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6 md3serial - view or change serial number on MicroDesign discs.
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9 md3serial [-serial SERIAL] [-format FORMAT] [-type TYPE] [-side SIDE]
10 [-comp COMP] DISKIMAGE
12 Md3serial allows the serial number on program discs distributed by Cre‐
13 ative Technology (or image files made from such discs) to be viewed or
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18 -serial SERIAL
19 Write a new serial number to the disc (up to 7 characters). If
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23 -type TYPE
24 Determines which driver is to be used.
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26 auto Select according to the disc image file. This is the
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29 dsk Use the DSK (CPCEmu format) image driver.
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33 floppy Use the floppy driver.
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35 myz80 Use the hard disk (MYZ80 format) image driver. (This
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38 cfi Use the CFI (DOS fdcopy format) image driver. (This
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45 Select the compression method used on the source disc image file
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48 auto Detect from the first few bytes of the file. This is the
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59 Determines which side (0 or 1) of the disc (image) is to be
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64 The authors of MicroDesign have placed it in the public domain and
65 explicitly given permission for the copy-protection system to be
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69 John Elliott <jce@seasip.demon.co.uk>.
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73Version 1.2.1 23 January 2008 md3serial(1)