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2003-06-12
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5 REM <CTRL-I>80N
10 REM SOFT PALS COMMENTS
20 REM A REVIEW OF RANA SYSTEMS DISKS
24 GOTO 30
26 VTAB 23: PRINT "PRESS RETURN TO CONTINUE.";: GET A$: PRINT A$: RETURN
30 TEXT : HOME
40 PRINT " A USER'S REPORT ON": PRINT
41 PRINT " RANA SYSTEMS DISK DRIVES ": PRINT
50 PRINT " THEY ARE GREAT, THEY HAVE A FEW
51 PRINT "DRAWBACKS, BUT THE STORAGE ON A ELITE
52 PRINT "THREE IS FANTASTIC.": PRINT
60 PRINT " THE ELITE THREE IS A QUAD DENSITY
61 PRINT "5 1/4"; CHR$(162);" DRIVE. A QUAD DENSITY DRIVE HAS
62 PRINT "80 TRACKS PER SIDE. THIS DRIVE HAS TWO
63 PRINT "HEADS AND IS DOUBLE SIDED.";
70 PRINT " THE TRACK TO TRACK SPEED FOR THE HEADS IS 4 TIMES
73 PRINT "FASTER THEN APPLE DISK ][.";
80 PRINT " THE CAPACITY OF THE DRIVE IS 652K BYTES. THIS ALLOWS ON A FORMATED DISK 2480 SECTORS FREE.": PRINT
90 PRINT " APPLE'S DOS 3.3 CANNOT ACCESS A
91 PRINT "DISK OF THIS SIZE. RANA PROVIDES A
92 PRINT "ENHANCER DISK FOR DOS 3.3."
100 GOSUB 26
110 HOME : PRINT "THE PROCEDURE FOR ENHANCEING DOS 3.3 IS SIMPLE AND WELL DOCUMENTED BY RANA. IT"
112 PRINT "TOOK ME ABOUT 30 MINUTES TO PREFORM THISPROCEDURE AFTER READING THE MANUAL
114 PRINT "SEVERAL TIMES.": PRINT
120 PRINT " THE ENHANCED DOS IS ALWAYS A 'SYSTEM
122 PRINT "MASTER' DOS. THE 'INIT' COMMAND IS GONE,BECAUSE THE SPACE IN DOS IS USED FOR THEENHANCEMENTS. THE 'INIT' COMMAND HAS
125 PRINT "BEEN REPLACED BY A BINARY PROGRAM
127 PRINT "'FORMAT' TO PREFORM THAT FUNCTION.";
130 PRINT " THE
131 PRINT "PROGRAM ALLOWS YOU TO FORMAT A DISK IN
132 PRINT "ANY OF THE RANA FORMATS OR THE APPLE
133 PRINT "DISK FORMAT. IT ALSO ALLOW ANY KIND OF
134 PRINT "'HELLO' PROGRAM, NOT JUST APPLESOFT."
135 PRINT "FORMAT ALSO WARNS THE USER THAT THE
136 PRINT "DISK YOU ARE ABOUT TO FORMAT CONTAINS
137 PRINT "DATA. THEREFORE ALLOWING YOU TO NOT
138 PRINT "DESTROY AN IMPORTANT DISK.
140 GOSUB 26
150 HOME : PRINT " THE OTHER MAJOR UTILITY IS 'CLONE',
151 PRINT "IT REPLACES 'COPYA'. ALTHOUGH THE USE OFTHIS UTILITY IS LIMITED WITH A ELITE
152 PRINT "THREE, IT HAS SOME IMPROVEMENTS OVER"
160 PRINT "'COPYA'. IT ALLOWS ONE TO CHANGE THE
162 PRINT "DISK DRIVE SPECIFICATIONS WITHOUT
163 PRINT "RERUNING THE PROGRAM.": PRINT
170 PRINT " THE LAST UTILITY IS 'CONFIG'. THIS
171 PRINT "SETS UP DOS TO THE CONFIGURATION OF YOURSYSTEM. THIS TELLS DOS WHAT DRIVES YOU
173 PRINT "HAVE IN WHAT SLOTS. I AM USING RANA'S
175 PRINT "DISK CONTROLLER CARD THAT CAN HANDLE 4
176 PRINT "DRIVES.";
180 PRINT " MY SYSTEM HAS THE ELITE THREE ASD1 AND 2 APPLE DRIVES AS D2 AND D3. FID HAS ALSO BE ALTERED TO ALLOW ACCESS TO
182 PRINT "THE OTHER 2 DRIVES.": PRINT
185 GOSUB 26
190 HOME : PRINT " NOW THE DRAWBACKS. THERE IS A MAJOR
191 PRINT "PROBLEM WITH PROTECTED SOFTWARE.";
192 PRINT " I HAVE FOUND THAT SOME SOFTWARE WILL NOT BOOT. ";: INVERSE : PRINT "DAVID'S MIDNIGHT MAGIC";: NORMAL : PRINT " WOULD NOT BOOT"
193 PRINT "EVEN WITH THE RANA CONTROLLER CARD IN"
201 PRINT "SLOT 6, AND BOOTING FROM AN APPLE
202 PRINT "CONTROLLER CARD IN SLOT 5, WITH A APPLE DISK IN DRIVE 1.";
204 PRINT " PROTECTED SOFTWARE IN<CTRL-M>GENERAL IS BAD. FOR EXAMPLE THE SPELLING";
205 PRINT "CHECKER THAT I USE IS PROTECTED, EVEN THOUGH";
210 PRINT " THE WORD ";
212 PRINT "PROCESSOR IS NOT.<CTRL-M>THEREFORE I CANNOT USE THE ELITE THREE<CTRL-M>FOR WORD PROCESSING FILES BECAUSE THE "
213 PRINT "SPELLING CHECKER CANNOT ACCESS THE LARGER FORMATED DRIVE.";
214 INVERSE : PRINT "WIZARDRY";: NORMAL : PRINT " WILL RUN": PRINT "WITHOUT PROBLEMS.": PRINT
220 PRINT " IT'S IS USEFUL FOR WRITING PROGRAMS<CTRL-M>THAT USE LARGE FILES. I AM TESTING WITH
222 PRINT "A FILE THAT USES 2 FULL APPLE DISKS."
230 GOSUB 26
240 HOME : PRINT " THE RANA ELITE THREE IS A TROUBLE
243 PRINT "FREE AND LESS EXPENSIVE WAY TO INCREASE
244 PRINT "AN APPLES DISK STORAGE SPACE. I WOULD
246 PRINT "RECOMMEND IT FOR USE WHERE MANY APPLE
247 PRINT "DISKS WOULD BE NEEDED. I PAID $634 FOR
248 PRINT "THE ELITE THREE WITH THE RANA CONTROLLER";
250 PRINT "CARD.THIS IS STORAGE SPACE EQUIVALENT TO4.5 ";
251 PRINT "APPLE DISKS."
260 VTAB 15: PRINT " RALPH C. KNAUB (RANDY)"
270 PRINT " 2 TOTTENHAM PLACE
280 PRINT " NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y. 11040"
290 PRINT : PRINT " (516) 742-1759"
300 GOSUB 26
310 PRINT CHR$(4);"RUN PAL.MENU"