md3serial - Man Page
view or change serial number on MicroDesign discs.
Synopsis
md3serial [-serial SERIAL] [-format FORMAT] [-type TYPE] [-side SIDE] [-comp COMP] DISKIMAGE
Description
Md3serial allows the serial number on program discs distributed by Creative Technology (or image files made from such discs) to be viewed or changed.
Options
- -serial SERIAL
Write a new serial number to the disc (up to 7 characters). If this is not present the existing serial number remains unchanged.
- -type TYPE
Determines which driver is to be used.
- auto
Select according to the disc image file. This is the default.
- dsk
Use the DSK (CPCEmu format) image driver.
- edsk
Use the extended version of the DSK format.
- floppy
Use the floppy driver.
- myz80
Use the hard disk (MYZ80 format) image driver. (This format cannot be autodetected.)
- cfi
Use the CFI (DOS fdcopy format) image driver. (This format cannot be autodetected.)
- raw
Use the raw driver.
- -comp COMP
Select the compression method used on the source disc image file (has no effect when reading a floppy disc).
- auto
Detect from the first few bytes of the file. This is the default.
- sq
Huffman coded (SQ / USQ).
- gz
Gzipped (gzip / gunzip).
- bz2
Burrows-Wheeler compressed (bzip2 / bunzip2).
- -side SIDE
Determines which side (0 or 1) of the disc (image) is to be identified.
Legal Notes
The authors of the MicroDesign family of programs have placed them in the public domain and explicitly given permission for the copy-protection system to be reverse-engineered.
Author
John Elliott <seasip.webmaster@gmail.com>.