When the source disc is inserted and you have pressed a key, the computer will display the message:
Copying started
Reading track 0 to 7
After which, you will be asked to:
Please insert destination disc into drive A then press any key
Whereupon you should remove your source disc and insert a disc for copying onto.
Bear in mind that any previous data on your destination disc will be overwritten during copying.
If you insert a wrongly formatted or new unformatted disc into the drive, it will be correctly formatted automatically during copying.
After you have inserted your destination disc and pressed a key, the computer will display the message:
Writing track 0 to 7
and will then invite you to insert the source disc once again for reading tracks 8 to 15. The reading/writing process will continue, 8 tracks at a time, until the last track (39) is completed.
You will then be asked:
Do you want to copy another disc (Y/N):
If you have finished copying, answer N, then follow the instructions on the screen to exit from the DISCCOPY mode.
Copying Using COPYDISC
COPYDISC can only be used if you are operating 2 disc drives. The facility enables you to copy the entire contents of one disc to another, in a similar manner to DISCCOPY previously described. The advantage of COPYDISC however, is that you do not have to repeatedly insert and remove the source and destination discs.
Having read and understood the principles of DISCCOPY, COPYDISC may then be performed as follows:
Insert the CP/M system disc and type in:
cpm
After the prompt A> type in:
copydisc
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