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▸ Disk Identity

Image Size360 KB
FilesystemFAT12
Floppy Type360KB
Form Factor5.25"
Format NotesIBM DOS 2.0 DS/DD
Cylinders40
Heads2
Sectors/Track9
Total Sectors720
Physical disk scan — PCPlus_Help-Screen-Collection_1990
Physical media scan

▸ Contents Summary

52FILES
7DIRECTORIES
172.6 KBTOTAL DATA
Used capacity47.9%
Slack space52.1% (187.4 KB)
Date range1987-07-28 → 1989-12-23
Largest fileED.EXE (66.4 KB)
Cross-disk dupes2 file(s)
AV status✓ CLEAN
Disk SHA-256:85d7fbb7ff52a9a8e01c89e056e2eae132466aa026cdd57c80efe4dfaf823cbf

▸ Archivist's Notes

DEVICE: GreaseWeazle 4.1
   DRIVE: TEAC FD-55BR
   SUITE: FluxEngine (decoder.retries=0, drive.revolutions=1.4)
ARCHIVER: Lee Smallbone
ARCHIVED: 2026-07-27 11:00 (GMT/UTC)

NOTES: 
Disk purchased as part of a very large (200+) disk collection from eBay.

Clean and tidy throughout. 

100% media recovery on first try.

Disk returned to original sleeve for archiving.

There was some confusion around this one as a second edition was later published, but this is indeed from the first version. Coincidentally, uicr0bee scanned this very edition of this very book 03/07/2026 a couple of weeks before I imaged the disk.
▸ References & Further Reading
atari.area - uicr0bee's announcement forum post www.atari.org.pl
The Internet Archive - PC Plus The Help Screen Collection archive.org A full OCR scan of the book thanks to uicr0bee

▸ Directory Tree

┌─ PCPLUS_HELP-SCREEN-COLLECTION_1990.IMG
│
├── ED.EXE                    66.4 KB  1989-12-19  sha256:acb4b03e26ca4222f92b4e083d2b7ed0da84930198291f3ecde1f4c3ffa7d39e
├── README                     1.6 KB  1989-12-19  sha256:9370895a91688422935f6fae9b1146e5f4d23836b3eb5c15a74ae0578822dc63
├── FRED.EXE                  53.9 KB  1989-11-05  sha256:b6202666e7f5445618287a56bab9eb5e8c26d032342a26b71206c9c48f82f051
├── COLUMBUS.DOC               4.8 KB  1987-07-28  sha256:64a02787c0d575236ee6ae67364f14485d730dbc6f57bc22cbcb63fc54ccd2af
├── COLUMBUS.COM              27.1 KB  1987-09-30  sha256:43a6146b106b713585b6acc84e146c56d2bae2f4868e8b93db4d85802d55f556
├── CHAPTER.4\
│   ├── FF.BAT                       23 B  1989-12-22  sha256:e2ef91e13c54f308e2c4a9e3eb3ee3a6bc7171b5cfdb23c526e8f0f3f53b02d8
│   └── UKPND.BAT                    14 B  1989-12-22  sha256:268108cb77ec8eb2215c989eec842af0e5b02ba2f933390ff2acff58c4240d06
├── CHAPTER.5\
│   └── BASPATCH.BAS               1.5 KB  1989-12-22  sha256:5d86eed95dcaa845ac94eb9ec322dbd9478a4bc531a01bc72da336ae327611b8
├── CHAPTER.3\
│   ├── TW.BAT                      256 B  1989-12-22  sha256:b6694b46bb555512748179522b470fbae876f54fab0e4a592e0eb2609469bede
│   ├── WILDFIND.BAT                292 B  1989-12-22  sha256:f0e25463e08225754786bc690e7581871a6e047073f673a06c559907cd966ad9
│   ├── DELB.BAT                    384 B  1989-12-22  sha256:fe4f6c48ae2c0f9f87fafad09254caf8a6ffb8e22bb88c74631f4afd275a25c9
│   ├── NEWPRMPT.BAT                 76 B  1989-11-18  sha256:30ee82e36332470a3864be365adf8bc57da13472d22d7b53c35296b80deb92c7
│   ├── FKEY.BAT                    256 B  1989-12-22  sha256:95efd7504636542958d37afc78ee92c80c90f65e0503c34c770e8c6145132f40
│   └── FKEY1.BAT                   384 B  1989-12-22  sha256:0487e6899c6d55b41c0b38f6b367134f7ef5d07839bad1084e3cfc979ed3ba0f
├── CHAPTER.7\
│   ├── FINDFILE.BAT                495 B  1989-12-22  sha256:00cd82a98db2fb3ac0335eac0646eea002c219da80adfbdc4eabb0c6d8ddcc84
│   └── UPDATE.BAT                  494 B  1989-12-22  sha256:7ddb5d1a6aec4bdfd769806c6215ad778307816e1b670a5f4c79cd5fa34cb5dd
├── CHAPTER.9\
│   ├── CLR1512.TXT                 205 B  1989-12-09  sha256:9343c6fc2d89ffb3a7de130aa708ad6b362f26cd300e433f0a2a540390c11a09
│   ├── CLR1512.COM                  34 B  1989-12-09  sha256:2f1baae2ba9c5cfbe05bb9217e0e12dc7be32c59bf4fb7e9907a7ed59905323c
│   ├── GIFT.CDR                    208 B  1989-12-22  sha256:3c1c2dd42bd1c20ce100c5fcd1252e785ec91dd54d60095fe322c27b1d38ebc8
│   └── GIFT.TXT                    768 B  1989-12-22  sha256:6c3ad9b47680465d429e7b84cc6cd3fb636a22b7893bd85a8d1ed70613560448
├── CHAPTER.10\
│   ├── SHELL.BAS                   896 B  1989-12-22  sha256:264a475c2c5e5c8ba1f2c9da1f5964b6ac798d492c1185881c119fd09c2358df
│   ├── DEFCHAR.BAS                 640 B  1989-12-22  sha256:9723d310743b114421dc325099ad59ac20cff4e3b1648a8e3c600d7d7550a06d
│   ├── VERIFY.C                    384 B  1989-12-22  sha256:afc3b3ccbc50099c09a41fb8e2b73467217eac928fb1b5f734eb8eed360a8bbf
│   ├── RANDOM.C                    256 B  1989-12-22  sha256:b519c005e584a9f6e9d91d55a7a763595638b623fc3b4cdfcd97939615bec61d
│   ├── MOUSE.BAS                    1 KB  1989-12-22  sha256:a62299068c06b829d620ba1b0ef8a804b135871f1f62fa4b6ef21c784f0fcaaf
│   ├── SCREEN.BAS                  256 B  1989-12-22  sha256:e0242674e8617455ac9075180953616de6995ae8e6d987398bd99b1f21bd0201
│   ├── BINARY.C                    768 B  1989-12-22  sha256:c124e96fe59ac5331c6613661386f8d3a6e05e15c6d6cd37571057a3ab5f8b77
│   ├── 1512.PAS                   4.3 KB  1989-12-22  sha256:7bc69c0306592d83e45d8f91339893ef2c983fe39dec2e198b1ab498d66ab688
│   ├── MONTH.C                    2.5 KB  1989-12-22  sha256:a9a85cde8c0b138dde37f5e68a7d12b4abc211e5b6d02e56121be48f62cc60e4
│   └── FINDFILE.BAS                640 B  1989-12-22  sha256:f5f10914314eb984b3da347e5187c8309e94ac3609ffdcdb87aefb1cc532ec33
└── CHAPTER.11\
    ├── CHOICE.TXT                  370 B  1989-10-25  sha256:803db2ec7fc5db9ddcff08f99cc60213be068defb6a5d979fe7a052817b2b67c
    ├── CHOICE.COM                   66 B  1989-10-25  sha256:c6cb8715ede39a1d09b8c4be1687ec3a6c1cac0dd54051886bf11d13df9a1fab
    ├── NOPRTSC.TXT                 118 B  1989-10-25  sha256:6ee3e8de8cf57f673bd2e9230e33002393ee2bfe8dac4cfcacc9298d9b0084fd
    ├── NOPRTSC.COM                  19 B  1989-10-25  sha256:1a8694e859c5b122e5721ab67946d2d771d2edbd909734f49deee1910098a9d4
    ├── BLOCK.TXT                    76 B  1989-11-16  sha256:5b5b2f0a551622135331911f57a3ed70d6bb2c22fcad531b40dd02abc8371868
    ├── BLOCK.COM                     9 B  1989-11-16  sha256:948cd5b147a0428e70404fcf0d80ec3eea41895bd606a6616e7cb9e487029bdf
    ├── REBOOT.COM                   16 B  1989-12-10  sha256:e097edbfb2919f23b8e9a5e2c1b6a546ee9db824868e8fbed12c9a8b5be98fd0
    ├── REBOOT.TXT                  128 B  1989-12-09  sha256:eb4017a0410a5ce89427beb51da425268d7840d7aa08c6e565025cd381b714a3
    ├── CAPS.COM                     24 B  1989-12-22  sha256:4c7c697ede626072b438629e4e78b5f09ae75969526879dbe7126dee80cb7a5b
    ├── CAPS.TXT                    256 B  1989-12-22  sha256:ea226a4dd61dad273594fca3b3851237a87df59588e15df8f00c1257224008fe
    ├── RSTMOUSE.COM                  7 B  1989-12-22  sha256:af2af3b76d6540db568f066d2f4b445a598f4ffc480395bc70278d5e4636d5be
    ├── RSTMOUSE.TXT                128 B  1989-12-22  sha256:7d7934a862b20c5ac72885e0967316a0b67ea45789444753188e199f247d6b10
    ├── DISMOUSE.TXT                 74 B  1989-12-23  sha256:7db832fa04ae85412d30693af08a4360aebd209e02d06ec749d61fbeaaed3abf
    ├── DISMOUSE.COM                  7 B  1989-12-23  sha256:9d08da8415492b37e5af3b1e09af1c2c42f69d2cbc5409bfd97ee8864ef1152d
    ├── GETKEY.TXT                  128 B  1989-12-22  sha256:66905da2f71a1bdb33e1371f2fbf1669fc80e2b540c11c1ba60c34d98f205b0d
    ├── GETKEY.COM                   16 B  1989-12-23  sha256:127c5b9a3593bbd38a375a9084f34fd1ac740eb8af2856c88206b3257cfc26a7
    ├── CHKLABEL.TXT                256 B  1989-12-09  sha256:7d204004e4d2cee4266e9693cd16a6a3cbe0c14d7ea3cfc8689c8fb62286f58c
    ├── CHKLABEL.COM                 28 B  1989-12-10  sha256:32d0f240af358773f7dbce537942da1298087d3ee6a191fcc31427edb119bbb3
    ├── KEYFAST.TXT                  98 B  1989-12-10  sha256:f5a75b38c3011b80eac2104ec6aeaa043f1fa3524c2c8aa1433f87e3f952bc1a
    ├── KEYFAST.COM                  12 B  1989-12-10  sha256:b79673087c1bbd4bebae2db9866f080da45a45ebe52e4a80c4ec4591624d1271
    ├── ESCOUT.COM                   25 B  1989-12-04  sha256:ecedec8dea124d584ead5ccb9eb42f6f314f9706a216a4db7c235eeed0c52306
    └── ESCOUT.TXT                  172 B  1989-12-04  sha256:2802431be966bee6937b9fa1409aae356a947a73fa5d69c582b719e047e476d5
│
└─ END PCPLUS_HELP-SCREEN-COLLECTION_1990.IMG

▸ File Manifest

PathSize ModifiedSHA-256
ED.EXE 66.4 KB 1989-12-19 23:07 acb4b03e26ca4222f92b4e083d2b7ed0da84930198291f3ecde1f4c3ffa7d39e
README 1.6 KB 1989-12-19 23:08 9370895a91688422935f6fae9b1146e5f4d23836b3eb5c15a74ae0578822dc63
FRED.EXE 53.9 KB 1989-11-05 00:00 b6202666e7f5445618287a56bab9eb5e8c26d032342a26b71206c9c48f82f051
COLUMBUS.DOC 📄 view 4.8 KB 1987-07-28 21:20 64a02787c0d575236ee6ae67364f14485d730dbc6f57bc22cbcb63fc54ccd2af
COLUMBUS.COM 27.1 KB 1987-09-30 05:10 43a6146b106b713585b6acc84e146c56d2bae2f4868e8b93db4d85802d55f556
CHAPTER.4\FF.BAT 📄 view 23 B 1989-12-22 13:37 e2ef91e13c54f308e2c4a9e3eb3ee3a6bc7171b5cfdb23c526e8f0f3f53b02d8
CHAPTER.4\UKPND.BAT 📄 view 14 B 1989-12-22 13:38 268108cb77ec8eb2215c989eec842af0e5b02ba2f933390ff2acff58c4240d06
CHAPTER.5\BASPATCH.BAS 📄 view 1.5 KB 1989-12-22 21:04 5d86eed95dcaa845ac94eb9ec322dbd9478a4bc531a01bc72da336ae327611b8
CHAPTER.3\TW.BAT 256 B 1989-12-22 14:30 b6694b46bb555512748179522b470fbae876f54fab0e4a592e0eb2609469bede
CHAPTER.3\WILDFIND.BAT 📄 view 292 B 1989-12-22 14:38 f0e25463e08225754786bc690e7581871a6e047073f673a06c559907cd966ad9
CHAPTER.3\DELB.BAT 384 B 1989-12-22 14:31 fe4f6c48ae2c0f9f87fafad09254caf8a6ffb8e22bb88c74631f4afd275a25c9
CHAPTER.3\NEWPRMPT.BAT 📄 view 76 B 1989-11-18 12:21 30ee82e36332470a3864be365adf8bc57da13472d22d7b53c35296b80deb92c7
CHAPTER.3\FKEY.BAT 256 B 1989-12-22 14:31 95efd7504636542958d37afc78ee92c80c90f65e0503c34c770e8c6145132f40
CHAPTER.3\FKEY1.BAT 384 B 1989-12-22 14:32 0487e6899c6d55b41c0b38f6b367134f7ef5d07839bad1084e3cfc979ed3ba0f
CHAPTER.7\FINDFILE.BAT 📄 view 495 B 1989-12-22 14:01 00cd82a98db2fb3ac0335eac0646eea002c219da80adfbdc4eabb0c6d8ddcc84
CHAPTER.7\UPDATE.BAT 📄 view 494 B 1989-12-22 14:01 7ddb5d1a6aec4bdfd769806c6215ad778307816e1b670a5f4c79cd5fa34cb5dd
CHAPTER.9\CLR1512.TXT 📄 view 205 B 1989-12-09 16:37 9343c6fc2d89ffb3a7de130aa708ad6b362f26cd300e433f0a2a540390c11a09
CHAPTER.9\CLR1512.COM 34 B 1989-12-09 16:54 2f1baae2ba9c5cfbe05bb9217e0e12dc7be32c59bf4fb7e9907a7ed59905323c
CHAPTER.9\GIFT.CDR 208 B 1989-12-22 14:14 3c1c2dd42bd1c20ce100c5fcd1252e785ec91dd54d60095fe322c27b1d38ebc8
CHAPTER.9\GIFT.TXT 📄 view 768 B 1989-12-22 14:13 6c3ad9b47680465d429e7b84cc6cd3fb636a22b7893bd85a8d1ed70613560448
CHAPTER.10\SHELL.BAS 896 B 1989-12-22 15:26 264a475c2c5e5c8ba1f2c9da1f5964b6ac798d492c1185881c119fd09c2358df
CHAPTER.10\DEFCHAR.BAS 📄 view 640 B 1989-12-22 15:27 9723d310743b114421dc325099ad59ac20cff4e3b1648a8e3c600d7d7550a06d
CHAPTER.10\VERIFY.C 384 B 1989-12-22 15:27 afc3b3ccbc50099c09a41fb8e2b73467217eac928fb1b5f734eb8eed360a8bbf
CHAPTER.10\RANDOM.C 256 B 1989-12-22 15:28 b519c005e584a9f6e9d91d55a7a763595638b623fc3b4cdfcd97939615bec61d
CHAPTER.10\MOUSE.BAS 📄 view 1 KB 1989-12-22 15:28 a62299068c06b829d620ba1b0ef8a804b135871f1f62fa4b6ef21c784f0fcaaf
CHAPTER.10\SCREEN.BAS 256 B 1989-12-22 15:29 e0242674e8617455ac9075180953616de6995ae8e6d987398bd99b1f21bd0201
CHAPTER.10\BINARY.C 768 B 1989-12-22 15:30 c124e96fe59ac5331c6613661386f8d3a6e05e15c6d6cd37571057a3ab5f8b77
CHAPTER.10\1512.PAS 📄 view 4.3 KB 1989-12-22 15:32 7bc69c0306592d83e45d8f91339893ef2c983fe39dec2e198b1ab498d66ab688
CHAPTER.10\MONTH.C 📄 view 2.5 KB 1989-12-22 15:33 a9a85cde8c0b138dde37f5e68a7d12b4abc211e5b6d02e56121be48f62cc60e4
CHAPTER.10\FINDFILE.BAS 640 B 1989-12-22 16:16 f5f10914314eb984b3da347e5187c8309e94ac3609ffdcdb87aefb1cc532ec33
CHAPTER.11\CHOICE.TXT 📄 view 370 B 1989-10-25 22:43 803db2ec7fc5db9ddcff08f99cc60213be068defb6a5d979fe7a052817b2b67c
CHAPTER.11\CHOICE.COM 66 B 1989-10-25 23:00 c6cb8715ede39a1d09b8c4be1687ec3a6c1cac0dd54051886bf11d13df9a1fab
CHAPTER.11\NOPRTSC.TXT 📄 view 118 B 1989-10-25 23:18 6ee3e8de8cf57f673bd2e9230e33002393ee2bfe8dac4cfcacc9298d9b0084fd
CHAPTER.11\NOPRTSC.COM 19 B 1989-10-25 23:18 1a8694e859c5b122e5721ab67946d2d771d2edbd909734f49deee1910098a9d4⚠ DUP
CHAPTER.11\BLOCK.TXT 📄 view 76 B 1989-11-16 14:23 5b5b2f0a551622135331911f57a3ed70d6bb2c22fcad531b40dd02abc8371868
CHAPTER.11\BLOCK.COM 9 B 1989-11-16 14:24 948cd5b147a0428e70404fcf0d80ec3eea41895bd606a6616e7cb9e487029bdf⚠ DUP
CHAPTER.11\REBOOT.COM 16 B 1989-12-10 00:10 e097edbfb2919f23b8e9a5e2c1b6a546ee9db824868e8fbed12c9a8b5be98fd0
CHAPTER.11\REBOOT.TXT 128 B 1989-12-09 23:54 eb4017a0410a5ce89427beb51da425268d7840d7aa08c6e565025cd381b714a3
CHAPTER.11\CAPS.COM 24 B 1989-12-22 23:51 4c7c697ede626072b438629e4e78b5f09ae75969526879dbe7126dee80cb7a5b
CHAPTER.11\CAPS.TXT 256 B 1989-12-22 23:51 ea226a4dd61dad273594fca3b3851237a87df59588e15df8f00c1257224008fe
CHAPTER.11\RSTMOUSE.COM 7 B 1989-12-22 23:59 af2af3b76d6540db568f066d2f4b445a598f4ffc480395bc70278d5e4636d5be
CHAPTER.11\RSTMOUSE.TXT 128 B 1989-12-22 23:58 7d7934a862b20c5ac72885e0967316a0b67ea45789444753188e199f247d6b10
CHAPTER.11\DISMOUSE.TXT 📄 view 74 B 1989-12-23 00:00 7db832fa04ae85412d30693af08a4360aebd209e02d06ec749d61fbeaaed3abf
CHAPTER.11\DISMOUSE.COM 7 B 1989-12-23 00:01 9d08da8415492b37e5af3b1e09af1c2c42f69d2cbc5409bfd97ee8864ef1152d
CHAPTER.11\GETKEY.TXT 128 B 1989-12-22 23:58 66905da2f71a1bdb33e1371f2fbf1669fc80e2b540c11c1ba60c34d98f205b0d
CHAPTER.11\GETKEY.COM 16 B 1989-12-23 00:05 127c5b9a3593bbd38a375a9084f34fd1ac740eb8af2856c88206b3257cfc26a7
CHAPTER.11\CHKLABEL.TXT 256 B 1989-12-09 00:15 7d204004e4d2cee4266e9693cd16a6a3cbe0c14d7ea3cfc8689c8fb62286f58c
CHAPTER.11\CHKLABEL.COM 28 B 1989-12-10 00:31 32d0f240af358773f7dbce537942da1298087d3ee6a191fcc31427edb119bbb3
CHAPTER.11\KEYFAST.TXT 📄 view 98 B 1989-12-10 14:03 f5a75b38c3011b80eac2104ec6aeaa043f1fa3524c2c8aa1433f87e3f952bc1a
CHAPTER.11\KEYFAST.COM 12 B 1989-12-10 14:04 b79673087c1bbd4bebae2db9866f080da45a45ebe52e4a80c4ec4591624d1271
CHAPTER.11\ESCOUT.COM 25 B 1989-12-04 21:52 ecedec8dea124d584ead5ccb9eb42f6f314f9706a216a4db7c235eeed0c52306
CHAPTER.11\ESCOUT.TXT 📄 view 172 B 1989-12-04 21:51 2802431be966bee6937b9fa1409aae356a947a73fa5d69c582b719e047e476d5

▸ Antivirus Scan

✓ NO THREATS DETECTED
52FILES SCANNED
0INFECTED
0ERRORS
35.18sSCAN TIME
Engine: WARNING: VERSION command disabled in clamd, printing the local version.  ·  via clamdscan
Infected files: 0
Time: 0.014 sec (0 m 0 s)

⚠ Duplicate Files

SHA-256Occurrences
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PersonalComputer_Sep-1989.img::TOOLKIT/NOPRTSC.COM
948cd5b147a0428e70404fcf0d80ec3eea41895bd606a6616e7cb9e487029bdfPCPlus_Help-Screen-Collection_1990.img::CHAPTER.11/BLOCK.COM
PersonalComputer_Sep-1989.img::TOOLKIT/CURSOR.COM

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NETDRIVE CONNECT disks.x86.world:2002 PCPlus_Help-Screen-Collection_1990.img D:

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