Instructions for The Ultimate RAMdisk Copy Program
         July 27, 1986
         File name ULTCPY.PRG or ULTICOPY.PRG

         Program and documentation copyright (c) 1986 by David
         Duberman

         If you find this program useful and/or would like to receive
         the source code, if for no other reason than to remove the
         two annoying requests for a keypress, send a blank formatted
         3.5" diskette and a check for $5 to:

         David Duberman
         1645 West Selby Lane
         Redwood City, CA 94061

         How to use The Ultimate RAMdisk Copy Program

         It's finally here!  The program every RAMdisk user in the ST
         universe has been breathlessly awaiting!  This program does
         no less than to copy automatically every file and every
         folder (except the AUTO folder) from any floppy to a ramdisk
         (or to any other disk).

         You don't have to use the program from an AUTO folder, but
         it's the easiest way.  Simply copy the program into the AUTO
         folder on your boot disk after copying in a ramdisk program.
         Of course, you should use a .PRG type ramdisk program rather
         than an .ACC type, which won't run out of the AUTO folder.
         The best ramdisk available today is in the public domain, and
         comes in two forms, usually called RAMDISK.PRG and
         RAMDSK1M.PRG, plus a RAMDISK.DOC instructions file.  Its main
         advantage is that its contents survive a press of the Reset
         button.  You can download it from the Atari Base BBS at Atari
         headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA.  The number is (408)
         745-5308.

         The recommended ramdisk program uses drive D: for the
         ramdisk; others use C:, and some let you specify which drive.
         You can tell ULTICOPY which drives to use for both input and
         output in one of three ways.  The easiest way is to create a
         two-character ASCII file named COPY.INF in the main directory
         of your boot disk.  One way to do this is to use the Personal
         Pascal editor or any other text editor.  You can also use 1st
         Word in non-WP mode, or print to disk from ST Writer.  Or if
         you're using ColorWriter, the great new word processor from
         Shanner International Corp., just rename the standard output
         .DOC file.  In any case, the first two characters in the file
         are what's important ; the program ignores any characters
         beyond these.  They should be the letter specifiers for the
         input drive and the output drive, in that order.  For
         instance, to copy all files and folders from floppy drive A
         to ramdisk D, the file should be:

         AD


         Any lower case letters are converted to upper case.  Another
         legal file to copy everything from drive B to drive C would
         be:

         bc

         If the program doesn't find the COPY.INF file, it prompts you
         for the two letters.  You're prompted for each separately;
         enter each in upper or lower case.  If you don't enter two
         letters between A and Z, you're prompted again.  If you press
         Return at either prompt, the program uses a default of A, and
         for the output drive the default is D.

         Then the program goes to work and copies all files and
         folders (except the AUTO folder) from the specified floppy to
         the specified ramdisk.  The program uses recursion to handle
         nested directories several levels deep.   Count on about six
         levels of subdirectories deep with full (11-character) folder
         names; more with shorter folder names.  All files from all
         folders are copied into the correct folder on the ramdisk.
         Warning: if your directories are nested too deeply, the
         program may crash!

         That's it!  Crude but effective, and the price is right!  The
         program is no slouch speed-wise, either.  Pass this program
         and instructions file to your friends if you like, but please
         don't sell it for profit!  Thank you.