1 0 . e n h a n c e d c p / m u t i l i t i e s – Rana Systems Elite Series User Manual

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ELITE SERIES USER MANUAL

ENHANCED CP/M UTIL.

1 0 . E N H A N C E D C P / M U T I L I T I E S

This section deals with the use of each of the

new CP/M utilities individually, in order to

provide you with the information you need in

order to use the utilities for more than just

enhancing your CP/M. If you do not use CP/M,

then this section will prove to be of little

interest to you.

The Rana Systems enhancements to Microsoft Apple

II 16—Sector 56K CP/M 2.2 consist of five system

utilities: FORMAT, COPY, PROFILE, SGLDRIVE, and

ENHANCE. The first two are replacements for

utility programs provided by Microsoft on their

original CP/M distribution diskette.

FORMAT is used for initializing new diskettes

for use under CP/M. It can also be used to

reformat old diskettes (completely erasing any

old data on the diskette). The enhanced version

of FORMAT supplies you with the capability of

formatting diskettes ranging from 143K Disk II

diskettes all the way up to a full 652K Elite

Three diskette.

COPY is used to make exact one—for-one copies of

a diskette onto another diskette. Unlike the

standard CP/M utility PIP, COPY does not copy

the diskette file-by—file. Instead, COPY reads

every sector on the original (source) diskette,

sector—by—sector, and then writes the informa-

tion, sector—by—sector, onto the duplicate (tar-

get) diskette. The enhanced COPY provides the

capability of duplicating all the various dif-

ferent size diskettes used on the various Elite

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