1. KwikCopy 


 1.1. The Advantages of KwikCopy


  1.1.1. Ease of Use


At long last the end of frantic disk swapping has  come, KwikCopy now
totally replaces the DISKCOPY utility.

With  the invention  of high capacity drives,  whenever you wanted to
copy a  disk you have had to swap disks 5 times just to get one copy.
Now there is KwikCopy.

If for example,  you wanted 5 copies of a disk that is three quarters
full, you  had to make 25 disk swaps which takes  well over a quarter
of an hour of your time!

Now with  KwikCopy you can relax a little and let your PC do the work
and you remain cool, putting the source  and destination disk in only
once.

If  you  want  another destination  disk  written  as  well, KwikCopy
doesn't waste time reading the source disk again.




  1.1.2. Perfect Copies


A  brand new  disk is double  verified, once on the  track format and
once on  the track write.  If you wish to make it even faster you can
disable the  write verify.   So, with  KwikCopy you  know you have  a
good copy.

No longer will you  risk mixing the source with the  destination disk
and  end up with  a corrupt copy or  the ultimate disaster, a corrupt
copy  and a  blank source  disk!   KwikCopy will  remind you  if your
source disk is in fact the blank one, and no swapping  of disks means
you are unlikely to mix up your left hand with your right!




  1.1.3. Fast Duplication


KwikCopy is fast, written in  assembler, it only copies the parts  of
the  disk that  need copying, skipping the  blank tracks when reading
and writing.  

Usually  a disk is only  about three quarters full,  so KwikCopy will
do the same  job with  a 40%  reduction in  time!  Less  on the  disk
means  faster copying,  so you could  make your  copies even quicker.
You can disable fastcopy if needed for an unusual disk.

KwikCopy is a very fast and very cheap method of copying disks




  1.1.4. Intelligent copying


KwikCopy  needs no instructions for a  simple copy, it works out your
disk  type and you  just press a key to  start the copy.  KwikCopy is
clever  enough to realise  that it must not  partly format a disk, so

if the destination  disk is not formatted,  it will switch to  format
only, after the data area has been copied.




  1.1.5. Dynamic Spool Location


KwikCopy if  it can not find enough room  to fit the spool file on to
the hard drive specified, will search all  the systems drives to find
a space large enough.  No operator intervention is needed.




 1.2. Technical Information


  1.2.1. Disk Types


KwikCopy will copy standard IBM PC formats.

e.g.   5.25" (360k & 1.2Mb) and 3.5" (720k & 1.44Mb) diskettes.

KwikCopy will not copy  "copy protected" disks, or non standard  disk
formats.




  1.2.2. Program Requirements


KwikCopy will run on IBM PC XT, AT, PS/2 or 100% compatible

DOS 3.2  or greater is required,  and 2Mb temporary  space free  on a
hard disk drive is needed for spooling.



  1.2.3. Copying Speed


Using  a 386 PC  and a half full  1.2Mb source  disk with copy verify
off,  and  a formatted  destination  disk,  speed  timings are  shown
below:-


DOS Diskcopy
               One Copy =     2 Mins 12 Second    - 5 Disk Swaps
               Five Copies=   11 Mins 2 Seconds   - 25 Disk Swaps


KwikCopy
               One Copy =     53 Seconds          - 1 Disk Swap
               Five Copies =  3 Mins 13 Seconds   - 5 Disk Swaps




  1.2.4. FastCopy Needs


When KwikCopy has  not been told  to disable FastCopy  it is  reliant
upon a good source disk to copy.

The  source  disk  must be  correctly  formatted  and have  the  data
starting at the beginning  of the disk and stretching across the disk

in  one group, so that  the empty data area  is also  in one group at
the end of the disk.

The source disk must not have Bad or Invalid Sectors on it.

If you receive a message  saying "Run CHKDSK  /F", return to DOS  and
run  the CHKDSK /F  program to clear any  invalid sectors.  Check the
CHKDSK  display for any  Bad Sectors  on the disk,  if there  are any
don't use the disk, make another fresh one.

If  you still have  problems use  KCD /F to  disable FastCopy  and the
whole disk  will be read without trying to skip the empty data areas,
if it can.  This is slower but still perfectly acceptable.

See "Making a good source disk




  1.2.5. Making a good source disk


To make a good source disk 

A.   Create a directory  on your hard drive called  TEMP and copy all
     the files from your source disk into that directory.

B.   Format you source disk using FORMAT A: /V   and give the disk  a
     volume  name  e.g. SALES  DATA.   If there  are any  bad sectors
     throw the disk away and use a new one.

C.   Copy all the  data from your TEMP  directory back to  the source
     disk.

D.   Write  protect  the source  disk with  a write  protect  tab and
     label the disk with an appropriate name.




  1.2.6. Low capacity Disk in a High Capacity Drive


With  5.25" disks,  do not  ever write  a Low  Capacity 360k  disk in
a 1.2MB High Capacity  drive, if you do  there is not assurance  that
the destination disk will be readable in other peoples drives.

With 3.5" disks you may write either format in either drive.




  1.2.7. Making many copies of a disk


KwikCopy is ideal for making many copies of the same disk.

If you are going  to distribute the  destination disks always pick  a
random sample of destination disks and  test them to make sure all is
well, before sending them out.




  1.2.8. Disk Problems


A. If you  experience difficulty  with a disk,  use KCD /F  to disable
   FastCopy.

B. Follow procedure in "Making a good source disk"

C. Rename you config.sys and autoexec.bat temporarily and try again

D. Ring Performance Technologies Technical Support UK 0344 488118




  1.2.9. Diagnostic Facilities


The KwikCopy disk contains comprehensive diagnostic facilities.

If needed  Performance Technologies  Technical Support  will instruct
you what to do.




 1.3. The Next Release


Some of the features expected in the next version are:-


 EMS - Expanded memory support

 Super Copy - For distributed disks, only format area of disk needed

 Auto Sense - Senses disk changes, no keyboard action required

 Serial Numbering - Create sequential numbers in disk label






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2. Other Products Available


 2.1. HelpFile


  2.1.1. What is HelpFile


HelpFile is a system  where you can display a  manual on screen  with
full indexes and help facilities.   The object  is to allow the  user
to move around a manual on screen like they would when  using a index
at the front of a normal paper manual.

All you  do is  type your  manual in  your favourite  Word Processor,
save it  as a Text file  using Legal Paragraph  numbering (i.e. 1.2.,
1.3.1,  1.3.2.1. etc.)  for the chapter or  section headings and pass
it through the MakeFile to create the database for HelpFile.

That it, fully indexed on screen manual !




 2.2. PenSwitch


  2.2.1. What is a PenSwitch ?


A PenSwitch is a slim  hand held remote control device  with a thin 5
Metre  lead, that  allows the  user to  operate Presentation Graphics
packages at  a distance from the PC.   It comes complete with its own
operating software.

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