Firstly, I have no intention of becoming involved in the debate about copying tapes. I am reviewing the program in the belief that it will only be used to make back-up copies for the owner's personal use. After all, we are all full of integrity - aren't we?

My copy was supplied without instructions, but a good program of this type should have enough prompts to make it usable without them.

The tape loaded easily and auto-ran, the prompt "stop tape" appeared so I loaded a tape. Once in, the prompt "stop tape" plus the usual SAVEing prompt appeared. I dutifully exchanged tapes and the program SAVEd. As easy as that.

I tried a variety of tapes by a selection of well-known companies and all bar one copied.

One did fail, however, which makes Medsoft's claim to copy all tapes invalid. Otherwise, even 41K and headerless programs copied successfully.

On side two is a tape header reader program, useful if you want to know where a routine is located in order to disassemble it.

R.E.