
                           Floppy 2000 Version 2.0
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                          Copyright (c) 2000 WINSOFT


What's new
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  - new device driver FLOPPY2K.SYS solves some problems which occurs in previous version
  - added support for Windows NT 4

Description
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Floppy 2000 is a DLL library, that provides full access (read, write and format)
to non-standard formatted floppy disks on Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4. It is usable
with any development tool, that supports external DLLs, such as Delphi, Visual Basic,
Visual C++ and C++ Builder.

This library enables you to modify entire floppy disk data structure:

  MediaType
  StepRateHeadUnloadTime
  HeadLoadTime
  MotorOffTime
  SectorLengthCode
  BytesPerSector
  SectorsPerTrack
  ReadWriteGapLength
  FormatGapLength
  FormatFillCharacter
  HeadSettleTime
  MotorSettleTimeRead
  MotorSettleTimeWrite
  MaximumTrack
  CylinderShift
  DataTransferRate
  NumberOfHeads
  DataLength
  MediaByte
  SkewDelta

It it well suited for embroidery software, where non-standard floppy formatting
is required. Full version of Floppy 2000 DLL library and related FLOPPY2K.SYS device
driver may be freely distributed with your application without royalties.


Installation
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1. Copy FLOPPY2K.SYS driver to WINNT/SYSTEM32/DRIVERS directory
2. Copy FLOPPY2K.DLL file to WINNT/SYSTEM32 directory
3. Compile and run demo application (you must have Administrator
privileges to run first time demo application on your computer,
this is required due to FLOPPY2K.SYS driver installation).


Ordering
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The demo version of Floppy 2000 is free but it supports only ZSK formatted
disks (empbroidery format). It also shows a dialog box with registering
informations. The latest trial version can be downloaded from our website.

Registering entitles you to get free upgrades and bug fixes for a year
as well as E-mail support. Go to http://www.cybermagic.co.nz/winsoft
for actual price and registering informations.

Once you register you will be sent the unlimited version by E-mail
within 48 hours.

Contact
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WINSOFT Ltd.
info@winsoft.sk

http://www.cybermagic.co.nz/winsoft


DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
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SOFTWARE IS SUPPLIED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. WINSOFT DISCLAIMS
ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND OF FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. WINSOFT
ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES, DIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL, WHICH MAY RESULT
FROM THE USE OF SOFTWARE.