NewDeal Technical Support Document 260
Where X appears, substitute 0 for drive A:, 1 for B:, 2 for C:, 3 for drive D:, or 4 for drive E:. Press <enter> at the end of each line.
L DS:0 X 0 1 [this loads boot sector data]
D DS:0 3E [this displays the loaded data]
Q [this quits DEBUG]
QRDS:0,X,0,1 [loads boot-sector data]
DDS:0,3E [displays boot-sector data]
Q [quits SID]
xxxx:0000 EB 01 90 .... < these are the 3 bytes you want.The first three bytes of the first row of the data dump must be one of these combinations:
EB __ 90(Where __ can be any value). Any other combination will not be recognized by NewDeal as a properly formatted disk and may indicate virus infection. Some known viruses:
E9 __ __
FA EB __
00 00 00
FA E9 CC was on a disk with the Music bug virusNote: A proper disk sector does not necessarily mean that a diskette is virusfree! Get a good virus testing program such as McAfee's, Norton's, etc. to make this determination.
EA 05 00 the Stoned virus
xxxx:0010 __ __ __ __ __ F9 <this byte
It is the media descriptor: