for Complete backup and for partial backup.
c. Select source and destination drives when prompted. If source
and destination drive are the same, BACKUP will prompt you when
to swap disks.
d. If two drives are used and backup is in standard Radio Shack
(RS) format, the destination disk can be unformatted. By
selecting nformatted, the destination disk will be formatted
first.
e. Partial Backup prompts for the source sector first and then the
desired destination.
3. OPY - A fast copy routine to transfer RS files from one disk to
another. COPY option copies files to contiguous granules whenever
possible. If file is copied to an empty disk for example, first granule
would be 00. This can be very helpful when searching through a file.
COPY makes a copy of the directory (See SAVE option below) after each use.
To use:
a. Select option .
b. Answer prompts for selecting source and destination drives.
Each file on the source drive will be displayed on the
screen with a letter prefix. Select the files to be copied by
the prefix letter. Select as many as you want and press
ENTER when ready. If file exists on destination disk, that file
will not be copied and you will notified that the file was not
copied.
c. COPY supports single drive copies and will prompt you to swap
disks.
d. COPY will abort if there's not enough disk space on the
destination disk.
e. COPY will stop for all bad sectors so you can note the problem
areas. Pressing the space bar will continue COPY. The directory
on the target disk is updated before the files are copied.
Therefore, if you abort COPY before its finished (due to a bad
sector), you will need to KILL the files you tried to copy on the
target disk to cleanup its directory.
4. UMP SECTOR - Dumps the contents of a specified sector to the screen
in Hex and ASCII. Non-ASCII characters are blanked out for easy
reading. Uses arrow keys (See Special keys) & can be used with NUMBER
FIND option below. Display shows 64 bytes per screen. DUMP SECTOR can be
used in either the absolute or file disk access modes (See OPTIONS) with RS
formatted disks. Other formats must use absolute disk access.
To use:
a. Make sure you have selected the disk access mode desired (See
OPTIONS).
b. Select option .
c. Answer prompts for Source drive, Track and Sector.
d. Uses special keys (defined later) to move to the next track or
sector.
5. DIT SECTOR - Just like the DUMP SECTOR option but allows easy
editing of the sector by placement of the cursor (an up arrow) and typing
in the new data. Changes are written to the disk at the end of the sector
or by hitting enter. Uses the arrow keys (See special keys) and can be
used with NUMBER FIND option. Display shows 64 bytes per screen. Move
prompt off top or bottom of screen to advance to next screen. The hex
number in the upper right corner of the screen is the byte or character
counter. EDIT SECTOR can be used in either the absolute or file disk access
modes (See OPTIONS) with RS formatted disks. Other formats must use
absolute disk access.
To use:
a. Make sure you have selected the disk access mode desired (See
OPTIONS).
b. Select option :
c. Answer prompts for Source drive, Track & Sector or select file
depending on access mode.
d. Display will be in hex with ASCII character above hex number.
Up arrow is the edit prompt. Use arrow keys to move prompt on
the screen. Type changes at the prompt in hex digits (0-9 and
A-F). New ASCII character will be displayed at each change.
e. When editing is complete, press ENTER or to save changes.
Use BREAK key to abort.
f. Uses special keys (defined later) to move to the next track or
sector. Previous sector is written to disk before moving to next
sector.
Notes: Entering a '+' while editing a sector will toggle the automatic
cursor advance and a '+' will appear before the byte counter in the upper
right corner of the screen to reflect cursor advance is on.
6. ILE SORT - This option will read the directory from the disk, sort
it into alphabetical order and then write it back to the disk. FILE sort
moves deleted entries to the back of the directory so that new
additions to the disk will be at the back of the directory instead of mixed
in the middle. FILE SORT supports RS format only.
To use:
a. Select option .
b. Answer prompt for Source disk.
7. RANULE TABLE - Displays the granule allocation table (RS format) in
an easy to read format. The allocation table consists of 68 granules (0-
67). Beside each granule number is the number of the next granule
in that file. If next granule is C0-C9 , then no more granules are linked
and the last digit is the number of sectors used in that granule. If the
granule if FF then that granule is not currently being used. FREE
= ** gives the number of free granules on the disk.
For Flex format disks, KDSK displays the disk volume name, volume
number, date disk was formatted, first and last sector in the available
chain, total sectors on disk, number of sectors in use, and how the disk is
formatted (sectors/track, number of tracks). MS-DOS format is not
supported.
The granule allocation table (RS format) can also be display in tracks
by pressing . Normally display track numbers are sectors 1-9
and track numbers displayed in inverse video are sectors 10-18. Table
display returns to granules by pressing .
To use:
a. Select option .
b. Answer prompt for Source Drive.
c. Use keys or to toggle display between granule and
track formats.
Note: This option supports 40 track RS formats when RACKS is set to 40.
8. EX DUMP - Dumps the contents of a specified sector to the screen
in Hex format. Uses arrow keys (See special keys) and can be used with
NUMBER FIND. Display is 128 bytes per screen. HEX DUMP can be used in
either the absolute or file disk access modes (See OPTIONS) with RS
formatted disks. Other formats must use absolute disk access.
To Use:
a. Make sure you have selected the disk access mode desired (See
OPTIONS).
b. Select option .
c. Answer prompts for Source drive, Track & Sector or select file
depending on access mode.
d. Uses special keys (defined later) to move to the next track or
sector.
9. NITIALIZE - Allows for initialization & formatting of an entire disk
or a single sector (RS format only). Select the fill character for
single track or sector initialization. Extremely useful in repairing a
single sector (as in a directory recovery) without rebuilding the rest
of the disk.
Any number of tracks can be initialized (formatted). The limit is
what your drive can handle. Set maximum tracks (TRACKS option),
prior to formatting.
To use:
a. Select option .
b. Select either isk, rack or ector to format.
c. isk - answer prompt for source drive. Choose desired
fill character (FF is recommended).
d. When asked to verify drive selection (Initialize Disk ?), you
must answer 'Y' for yes to continue. Any other key returns you to
the main menu.
e. rack - answer prompt for source drive & track to format.
Choose desired fill character.
f. ector - answer prompts for source drive, Track and sector.
Choose desired fill character. This routine tries to read the
track chosen, formats the track, then writes the track back, and
fills the desired sector will the fill character. If ENTER is
used for fill character, all sectors are rewritten as read.
This can be used to repair sectors, especially successful if
error is a CRC error.
10. OB = SS RS - Toggles between RS (Radio Shack) or FLEX, MS (512
Byte sectors) and SD (single sided) or DD (double sided). FLEX format is
assumed to be double density except for track zero, which is single
density.
To access second side of double sided disk using RS, add 4 to drive
number. For example, to hit the second side of drive 2, enter 6 to prompt
for drive number.
To use:
a. Select option . Current selection toggles on main menu.
11. ILL - Kills files in the same manner as disk basic, only easier
to use. All files on selected disk are displayed with a letter prefix.
Select files to kill by letter prefix and press ENTER when ready. KILL can
be used with either RS or Flex formats.
To use:
a. Select option .
b. Answer prompt for source drive.
c. Select files to kill by letter prefix. Select as many at a time
as needed. Press ENTER to KILL. Use BREAK to abort.
NOTE: KILL and COPY can be used to quickly display the directory on
selected disk. If no entries are selected (just hit ENTER), nothing is
done to disk and complete message is displayed.
12. IBRARY - KDSKs master file record keeping features. Keeps track of
all your files and information about those files in a master file for easy
recording keeping. Will display another menu as follows:
GGREGATE LIST - Lists all programs in specified master
file to screen or printer. If list is to
printer, options are:
ONG list - Lists all information about each file.
ONDENSED list - Lists only file names in 6 or 9 across.
ATALOG A DISK - Lists filenames on disk and updates
master file. Cataloging keys on the
disk ID you provide. For example,
Cataloging Disk 1 will delete all
references to that disk ID in the
master file and add the information
from the disk currently being
catalogued as disk 1. Master file
should be sorted by filename for
proper results.
ATE - Date that will be put in master file when Radio
Shack format disk is catalogued. Files on Flex
formatted disks are already dated.
ILE - Filename and drive of master file containing your
library.
NPUT DRIVE - Drive number of disk to be catalogued.
ABEL - Prints labels for disks. Can be in RS or Flex
formats. Output must be set to printer.
ERGE - Merge two master files into a third master file.
Two original files remain intact. Master files
should be sorted by filename or results will not
be in order.
UTPUT = SCREEN/PRINTER - Changes the list device for other
options in the LIBRARY menu.
UICK FIND = Allows you to display only a selected portion
of the master file. Select isk ID xt or
ilename for restricted search. Then enter
the match string desired. Only the characters
entered are compared. For example, if you
selected ilenames and entered 'CH' as the
string, all records in the master file with a
filename beginning with 'CH' would be
displayed.
ORT - Sorts Master library file by filename, extension,
or Disk ID. I recommend only copies of the master
library file should be sorted because CATALOG and
MERGE require the master library file be sorted by
filename in order to work properly. Sorting large
master files will take several passes and can be
time consuming.
Disks in RS or Flex formats can be catalogued. However, the disk
containing the master file must be in RS format.
NOTE: key changes format of the screen display of CATALOG,
AGGREGATE and QUICK FIND.
13. APPED DIRECTORY =G - Use of this option will display each file on
the disk directory and the granule information for each file (RS format),
beginning with the starting granule and continuing with each linked
granule. The last digit displayed is the number of sectors use in the
last granule.
Option of can be used to display mapped directory in granules
or by track and sector. Current status is displayed on the master
menu. Normally displayed track numbers are sectors 1-9. Track numbers in
inverse video are sectors 10-18.
For Flex format, KDSK displays the first and last sector of each file,
the file size and date of the file.
To use:
a. Select option .
b. Answer prompt for source drive.
c. Toggle display between granules or tracks as desired.
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