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MASTER DISC (c) SIREN SOFTWARE (Amstrad Action) | MASTER DISC (Popular Computing Weekly) | MASTERDISC (Schneider Aktiv) |
Disc support not slipping Masterdisc is one of a series of disc utility programs that have been released for the CPC range. Because it is only the latest it is not exactly original and many people will probably find that they have amassed similar routines from eslewhere. Conversely. Masterdisc has the advantage of being able to improve on what has gone before and some of the utilities are excellently done. Among familiar options are very fast formatting (very useful for large batches), disc mapping, sector and directory editing (essential for recovering deleted files - a facility that has saved my life before now). You can also format in IBM data format (normally CPCs can only read/write these discs) and Masterdisc supports five and a quarter inch second drives. Masterdisc also offers an intelligent disc copy option that will handle discs with damaged sectors or unusual formats. One of its principal claims to usefulness must be the fact that it will allow you to backup PCW 8256 discs on a CPC, and also Tatung Einstein discs for that matter. Until someone comes up with a software package that will allow you to format, read, write and copy PCW discs on a CPC this is a useful stopgap and with many other powerful features as well.
Tony Kendle, PopularComputingWeekly860508 |
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