Disk-Masher System
                         Version 1.52a
                         DOCUMENTATION

  The Story
  ---------

In a period of two years, the DMS packing utility have not been
updated to follow up on improvements and adjustments,bugs....
And to follow up on those bugs:

  THE BIG ONE:
  ERROR3!ERROR3!ERROR3!ERROR3!ERROR3!ERROR3! e.t.c
  >>>>   The Never Ending story.. <<<<<<<

And to follow up on Kickstart changes, I did the changes for DMS
to recognize a KS 2.x / KS 3.x .

Optimized the code a bit... NO BIG DEAL!

I must really say, that SDS software was not worth anything,
if they never could do more support on DMS, than what we have seen
 for the last 2 years...
But expect more updates of the program from us.







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   ALL DMS FILES MADE WITH THIS VERSION CAN ALSO BE UNPACKED USING

                          DMS  V 1.11

            EXCEPT WHEN USING THE HIGHDENSITY OPTION.
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      FOR BBS OWNERS ... Only for users of AmiExpress 2.x/3.x
      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  Included with this archive you can find a new DMS checker utility
   made to support the new standards, Highdensity files, e.t.c...
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                        NEWS IN DMS v1.52a
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^



READ ERROR detection
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

DMS did not report is a BAD track was read, and that is now fixed
so when packing/unpacking the track, you will be notified about the
bad track.



DMSWIN is also 99% updated
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I have now included an updated DMSWINDOW version which supports
all features except for the append option.
DMSWIN documentation included in the archive.













                        NEWS IN DMS v1.51
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                       COMMANDLINE VERSION
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                          By Blackhawk

VERIFY:
^^^^^^^
:> DEFAULT


We have all tried to unpack Disks and later found out , that the disk
 had read/write errors.
 Now I can proudly say, that DMS will ALWAYS, unless specified,
 unpack with VERIFY on, why do it without?...
 DMS will tell you IF an error occured, and report to you the BAD TRACK.

DMS will try to write the track 3 times, and after 3 error reports, DMS
will continue writing and report to you the bad track.









NOVERIFY.
^^^^^^^^^
(SUBOPTION)
:> SELECTABLE


You can disable the VERIFY , by adding the NOVERIFY option at the end
of the command line.
But I do not recommend it! as DMS would then function in almost the
same way as previous versions...



*example:
       DMS WRITE <NAME>.DMS  NOVERIFY


NOTEXT.
^^^^^^^
(SUBOPTION)
:> SELECTABLE


The NOTEXT option have been changed to ignore Track 0 (bootblock) advert
texts to be shown, too...if prefered?!...


*example:
       DMS WRITE <NAME>.DMS  NOTEXT



READHD.
^^^^^^^
(OPERATION OPTION)
:> MUST BE WRITTEN DIRECTLY AFTER THE "DMS" command name.


Since Kickstart 3.0, shipped with the A1200/A4000. The AmigaDos can
 read/write HighDensity(DUAL FORMAT) diskettes.
But untill now, no Diskimploder/packer supports the option of packing
 those diskette types.
DMS can take those 1.7Meg diskettes now. Just remember that this version
 of DMS do not check IF you are unpacking to a normal doubledensity
 diskette, and writing a Highdensity DMS file, to a normal diskette will
 result in an error.
And writing the HighDensity DMS files also needs a new WRITE option,
 explained later in this documentation.

The READHD option supports all other available suboptions,
 like TEXT,NOZERO e.t.c..

NOTE: you cannot REPACK a HighDensity .DMS file.

*example:
       DMS READHD <NAME>.DMS




WRITEHD.
^^^^^^^^
(OPERATION OPTION)
:> MUST BE WRITTEN DIRECTLY AFTER THE "DMS" command name.


If you want to unpack a DMS file which is packed using the HighDensity
option, you must use this one to unpack the disk correctly again...

The WRITEHD option supports all other available suboptions,
 like NOTEXT,NOVAL,NOVERIFY e.t.c..

*example:
       DMS WRITEHD <NAME>.DMS


>>NOTE:
>>
>>If you're using the option READHD, the disk cannot be unpacked
>>using previous versions of DMS, to be more exact.
>>you cannot depack a .DMS file packed with V1.51, using V1.11
>>

IT IS POSSIBLE TO READ A NORMAL DOS DISKETTE( 1.x/2.x ) WITH THIS OPTION
BUT IF YOU REALLY WANT TO, THEN SPECIFY   LOW 0 HIGH 39  AND
IT WILL READ AS IT WAS AN 1.7Meg DISKETTE.
IF YOU TRY THIS, YOU WILL SEE A SMALL ADVANCHE IN PACKING (10-20K), BUT!
THESE FILES CANNOT BE UNPACKED WITH  DMS v1.11 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EXPLANATION WHY THIS WORKS:
A normal DOS diskette consists of 880K data, each track holds data of
 11264 bytes length, where a HighDensity diskette can take DOUBLE
 the size of datas stored on a normal DD diskette, and therefor
 hold 11264 *2 bytes on each track. So it IS POSSIBLE to read with the
READHD option, but unless you need to make the file those 10-20K smaller,
dont use it for that.. Generally most people still have the DMS v1.11.
By some time, maybe most of the DMS users will have the updated version and
then.. Thats up to you.


APPEND.
^^^^^^^
(OPERATION OPTION)
:> MUST BE WRITTEN DIRECTLY AFTER THE "DMS" command name.

Sometimes you need to pack multiply track, ex. 2 and 5.
 and the tracks is not followed by eachother, so normally you
 would DMS 2 or more files to do it....
 That is not nessessary anymore DMS can APPEND a single track to
 your DMS file.. and makes it easier for you to join single tracks
 into one DMS file.
Remember! if no LOW / HIGH track is specified, DMS will pack
 the tracks 0 to 79 and append those to the existing file!
If no .DMS file is found, DMS will report an error.

The APPEND option supports all other available suboptions,
 like TEXT,NOZERO e.t.c..

>>>>>> NOT INCLUDED IN DMSwin v1.52 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

*example:       DMS APPEND <NAME>.DMS LOW <xx> HIGH <xx>






VIEW.
^^^^^
(OPERATION OPTION)
:> MUST BE WRITTEN DIRECTLY AFTER THE "DMS" command name.


Several things have been changed to be compatible with the
 new changes in v1.51, and preivous versions will NOT report
 the same information about the file, as  DMS v1.51 will do.


*example:
       DMS VIEW <NAME>.DMS <FULL>











^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Other improvements:
*******************

Bootblock installer for Virus infected disks..
Normally the Bootblock detecter would install the infected disk
 with a Kickstart 1.3 bootblock, but this version installs your
 infected disk with an updated installed Bootblock (Kickstart 2.x/3.x).

More exact viewing information about the .dms file to be unpacked,
 which Kickstart version needed to use this diskette..
 FileSystem info..e.t.c..


Plans for future updates:
*************************

Support of the HEX - VIRUS.library, if really needed, as most disks
 released have never shown any sign of DANGEROUS vira..

A nibble/MFM, NON AmigaDos masher version, which will be developed
 if other people want it, and IF I can get the help needed,
 from Phil Douglas, Mok, Renegade .. or others....

A Sector/Block option, so only single blocks can be read instead
 of whole tracks...for patching disks...

A "DMSWIN" version for users of WORKBENCH..
 The version out, DMSWIN v1.11, is more buggy than the Commandline
 version and i do not recommend using this program for packing disks
 because several time during packing disks, it ignores the track and
 fills it with Zero's(0)... and makes the disk not bootable.
If I do an update DMSWIN version, I will of course repair the bug.


Paradox was still to stupid to get the correct Kickstart version...
Fixed by: FAMOUS O'HACK (v1.52a)





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COPYRIGHT NOTICE:

 DMS v1.11  is Copyrighted 1989-92 , SDS software.

 DMS v1.52  is Copyrighted 1993 , PARADOX DK incorporated software.


 You can register your version of the Disk-Masher System by sending
 $30 to the address written below, include your name, address,
  phone number, and system equipment.

 And by being a registered user, you will receive the latest
 updates of Dish-Masher-System(DMS), and other utilities
 connected to DMS.
 A special compiled version will be sent to you, if you register.


 And suggestions for improvements can be sent to:

  PARADOX DK INC. Softw.
  POSTE RESTANTE K3O
  DK-22OO COPENHAGEN N
  DENMARK




You can always contact me on PARADOX bbs's and leave me info on
enchancements, ideas..



                                       Signed Blackhawk of Paradox
                                    LEGENDS NEVER DIE, THEY JUST SLEEP




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