psfales@ihlpe.ATT.COM (Pete Fales) (10/18/87)
In article <1987Oct16.235254.16620@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>, dtinker@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Prof. David Tinker) writes: > > In Article 7799 of comp.sys.ibm.pc, broman@cod.UUCP (Vincent P. Broman) says: > > > Does anyone know how to format floppies to a size of 400K? > > Hey Presto! Enclosed is a utility called JFORMAT, which formats floppies in > practically any format you like: doublesided/singlesided, 8/9/10 sectors, > 512/1024 bytes/sector, supports high density/quad density drives, etc. etc. > This was downloaded from a local BBS, so as always, no guarantees of any kind, > caveat emptor, you're on your own, and so on, but I had no problem formatting > a 401K ds/dd floppy, which passed chkdsk and read/write tests. Amazing! I also downloaded this program from a local BBS and found it seemed to work as advertised. However, hidden within the JFORMAT program (apparently zapped) and not hidden in the device driver were a serial number and a copyright notice by Tall-Tree Systems. Perhaps this software should not be distributed on Usenet unless the copyright status could be made clear. -- Peter Fales UUCP: ...ihnp4!ihlpe!psfales work: (312) 979-7784 AT&T Information Systems, IW 1Z-243 1100 E. Warrenville Rd., IL 60566
ignatz@chinet.UUCP (Dave Ihnat) (10/19/87)
If there is, indeed a copyright notice *and serial number* in any of the files in this 'JFORMAT' package, perhaps Tall-Tree should be informed? (That is, of course, if anyone knows where they are...) -- Dave Ihnat ihnp4!homebru!ignatz || ihnp4!chinet!ignatz (w) (312) 882-4673
farren@gethen.UUCP (Michael J. Farren) (10/19/87)
In article <1987Oct16.235254.16620@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> dtinker@utgpu.UUCP writes: >Hey Presto! Enclosed is a utility called JFORMAT, which formats floppies in >practically any format you like Cancel that posting, and pronto! JFORMAT is a commercial piece of software from Talltree, the folk who make the JRAM expansion boards and the JLASER LaserJet enhancer. This is ABSOLUTELY a pirated program, no doubt about it. -- ---------------- Michael J. Farren "... if the church put in half the time on covetousness unisoft!gethen!farren that it does on lust, this would be a better world ..." gethen!farren@lll-winken.arpa Garrison Keillor, "Lake Wobegon Days"
cds@atelabs.UUCP (David Shanks) (10/20/87)
In article <1987Oct16.235254.16620@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> dtinker@utgpu.UUCP writes: >Hey Presto! Enclosed is a utility called JFORMAT, ... >This was downloaded from a local BBS, Please note that this software is copyrighted by Tall Tree Systems. You can confirm this by searching through the binaries for the string opyright (I don't remember whether the 'c' is capitalized or not). It is illegal to post copyrighted software to the net. The fact that you picked it up from a BBS does not alter the legality of your action. -- Dave Shanks ..!tektronix!tessi!atelabs!cds AT&E Laboratories cds@atelabs.UUCP 1400 NW Compton Suite 300 (503) 690-2000 Beaverton, OR 97006