                    DISKLIB - The DISK LIBrary
                           03-Nov-1998
                http://www.diskwarez.com/disklib.htm

[The Web-Page above will have more up to date information than this file.]

Due to an increase in demand for and questions about direct disk
access for Micrososft platforms, and due to the fact that Microsoft
has no API for direct disk access, I am releasing this library
much earlier than I intended at that start. I am still working on
this code.

This is the ALPHA version of DISKLIB, a library of DISK I/O
functions for DOS and Windows. Please read this file in full.

Highlights:

*   This version is Microsoft, Watcom and DJGPP compatible.

*   This version will work (more or less, see below) with DOS,
    Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT.

Lowlights:

*   THIS IS _ALPHA_ SOFTWARE. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

*   SOME OF THE CODE IS NOT FINISHED; SOME JUST RECENTLY MODIFIED.

*   SECTOR WRITING HAS NOT BEEN FULLY TESTED. See the test BOOTAW.C
    test program.

*   WINDOWS 98 AND FAT32 SUPPORT ARE NOT 100% FINISHED.

*   On Windows 95 there lacks physical drive support for hard disks.

*   There is no real documentation other than the code itself.

*   This version lacks the pre-compiled LIB files and binaries
    (there are several test and example programs).

*   This version's error reporting functions and Windows's test
    programs are only console apps.

*   There are several DJGPP specific files which always seem to
    lag behind the others in the latest updates and fixes.

*   The Windows NT files also lag behind the others at times.


I hope to eventually offer a "Quality Product", this is just an
ALPHA version and may just have problems.

If you have any ideas for this library, or like or use or have fixes
or just want to rap, please send e-mail to: admin@diskwarez.com .

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