NAME
md3serial - view or change serial number on
MicroDesign discs.
SYNOPSIS
md3serial [-serial SERIAL]
[-format FORMAT] [-type TYPE] [-side SIDE]
[-comp COMP] DISKIMAGE
DESCRIPTION
Md3serial allows the serial number on program
discs distributed by Creative Technology (or image files made from
such discs) to be viewed or changed.
OPTIONS
- -serial SERIAL
- Write a new serial number to the disc (up to 7 characters). If
this is not present the existing serial number remains unchanged.
- -type TYPE
- Determines which driver is to be used.
-
- auto
- Select according to the disc image file. This is the default.
- dsk
- Use the DSK (CPCEmu format) image driver.
- edsk
- Use the extended version of the DSK format.
- floppy
- Use the floppy driver.
- myz80
- Use the hard disk (MYZ80 format) image driver. (This format
cannot be autodetected.)
- cfi
- Use the CFI (DOS fdcopy format) image driver. (This format
cannot be autodetected.)
- raw
- Use the raw driver.
- -comp COMP
- Select the compression method used on the source disc image
file (has no effect when reading a floppy disc).
-
- auto
- Detect from the first few bytes of the file. This is the
default.
- sq
- Huffman coded (SQ / USQ).
- gz
- Gzipped (gzip / gunzip).
- bz2
- Burrows-Wheeler compressed (bzip2 / bunzip2).
- -side SIDE
- Determines which side (0 or 1) of the disc (image) is to be
identified.
LEGAL NOTES
The authors of MicroDesign have placed it in
the public domain and explicitly given permission for the
copy-protection system to be reverse- engineered.
AUTHOR
John Elliott <jce@seasip.demon.co.uk>.