.

                Specifying Overflow Storage

                Term form:

                        OVERFLOW=E
                        OVERFLOW=X
                        OVERFLOW=Hd

    When  a  diskette  which  contains a large amount of data is copied, it
    may not be possible to hold the data entirely in main memory.  OVERFLOW
    (minimum abbreviation: O) specifies where the  excess  data  is  to  be
    kept.  OVERFLOW=E specifies that Expanded memory should be used to hold
    data that will not fit  into  the  computer's  main  memory.   Expanded
    memory is also referred to as EMS, EEMS, or LIM (Lotus/Intel/Microsoft)
    and  should  not  be  confused with the additional memory present on an
    80286 (AT class) machine. It is helpful to remember that the "E" stands
    for EMS.

    OVERFLOW=X  specifies  that Extended memory should be used to hold data
    that will not fit into main memory. Extended memory is that 384K out of
    the 1 Megabyte space on a PC-AT  that  can't  be  used  as  normal  DOS
    program memory. Caution: As there is no formal mechanism to manage this
    memory, note that if Extended memory has already been allocated for use
    as  a  RAM  Disk  or  has been used for other purposes, TURBO COPY will
    overwrite whatever had been previously placed there.





    OVERFLOW=Hd specifies that the hard disk should be used  to  hold  data
    that will not fit into main memory. The disk to be used is specified by
    placing  its  drive letter immediately after the "H" in this term.  For
    example, HC specifies that data will be diverted to disk C: when memory
    is filled.  The file used to hold TURBO COPY's data is created  in  the
    current directory and is deleted when TURBO COPY terminates execution.

    It  is  possible  to  specify  more than one type of "overflow" memory.
    TURBO COPY  makes  use  of  any  specified  additional  memory  in  the
    following order:

                1. Extended (X) Memory.
                2. Expanded (E) Memory.
                3. Hard disk (H) Storage.


                Modifying the Screen Display

                Term form:

                        SILENT
                        NORULER

    SILENT (minimum abbreviation: SI) omits  the  opening  product  "logon"
    display.

    NORULER  (minimum  abbreviation:  N) causes the "ruler" line indicating
    copy progress displayed at the bottom of the copy status display to  be
    omitted.   This  option  can  be  used  where  relatively  slow display
    hardware (such as CGA) is  used  to  improve  the  speed  of  the  copy
    operation.


                Keeping Hard Disk Masters

                Term form:

                        RECORD=filename
                        PLAYBACK=filename

    Sometimes it's desirable to maintain copies of diskette masters as hard
    disk files. RECORD (minimum abbreviation: R) specifies  that  a  master
    diskette is to be read and its contents placed in the disk file denoted
    by  filename. After the file has been written, TURBO COPY exits to DOS;
    no other copying is performed.





    PLAYBACK  (minimum  abbreviation: P) specifies that the recorded master
    file filename is to be copied to diskette. Instead of reading a  master
    diskette,  TURBO COPY reads the indicated file; the copy operation then
    proceeds as if a diskette master had just been read.


                Specifying the Copy Count

                Term form:

                        COUNT=number

    When TURBO COPY is started  from  a  batch  file,  it  is  occasionally
    desirable  to  bypass  its  internal  prompt for a copy count. When the
    number of copies is specified by  COUNT=number  (minimum  abbreviation:
    C=number),  the  copy count prompt is bypassed; TURBO COPY will produce
    exactly number copies and then exit to DOS.  Number is a decimal  value
    in the range of 1-9,999.


                Inserting Serial Numbers

                Term form:

                        SNSECTOR=sector
                        SNOFFSET=offset
                        SNLENGTH=length
                        S/N=string
                        BINARY

    TURBO COPY  will  insert  a  serial  number  into  any  sector  already
    containing data on a copy.  The master diskette is not  affected.   The
    serial numbering terms are specified as follows:

    SNSECTOR=sector  (minimum  abbreviation:  SNS)  specifies  the relative
    sector on the diskette containing the serial number.  This  number  can
    range  from  0 to the number of sectors on the diskette, minus 1.  This
    number is exactly the same as the relative sector specified  in  a  DOS
    DEBUG  absolute  sector read or write operation.  Note that this number
    is decimal.

    SNOFFSET=offset (minimum abbreviation:SNO) specifies the offset  within
    the  sector  containing  the serial number.This number ranges from 0 to
    511 and is also decimal.





    SNLENGTH=length (minimum abbreviation: SNL) specifies the length of the
    serial number field.  This is a decimal number and it, plus the offset,
    may not exceed 512 (the length of a DOS sector).

    S/N =string indicates the actual  text  of  the  serial  number  to  be
    inserted.   If longer than the specified length, it is truncated on the
    right.  If shorter,it is padded with spaces on the right.   String  may
    contain  any  printing  characters; if necessary the entire term may be
    enclosed in double quotation marks (").

    If the serial number is specified as PROMPT,  a  prompt  for  a  serial
    number entry from the keyboard is issued by TURBO COPY.

    In some production situations, it is desirable to keep a record of  all
    the  serial  numbers  that have been issued.  If S/N=FILE is specified,
    TURBO COPY will look  for  a  file  named  SERIAL.NOS  in  the  current
    (default)  directory. If a file with is name is found, the last line in
    the file is used as the  beginning  serial  number  less  one  for  the
    current  session. At the conclusion of the TURBO COPY session, the file
    will have the serial numbers of all copies  produced  appended  to  its
    end.

    After  each  copy  is  made  by  TURBO COPY,  the  serial   number   is
    incremented.    Normally,  this  operation  affects  only  the  numeric
    characters in the number, and proceeds from right  to  left.   Consider
    the following examples of incrementing:

                       "1234"          becomes    "1235"
                       "1239"          becomes    "1240"
                       "123ABC9"       becomes    "124ABC0"
                       "UGLY"          remains    "UGLY"

    If BINARY (minimum abbreviation: B) is  specified,  the  entire  serial
    number  field  is  treated  as a multi-byte binary number. Consider the
    following examples of binary incrementing:

                            Hex 0000 becomes   0001
                            Hex FFFF becomes   0000
                            Hex 34FF becomes   3500

    The  sector containing the serial number must be one of those copied by
    TURBO COPY.  Unallocated sectors are not examined by  TURBO COPY.   The
    serial  number  sector  is not examined for valid data or position; the
    serial number field is simply inserted  where  specified.   During  the
    process  of copying with serial numbers, TURBO COPY displays the serial
    number of the current copy.





    Examples of TURBO COPY Command Lines

    Here are some examples of TURBO COPY control statements:

                TCOPY A: B: SI

    Format and copy  using  drives  A:  and  B:;  verify  only  the  tracks
    containing data. No overflow storage is used.

                TCOPY A: V=A
                TCOPY A: VERIFY=ALL

    Format  and  copy  using  drive  A:; verify all tracks of the copy.  No
    overflow storage is specified.

                TCOPY A: B: H: QUICK S/N=12345 SNS=30 SNO=140 SNL=5

    Format and copy using drives A:, B: and  H:;  do  not  format  non-data
    tracks,  start  with a serial number of "12345". Sector 30 contains the
    serial number at an offset of 140 bytes from the start of  the  sector.
    The  serial  number is 5 bytes long and will be incremented as an ASCII
    quantity.

                TCOPY A: RECORD=C:MYFILE
                TCOPY A: R=C:MYFILE

    Make a hard disk file of ("record") the image of a master  diskette  in
    drive A:.  The name of the file is "C:MYFILE".

                TCOPY A: PLAYBACK=C:MYFILE OVERFLOW=HC
                TCOPY A: P=C:MYFILE O=HC

    Copy using the master diskette image file ("playback") "C:MYFILE".  Use
    drive A: to make the copies, use drive C: to hold overflow information.

                TCOPY HELP SI

    Display a summary of the TURBO COPY command syntax.

                TCOPY PROMPT

    TURBO COPY prompts for parameters for a simple copy.

                TCOPY B: COUNT=15

    Make 15 copies using drive B:.





    Operating TURBO COPY

    TURBO COPY uses a "no keyboard" style of copying.  That is,  TURBO COPY
    determines  when  a  drive  has  had a diskette inserted or removed and
    proceeds with the copy operation when a diskette  change  is  detected.
    The only time you need to touch the keyboard after you have entered the
    TURBO COPY  command  is  to  terminate operation of TURBO COPY with the
    ESCape key.

    TURBO COPY is sensitive to "changes" in diskette  drive  status.   When
    you  start  TURBO COPY,  you will need to insert the master diskette in
    the drive indicated by TURBO COPY, even though  you  may  have  already
    placed  the  master in the correct drive before entering the TURBO COPY
    command.  Simply "popping" the diskette out and then in again  will  be
    sufficient.

    TURBO COPY  must have a "perfect" master diskette.  That is, the master
    must contain no  bad  or  unreadable  sectors.   Similarly,  TURBO COPY
    produces  "perfect"  copies;  that  is,  the  copy  will contain no bad
    sectors within the copied data.  In the interest of speed, unused areas
    of the diskette are "not" verified.

    Operation of TURBO COPY is simple and can usually be  managed  by  non-
    technical personnel.

    TURBO COPY  first  prompts for the number of copies to be made.  If the
    ESCape key is pressed, TURBO COPY will  exit  to  DOS.   Otherwise  the
    number  of  copies to be made (from 1 to 9,999) is entered, followed by
    the ENTER key, and the TURBO COPY status display appears.

    In this display, TURBO COPY indicates graphically which drive is active
    and the outcome of each copy operation.  Error messages  are  displayed
    in blinking text (bright red, if you have color) and a count is kept of
    the number of successful copies made.

    When either the requested number of copies has been made, or the ESCape
    key  is  pressed, TURBO COPY exits to the display requesting the number
    of copies to be made.   Another  number  may  be  entered  and  another
    diskette  may  be copied.  This process repeats until the ESCape key is
    depressed in answer to the copy quantity query.

                    Use of Pass-Around Distribution Method

    PAS Software will apply for patents  on  the  use  of  the  Pass-Around
    distribution  method  in  software  products  as  soon  as practicable.
    "Pass-Around" is a trademark  of  PAS  Software.   If  you  would  like
    permission  to  use  the Pass-Around distribution method and trademark,
    call (206) 838-3989.

            PASS-AROUND and SELF-CHECK are trademarks of PAS Software



                               ABOUT PASS-AROUND

    PASS-AROUND TURBO COPY is NOT a public domain or free  program!  It  is
    being distributed as Pass-Around.

         Pass-Around distribution gives users a chance to try software
         before  buying  it.   If  you  try  a Pass-Around program and
         continue using  it,  you  are  expected  to  register.   With
         registration,  you  get  a  Pass-Around  Kit  which includes:
         distribution disks, printed  manual,  Pass-Around  newsletter
         and a guide on how to upload software onto bulletin boards.

         Copyright  laws  apply  to  both  Pass-Around  and commercial
         software, and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a
         few specific exceptions as stated below.  The main difference
         is in the method of distribution.   Pass-Around  specifically
         grants  the  right  to copy and distribute the software.  For
         those  who  charge  a  fee  for  a  Pass-Around  product   an
         "Authorized  Pass-Around Distributor" sticker must be on that
         disk.

    Registration   licenses   you   to  use  PASS-AROUND  TURBO  COPY.  Any
    unregistered use other than trial use to determine if PASS-AROUND TURBO
    COPY meets your needs is a violation of our license  agreement  and  is
    forbidden.

    The PASS-AROUND TURBO COPY  license  authorizes  use  of  one  copy  of
    PASS-AROUND  TURBO  COPY on one machine at a time. If you have multiple
    computers, either standalone, networked, or  multi-user,  you  need  to
    register  one  copy  of  PASS-AROUND TURBO COPY for each workstation on
    which it will be used.

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