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^^MTCOPY.DOC\\ -- ^CHANGES FROM VERSION 1 TO VERSION 3
.TITLE ^^MTCOPY.DOC\\ -- CHANGES FROM VERSION 1 TO VERSION 3
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^OCTOBER, 1974
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^COPYRIGHT 1974, ^DIGITAL ^EQUIPMENT ^CORPORATION, ^MAYNARD, ^MASS.
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1.0	^^SUMMARY\\
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1.1	^THE PURPOSE OF THIS RELEASE IS TO CORRECT PROBLEMS
WHEN ATTEMPTING TO DUPLICATE ^^FRS\\ FORMAT MAG TAPES.
^THIS VERSION ALSO ADDS THE ABILITY TO COPY A SPECIFIC NUMBER
OF FILES AND TO POSITION THE TAPES BEFORE AND AFTER THE OPERATION.
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1.2	^THIS VERSION OF ^^MTCOPY\\ MUST BE LOADED WITH ^^HELPER\\.
^NO DEFICIENCIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO EARLIER VERSIONS.
^THIS RELEASE IMPLEMENTS THE SUGGESTION OF BEING ABLE TO COPY
^^FRS\\ TAPES AND DEFENDS AGAINST RECORDS LONGER THAN THE
MAXIMUM IT CAN HANDLE.
^IT HAS BEEN TESTED ON 5.06 AND 5.07. ^^MTCOPY\\ HAS NO ^^DATE\\75
DEPENDENCIES.
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1.3	^^MTCOPY \\ IS DOCUMENTED IN ITS ^^.HLP\\ FILE.
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1.4	^THE PURPOSE OF ^^MTCOPY\\ IS TO COPY ONE OR MORE FILES
OF A MAG TAPE. ^THE DEFAULT IS TO COPY AND VERIFY AN ENTIRE
TAPE. ^IT CAN COPY OR VERIFY OR BOTH ANY SET OF FILES ON A TAPE.
^THE USER IS GIVEN CONTROL OVER TAPE POSITIONING AND DENSITIES.

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2.0	^^CHANGES\\
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51	^ALLOW SPACES, TABS, AND COMMENTS IN THE COMMAND LINE.
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52	^ADD SWITCHES FOR POSITIONING. ^REFER TO THE ^^.HLP\\ FILE
FOR DETAILS.
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53	^IMPROVE THE DIAGNOSTICS RESULTING FROM COMMAND SCANNING
ERRORS.
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54	^CONVERT TO USE ^^C.MAC\\ AS A UNIVERSAL FILE.
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55	^CONVERT TO CALL ^^HELPER.REL\\ TO READ THE HELP TEXT.
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56	^ADD DEFAULTS TO APPLY ACCROSS COMMANDS. ^SEE THE ^^.HLP\\
FILE FOR DETAILS.
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57	^DETECT RECORDS WHICH ARE LARGER THAN CAN BE HANDLED.
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60	^EXPAND THE BUFFER SIZE TO HANDLE ^^FRS\\ TAPES.
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61	^EXPAND TO HANDLE THE COMMAND SEQUENCE "^^.RUN MTCOPY (...)"\\.
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62	^SUPPORT THE ERROR MESSAGE STANDARD.
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63	^ALLOW ^^MTCOPY\\ TO BE CALLED BY A MONITOR
COMMAND OF THAT NAME; ALLOW THE NAME TO BE PRECEEDED
BY A DEVICE NAME.

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3.0	^^KNOWN DEFICIENCIES\\
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^NONE.
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4.0	^^CHANGES IN INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS\\
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^COMPILE WITH ^^C.UNV (UNIVERSAL\\ FILE). ^LOAD WITH
^^HELPER.REL\\:
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^^.LOAD U.MAC+C.MAC,MTCOPY.MAC,HELPER.REL%"SEGMENT:LOW"\\
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^THEN PLACE ^^MTCOPY.SAV\\ ON ^^SYS:\\ AND ^^MTCOPY.HLP\\ ON
^^HLP:\\.
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[^END OF ^^MTCOPY.DOC]\\