README.TXT

Alkonost FloppyFormatX 2.00
Demo Version

Copyright ©1998-2004 Alkonost Software
http://www.alkonost.com


1. OVERVIEW
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Alkonost FloppyFormatX is a DLL that provides software developers with
a way to format floppy disks to standard and non-standard (DMF 1.68MB)
formats, to format single track(s) and to verify diskettes.
Alkonost FloppyFormatX provides main features of Alkonost MaxFormat.

This package contains Alkonost FloppyFormatX Demo library and samples
for C, C++, Visual Basic and Borland Delphi.

 
2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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* PC-compatible machine
* 2 MB hard disk space
* Standard 1.44 MB 3.5" floppy drive 
 Operating systems: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP.

For using of Alkonost FloppyFormatX DLL you can be logged to NT/2000/XP
without administrator privileges.


3. SUPPORTED FORMATS
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Alkonost FloppyFormatX allows to format floppies to the standard formats
for 3.5 inch disks of 1.44MB and 720K, 5.25 inch disks of 1.2MB, and
non-standard formats: 1.68MB DMF1 and DMF2 (3.5 inch disks).
Note: some external USB drives do not support non-standard formats.


4. INSTALLATION
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If you have any previous installations of Alkonost FloppyFormatX, please
remove them.
Unzip all files to any directory. 


5. REGISTRATION
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See Register.txt file in this package. 


6. CONTACT INFORMATION
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Comments, questions and suggestions regarding Alkonost FloppyFormatX can
be directed by e-mail to support@alkonost.com


Thank you.
Alkonost Software
Jan 2004
