AP40TRK.DOC --- 40 track floppy disk handler --- ***** 4-Trac Floppy Dis Drive fo PCP Applicard/Starcar Owner ****** Thi drive ma b installe unde version 1.6 2.0 2. u o th PCPI/Applicar o Starcar syste software Versio 2. o bette i require t tak ful advantag o al features Onc installed i allow th us o al 4 track (x1 sectors o 5-1/4 flopp drive tha suppor 4 tracks Thi result i 146 o dis spac unde CP/M rathe tha th customar 126 availabl o 3 trac drives Th extr 20 ca b invaluabl i th constructio o crampe system/utilit disks word- processin disks dat disks etc Origina Appl ] drive D NO allo acces t 4 tracks bu mos o th replacemen drive o th market especiall th half-heigh drives DO Amon thes ar th Fourt Dimensio Supe Drive th Laser/Mita Drive certai o th Micro-Sc an Ran drive (e.g Elit I) th Tea T40 th Supe Sli Drive an man more Consul you manua i yo ar unsure I stil unsure instal th drive an simpl tr i out i you driv complain (i.e. generate dis errors o FORMATTIN dis unde th 40-trac mode the yo can' us 4 tracks...to bad. Installatio shoul b trivia i yo hav alread use th INSTAL progra distribute wit you PCP system Ther i nothin t assembl o lin -- th drive i ready-to-go Prepar dis (e.g. cop o you syste installatio disk wit al th necessar file fo installation PCPICPM INSTALL DRIVERS an an additiona devic driver tha yo ma requir (e.g. SFTVIDEO.DVR BUFFER.DVR APLFLPY.DVR RAMDSK.DVR) Als includ th AP40TRK.DV fil supplie wit thi distribution I yo hav alread mad u DRIVER fil wit al th thing yo wan (thi i likel t b th case assumin tha yo hav bee usin you Applicar fo an lengt o time) you won't need any .DVR files except AP40TRK.DVR. 1 Ru INSTALL 2 Fro withi INSTALL's menu, GET the file DRIVERS from your disk. Thi wil loa i th DRIVER fil (a i i currentl written) into memory; the various devices will then be listed on-screen. 3 No GE driver Specif "AP40TRK -- th .DV extensio i assumed. The file should load, and you will see the name APL 16*40 FLPPY last on the list of drivers. By the way, DON'T DELETE the 35-track driver (APL 16*35 FLPPY)! 4) If you are using the PCPI printer buffer (BUFFER.DVR), it MUST be liste las i th installatio sequence Yo mus therefor us th "Mov Driver comman t mov th 40-trac driver generall mov i immediatel afte th 35-trac drive (thi driver is resident but not displayed if you use PCPI system 1.6 o lower) Anywher bu las i fine however i yo us BUFFER.DVR. Skip this step if you don't use BUFFER.DVR. 5 No us eithe th comman t "Writ DRIVER" o th comman t "Writ DRIVER an Cop CP/ t boo tracks" You may specify either disk drive I i pruden t tes thi installatio ou o fres disk. 1 AP40TRK.DOC --- 40 track floppy disk handler --- HOW IT WORKS: ** USAGE: Th AP40TR drive give yo th bes o bot worlds s t speak Onc installed th syste wil appea t hav FOU dis drives A: B: C an D: Whe yo us drive A o B yo addres th firs secon floppie a 35-trac drives Whe yo us drive C D yo addres th SAM TW drive a 40-trac drives Yo ca therefor mov easil betwee 35- an 40-trac formats Th syste no ha tw physica drive (A:/C an B:/D: bu fou logica drives wor o caution remembe no t addres dis formatte fo 3 track a C o D: I wil wor fin unti yo begi t ru ou o spac (a 126k) an the th driv wil tr t rea th (unformatted las track an retur wit dis error. ** COPYING and FORMATTING: Unde PCP CP/ version 2. an up th COPYFRM progra wil allo yo t FORMA disk fo eithe 3 o 4 tracks Simpl ru i an reques t forma C o D: thi wil generat blan 40-trac disk reques t forma A o B wil giv yo 35-trac disk Th COP optio wil cop a entir 4 trac dis i yo as i t cop fro C t D (o vic versa) Specifyin A an B copie 3 trac disk Don' tr t COP fro A (B: t D (C:) sinc yo clearl can' mov mor materia int less Unde th earlie PCP CP/ versio 1.6 th FORMA comman wil initializ al 4 track successfully bu wil onl VERIF 3 o them Thi i no generall problem However th disk-cop optio wil NO work i i 'hard-wired fo 3 tracks T bac u 40-trac floppy yo mus cop i file-by-fil usin PIP DISK7x NSWP o simila file-cop utility. ** HACKING AROUND: Fo thos o yo wh migh alread hav othe drive(s installe a C o D i you system yo wil hav t chang th DEVIC NUMBE (currentl fo AP 16*3 FLPPY fo AP 16*4 FLPPY usin th INSTAL progra unde PCP versio 2. an above large devic numbe wil re-assig th AP40TR drive a E: F: etc. withou havin t rebuil th driver Alternatively yo ma choos t leav AP40TR a C D an reassig you othe drive(s upwards. hav provide th sourc cod fo th AP40TR drive i thi distributio a AP40TRK.A65 Th cod i mean t b assemble wit th 650 Assemble provide wit th PCP OE system A65 an mad int drive usin th PCP OE submi fil MAKEDVR.SU (whic generate relocatabl bit-ma unde MAKEDVR.COM) Thes program ar no min t distribute s i yo wan t tak thi an further i woul b bes t orde th OE note fro th folk a PCPI the requir yo t sig non- disclosure agreement and pay about $50.00. Special thanks to Wink Saville for all his help and ingenuity. Steven Block, Cell Biology Dept., Stanford University, 94305 (415) 497-7910 (voice) 2