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 ====== Super Media Manager ======
Media Manager is a program to help you manage microdrive cartridges, including some semi-automated recovery tools, similar to [[qlwiki:Cartridge Doctor]].  


Originally written by Colin Opie, it was later upgraded to handle disks and non-QL formats (BBC / Acorn DFS, CP/M 40 track disks and MS-DOS disks), and re-named 'Super Media Manager'.  


Chas Dillon appears to have then re-written the program, and it was released in 1989 as 'Media Manager Special Edition' - although this version used a specific foreign file handling program (Xover by Stefan Schmidt) this handled Atari-TOS and MS-DOS disks and no longer supported BBC or CP/M format disks.


Chas Dillon has since made the SuperBASIC sources for the main program public domain.


Advertised features include:



  * Selective directory, copying and erasing of files
  * sector loading and viewing (cursor controlled)
  * Sector editing - HEX and ASCII input allowed.  Automatically reports when mapping sectors.
  * Sector copying to sector, file, device etc
  * Viewing, printing or saving of drive map details
  * Automatic (semi-automatic on disks) recovery of deleted files
  * Bulk recovery of corrupt files to new files
  * Header block or disk type information display
  * Ultrafast string searching by sector or file
  * Full directory sort facility - by name, size, type, date etc
  * Control up to 256 microdrives or disks - directory of directories
  * Direct file copying from other disk formats (PC-DOS, MS-DOS, CP/M,  Acorn DFS etc)
  * Sector copying to other disk formats
  * Text file translation utility - expands tabs, converts CR/LF to LF intelligently, converted files may be imported to [[qlwiki:Quill]]
  * Disk sector editing for both QL and non-QL format disks, with all the usual features
  * Full error reporting with automatic recovery
  * Hexadecimal calculator  


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Title: **Media Manager**\\ 
Language: Unknown\\ 
Author: [[qlwiki:Colin Opie]] and later [[qlwiki:Chas Dillon]] with Xover by Stefan Schmidt\\ 
Publisher: [[qlwiki:Digital Precision Ltd]]\\ 
Year of Publication: 1986\\ 
Platforms Suitable for: All Sinclair QLs and emulators\\ 
Commercial Status: Public Domain\\ 
Price in July 1987: £39.95\\ 
Reviewed: Unknown\\ 
Sources Available from: [[http://www.dilwyn.qlforum.co.uk/cdillon/mmse40.zip|Media Manager Special Edition Sources]]\\ 
Latest Version available from: Unknown\\