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****** PDD2 Documentation ******
This file can be read on the Atari Portfolio, load it into the editor, and set
word wrap to on.
This program is menu operated, and will run on an IBM compatible(COM1), or an
Atari Portfolio(requires a serial port). This program is user friendly, but I
will give you a few pointers on some things that might not be clear.
This program has not been tested on Radio Shack's Original Portable Disk Drive,
commonly known as PDD1. Just in case your wondering what the difference is
between PDD1 & PDD2, I will fill you in here. Basically the PDD1 can write to
disks 100K in size, and the PDD2 can write to disks 200K in size. There are
some software differences as well, but since I only have a PDD2, I wrote this
software for this model only.
When you are asked for the name of the file to save, you must enter the name of
file only, and not the pathname. In other words, you must be running the
program from the directory which contains the files you wish to save or load.
The PDD2.EXE program does not have to be in the directory where your files
exist. For example, if Drive A contains the PDD2.EXE program, but you want to
save or load files from Drive C, just type A:\PDD2 while in Drive C.
You are allowed to load files from you original PDD2 disks however, I have not
tried long names. Any files that you save to your PDD2 disks, will be saved in
the Dos format (XXXXXXXX.EXT). If you are loading files from your original
PDD2 disks, you must enter the name as it appears in the directory, including
any spaces. If the files you are loading were saved with this program, you
only need to type in the name as you would in Dos (example. PBASIC.EXE).
While running the the program you will see BANK 0 in the menu. This tells you
which bank you are in. It can be either 0 or 1. Banks are used, so you can
seperate some of your files for easy access. for example, you may wish to have
your Basic program in BANK 0, and all your basic files in BANK 1.
You must use the ESC key to exit this program.
Portfolio Notes:
If you find that the program is locked up. Press Ctrl-Alt-Del and this should
break you out. If not, you will most likely have to use the cold reset button.
If you were able break out, you should run PDD2.EXE again, and when you reach
the menu, you should press ESC to quit. Then you can run PDD2.EXE again. The
reason for this, is that this program uses a serial interrupt to connect to the
disk drive. If for some reason you abruptly exit the program, such as using
Ctrl-Alt-Del, the interrupt will not be removed properly, which will corrupt
the Portfolio. If you used the cold reset button to restart the portfolio, you
will not have to do the above, because the portfolio will be reset already.
I hope this program is a useful addition. I wrote this program using Turbo C.
If you have any questions or comments, or suggestions, or would like to
contribute to my efforts. You can write to me.
Brian Woodcox
11532-140 Street.
Edmonton, Alberta. CAN
T5M 1S7
THIS PROGRAM IS PUBLIC DOMAIN AND
SHALL NOT BE SOLD.
This program can be freely distributed as long as PDD2.EXE and PDD2.DOC remain
intact.
Copyright (c) SER 1991
Version 1.00
Enjoy...