1md3serial(1)                       Emulators                      md3serial(1)
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NAME

6       md3serial - view or change serial number on MicroDesign discs.
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SYNOPSIS

9       md3serial  [-serial  SERIAL] [-format FORMAT] [-type TYPE] [-side SIDE]
10       [-comp COMP] DISKIMAGE

DESCRIPTION

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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OPTIONS

18       -serial SERIAL
19              Write a new serial number to the disc (up to 7  characters).  If
20              this  is  not  present  the  existing  serial number remains un‐
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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 de‐
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29              dsk     Use the DSK (CPCEmu format) image driver.
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31              edsk    Use the extended version of the DSK format.
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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
36                      format cannot be autodetected.)
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38              cfi     Use the CFI (DOS fdcopy  format)  image  driver.   (This
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41              raw     Use the raw driver.
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44       -comp COMP
45              Select the compression method used on the source disc image file
46              (has no effect when reading a floppy disc).
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48              auto    Detect from the first few bytes of the file. This is the
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51              sq      Huffman coded (SQ / USQ).
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53              gz      Gzipped (gzip / gunzip).
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55              bz2     Burrows-Wheeler compressed (bzip2 / bunzip2).
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58       -side SIDE
59              Determines  which  side  (0  or  1) of the disc (image) is to be
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64       The authors of the MicroDesign family of programs have placed  them  in
65       the  public domain and explicitly given permission for the copy-protec‐
66       tion system to be reverse-engineered.
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AUTHOR

69       John Elliott <seasip.webmaster@gmail.com>.
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73Version 1.5.9                  17 September 2018                  md3serial(1)
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