Apple Elite, 13-0010-001 User Manual

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RanaSystems

EliteSeries

User Manual

ELITE SERIES USER MANUAL

PREFACE

This manual is copyrighted. All rights are reserved. This document may not, in whole or in part, be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated or reduced to any electronic medium or machine readable form without prior consent, in writing, from Rana Systems.

Copyright 1982 by RANA Systems

26620 South Leapwood Carson, California 90746

(213)538—2353

Kieth S. Burgoyne, Editor

Elite One, Elite Two, Elite Three, Elite Controller, and Elite Enhancements are all trademarks of Rana Systems.

Apple is a registered trademark of Apple Computer Inc.

CP/M is a registered trademark of Digital Research.

Rana Systems Part Number 13-0010—001

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PREFACE

 

HARDWARE WARRANTY

 

 

 

Rana

Systems

warrants

to the

original user

of

an

Elite

Series

Product,

including

any

associated software, that the product shall he free of defects resulting from faulty manufacture .of the product or its components for a period .of ninety (90) days from the date of sale. Rana Systems makes no warranties regarding the satisfactory performance, mer— chantability, or fitness for any particular purpose, of the product or its associated software. Defects covered by this warranty shall be corrected either by repair or, at Rana Systems discretion, by replacement. In the event of replacement, the replacement unit will he warranted for the remainder of the original ninety (90) day period or thirty (30) .days, whichever is longer.

There are no warranties, express or implied, including hut not limited to those of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, which, extend beyond the description and duration set forth herein. Rana Systems’ sole obligation under this warranty is limited to the repair or replacement .of a defective product and Rana

Systems shall

not,

in any event,, he liable

for

any incidental

or

consequential damages of

any

kind resulting from use or possession of this product.

This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to. state.

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ADDITIONAL WARRANTY INFORMATION

Rana Systems makes no warranties, either express or implied, with respect to this manual or with respect to the software described in this manual, its quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for any particular purpose. Rana Systems software is supplied “as is”. The entire risk as to its quality and performance is with the buyer. Should the programs or utilities prove defective following receipt, the buyer (and not Rana Systems, its distributor, or its retailer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, or correction and any incidental or consequential damages. In no event will Rana Systems be liable for direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software, even if Rana Systems has been advised of the possi - bility of such damages. Rana Systems reserves the right to make improvements in the products described in this manual at any time and without notice. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of implied warranties or liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.

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SERVICE INFORMATION

If your Elite Series product requires repair, please return it to the dealer from whom it was purchased. If it is not possible to return the product to your dealer, you may contact Rana Systems directly for factory or regional service information. You are responsible for all shipping or postage charges incurred upon shipment to Rana Systems or any designated Rana Systems service center. Rana Systems or our designated service center. will prepay all shipping charges incurred upon return shipment to you, provided the shipment is via a method acceptable to the factory and/or service center. Return shipping charges on out off warranty units may be included in the repair charges, at the discretion off Rana Systems or our service centers.

All returns to Rana Systems or our service centers must be accompanied by a Material Return Authorization number (MRA), written prominently on the outside of the shipping container. MRA numbers must be obtained directly from Rana Systems or the service center to which the product will be shipped. One service center cannot necessarily supply a MRA number for another service center.

If the repair is required during the warranty period, proof off purchase must be enclosed with the product. During warranty, we will replace or repair your Elite Series product without any parts or labor charges to you. If the Elite Series product requires service after the

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warranty period expires, it will

be repaired for

a flat fee. Inquiries regarding

repair charges

on products being returned to Rana Systems or one of our service centers for service should be made directly to Rana Systems.

Neither Rana Systems nor our service, centers assume responsibility for any loss or damage

incurred during transit to

or from

the factory

or service center, claims,

arising

from such

loss or damage should be filed immediately with the shipping company. Carriers generally do not assume responsibility for any damage due to improper packaging, so all return shipments to Rana Systems or our service centers should be properly packaged. Return shipments to you will be packaged with the same considerations which new units receive.

ELITE SERIES USER MANUAL

CONTENTS

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

1

. INSTALLATION..........................

1

 

1.1. Unpacking...........................

1

 

1.2. Connecting Drive Cables.............

1

 

1.3. Installing Your Controller Card.....

2

2

. OPERATING..............................

1

 

2.1. Elite Drives Write—Protect Switch...

1

 

2.2. Recommended Diskettes...............

2

3

. ENHANCING APPLE‘S APPLLE II DOS 3.3......

1

4

. ENHANCING MICROSOFT APPLE ][ CP/M 2.2....

1

 

4.1. Using Multiple Drives...............

5

 

4.2. Using a Single Drive...............

39

5

. SECTION 5..............................

1

6

. SPECIFICATIONS...........................

1

 

6.1. Introduction........................

1

 

6.2. Mechanical Dimensions...............

9

 

6.3. Controller to Drive Interface......

12

 

6.4. Signal Interface...................

13

 

6.4.1. Control Signals.............

14

 

6.4.2. Data Signals................

17

 

6.5. Power Interface....................

18

7

. OPERATIONAL THEORY OF ELITE PRODUCTS.....

1

 

7.1. Elite Drives........................

1

 

7.1.1. General Operation............

1

 

7.1.2. Read/Write/Control Logic.....

3

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7.1.3. Drive Mechanism................

 

3

7.1.4. Head Positioning Mechanisms....

4

7.1.5. Read/Write Head................

 

5

7.2. Elite Controller......................

 

7

7.2.1. Introduction...................

 

7

7.2.2. Booting........................

 

8

7.2.3. Hardware.......................

 

9

7.2.4. EPROM Logic....................

 

9

7.2.5. State Machine..................

 

11

7.2.6. Addressahle Latch..............

 

12

7.2.7. Alternate Pair Select Logic ... 12

7.2.8.Data Buffer/Internal Data Ru ... 12

7.2.9.Controller Command Structure ... 13

7.2.10. Power-On Reset................

 

17

7.2.11. Power Supply Deco

 

 

8. USER LEVEL MAINTAINENCE.............

 

1

8.1. Handling...........................

 

3

8.2. Diskette Care and Handling.........

 

3

8.3. Back-up Diskettes..................

 

6

8.4. Write Protect......................

 

6

9. ENHANCED DOS UTILITIES..............

 

1

9.1. FORMAT Utility.....................

 

3

9.2. CLONE Utility......................

 

13

9.3. PROFILE Utility....................

 

24

9.4. ENHANCE Utility....................

 

31

9.5. FID ENHANCE Utility................

 

32

10.ENHANCED CP/M UTILITIES.............

 

1

10.1. Notation..........................

 

3

10.2. FORMAT Utility....................

 

5

10.3. COPY Utility......................

 

11

10.4. PROFILE Utility...................

 

24

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10.5. SGLDRIVE Utility................

 

34

10.6. ENHANCE Utility.................

 

38

11. SECTION ll...........................

 

1

A. DISKETTE DATA RECORDING............

 

3

A.1. Introduction......................

 

3

A.2. Tracks and Sectors................

 

3

A.3. Track Formatting..................

 

9

A.4. Fields............................

 

17

A.5. Gaps..............................

 

19

A.5.1. Gap 1......................

 

20

A.5.2. Gap 2......................

 

20

A.5.3. Gap 3......................

 

23

A.6. Data Field. Encoding..............

 

29

A.7. Sector Interleaving...............

 

41

B. DOS TECHNICAL NOTES..................

 

1

B.1. Command Interpreter Alterations...

2

B.2. File Manager Alterations..........

 

3

B.3. RWTS Alterations..................

 

3

C. CP/M TECHNICAL NOTES..................

 

1

C.1. Z80 BIOS Call Extensions.........

 

2

C.2. Drive Mapping Table...............

 

3

C.3. Seek Configuration Table..........

 

5

C.4. 6502. RWTS Alterations............

 

6

D. APPENDIX D.............................

1

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LIST OF FIGURES

1—1: Elite Controller Cable Connections....

4

1—2: Disk-II Controller Cable Connections.. 5

6-1: Elite One Characteristics.............

2

6-2: Elite One Characteristics (cont.).....

3

6-3: Elite Two Characteristics.............

4

6-4: Elite Two Characteristics (cont.).....

5

6-5: Elite Three Characteristics...........

6

6-6: Elite Three Characteristics (cont.)...

7

6-7: Elite Controller Characteristics......

8

6-8: Physical Dimensions off Elite Drives.. 10

6-9: Elite Controller Physical Dimensions.. 11

6-10: Controller to Drive Interface Signals. 12

8-1: Write Protecting Diskettes............

8

A-1: FM Recording Pattern..................

11

A-2: FM Bit Cell...........................

12

A-3: FM Byte Recording.....................

13

A-4: Reading Data..........................

14

A-5: Writing Data..........................

16

A-6: Track Formatting......................

18

A-7: Self-Sync Byte........................

19

A-8: Read Syncronizing.....................

22

A-9: Unsyncronized Write...................

24

A-10: Data Field Shifting..................

25

A-11: Address Field........................

26

A-12: Data Field...........................

28

A-13: 4—plus—4 Encoding....................

31

A-14: 4—plus-4 Decoding....................

32

A-15: 5-plus-3 Encoding....................

34

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A-16: 5-plus-3

Conversion Table............

35

A-17: Data encoding........................

37

A-18: Data Decoding........................

38

A-19: 6—plus—2 Encoding....................

39

A-20: 6—plus—2 Conversion Table............

40

A-21: Standard System Interleaves..........

43

ELITE SERIES USER MANUAL

INTRODUCTION

0 . 0 INTRODUCTION

Congratulations! Now that you have bought one of the totally new elite Series products, you have done more for your Apple than Apple could do.

If you are an Elite Controller card user, you’ll find it is designed specifically to solve one of the major problems sophisticated Apple II users have these days: too many cards, not enough slots. The Elite Controller’s ability to handle four drives from just one slot provides a perfect solution. And in addition, if you have a library of diskettes which go back to the ancient 13—sector WS days, the Elite Controller

allows you to autoboot

these diskettes without

any awkward pre-boot

diskettes or controller

card jumpers.

 

If you are an Elite Series drive user, the high capacity of your new drive will immediately help you to obtain the maximum efficiency from your existing Apple II hardware and software.

Holding more information is even more valuable when you can get to it faster, so your new drive has engineered into it a head positioning mechanism that positions up to three times faster across the diskette with greater accuracy than Apple’s.

We at RANA know that modern business and profes— sional needs have outstripped many of the early Apple designs but our cost effective improvements make the sophisticated Elite Series

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Products less expensive to run in the comparisions which count: price per kilobyte of drive storage and expandability per controller card purchased.

We are proud off the Elite Series, and we know you will be too.

Ta achieve the best results and the most enjoyment from your new Elite Product, we suggest you read this manual carefully.

We have tried to avoid including too many technicalities hut,. if you feel we have gone beyond what you require, please hear with us. Like we said, we are proud of our products too!

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1. INSTALLATION

1.1.Unpacking

During unpacking, care should be taken to ensure that all tools are nonmaqnetic and do not inflict damage to the unit. Carefully unwrap the package and save the material which will be useful in the future for protection during storage or travel.

Before attempting to use an Elite disk drive, check for a protective shipping diskette inside the drive. Elite One drives do not require a protective diskettes, so were may or may not be one in the drive.

NOTE: Before connecting or disconnecting ANY equipment TURN OFF A L L COMPUTER AND PERIPHERAL POWER.

1 . 2 . C o n n e c t i n g D r i v e C a b l e s

A flat ribbon cable is already connected to your Elite Series or Disk II disk drive(s). The other end of these cables must be connected to your disk controller card. For you first drive, connect the drive to the upper set of pins. Be

sure to orient pin one on the connector with

pin

one on the controller-

card, Pin one

on

the

connector is marked with

a small arrow,

Pin

one

on the controller card is numbered.

If this connection is incorrectly made, considerable damage may be done to the electronics of

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both the drive and the controller. Be sure to make the connection BEFORE installing the controller card into the Apple motherboard.

If you are installing a second disk drive, you should connect: the ribbon cable from the second drive onto the next set. of pins down on the controller card marked “DRIVE 2”, taking the same precautions as above.

If you are connecting and third (and fourth) drive to an Elite Controller, they would be

connected

to the third and fourth

set

of

pins

from the

top down. Once again,

be

sure

to

orient pin one correctly.

 

 

 

1 . 3 . Installing Your Controller Card

To install your controller card into the Apple, simply plug the card into any slot (except zero) in the back of the Apple II motherboard as follows:

1.With the power switch OFF, remove the top cover from the Apple II computer by lifting from the rear edge.

2.Choose a slot which would be correct for your

application. Most packages which run under Apple DOS (or are protected from copying) do not care which slot you use for your drives; however the more advanced operating systems (like CP/M and Apple Pascal) require that your first controller card be located in slot six. This has made slot six the “standard” slot for a disk controller card, so you should consider placing

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you controller in that slot.

3.Insert the gold covered “fingers” into the slot and GENTLY rock the controller card into a firmly seated position.

4.Adjust your ribbon cables so they pass easily out through the back of the computer through the vertical openings in the rear of the case.

5.If you wish to install a second controller card, the same procedure outlined above would be used; except the “standard” slot number for second controllers is slot five. A third controller would normally go in slot four.

6.Replace the lid, remembering to slide the

front edge into the case first, then press down on the two rear corners until they pop into place.

7.Your Elite product is now installed and the

Apple II can be turned on. Your disk drive(s) can be placed in a convenient location, usually along side or on top of the computer.

See figures 1. and 1.2 for correct cable connections to the Elite and Disk If controller cards.

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Fig. 1-1: Elite Cont roller Cable Connections

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Fig. 1-2: Disk Il Cont roller Cable Connections

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T h i s p a g e i n t e n t i o n a l 1 y l e f t b l a n k .

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2. OPERATING

If the only Elite product you currently have is the Elite Controller, then this section probably won’t be off must interest to you. Since the Elite Controller has no switches (13/16 sector booting is automatic) and we haven’t, supplied you with a slot in the card in which you could insert a diskette, there is nothing’ which you could “operate”.

If you are a programmer who is interested in how to manipulate the controller card software—wise, such secrets are revealed later in this manual.

2 . 1 . E l i t e D r i v e s ’ W r i t e - P r o t e c t S w i t c h

Operating the Elite drives is identical to operating a Disk—II drive, except that the Elite drives have an extra write-protect switch which may require a little explaining.

Mounted

on

the

upper front panel of an Elite

drive

is

a

touch-switch.

By

momentarily

pressing the stripes labeled PROTECT, the write— protect status of the drive can be toggled on/off. The drive’s write protect status is reflected by a small light next to the PROTECT switch.

The switch does not affect the write-protect status of a diskette which has been protected by covering the diskette’s notch. Diskettes which are protected in this way are always considered

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protected regardless of the PROTECT switch.

Located next to

the

PROTECT switch is a small

LED which, when

on,

indicates that the diskette

is currently write-protected. This LED reflects write-protecting due to the switch or a tab on the diskette. An Elite drive will only permit writing on a diskette when this LED is off.

Due to the fact that the Elite Series drives were designed to operate identically to the Disk II drives in every way, the PROTECT LED will flicker whenever the Elite drive is seeking its read/write head from track to track and the drive is not in a write—protected state. This flickering is completely normal, and accurately reflects the write-protect status on both the Elite One and Disk II during head movement.

2 . 2 . Recommended Diskettes

There are any number of diskette manufacturers on the market, each offering the “perfectly engineered” diskette. We do not intend to dispute any individual claim to this title.

However, in the jungle of literature there are certain features which should be sought out. With the vast amount of technical data involved, it is not easy to locate the vital information.

There are a number of industry-standard tests which manufacturers will refer to with pride (assuming their product passes the tests) and these are useful pointers.

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The best diskettes are those which give the most trouble—free recording, storage, and retrieval of information for the longest period of time. Look for those incorporating features which lead to minimum head abrasion and which shield the diskette from environmental hazards (like dust particles) in a strong, durable jacket.

The following table illustrates a number of diskette manufacturers which Rana Systems has found produce consistently high quality media. For advice on diskette care and handling turn to the section later in this manual headed Mainte— nance.

The following tables of diskettes include both soft and hard sectored diskettes. If you are familiar with diskettes required by non-Apple systems, this may puzzle you. Don’t worry, the tables are correct. Apple uses a kind of “no sector” format in which the index hole(s) punched in the diskette (which is the difference between soft and hard sectored diskettes) is completely ignored.

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Recommended Diskettes for the Elite One

 

 

Hard Sec.

Hard Sec.

Soft Sec.

16 Sec.

10 Sec.

Dbl. Dens.

Dbl. Dens.

Dbl. Dens.

Sgl. Sided

Sgl. Sided

Sgl. Sided

Dysan

 

 

 

Part Nbr.

104/1D

107/1D

105/1D

Ord. Nbr.

801787

801014

807188

Maxell

Part Nbr. MD1-M MH1—10M MD1—16M Maxell does not use independent order numbers.

Verbatim

 

 

 

Part

Nbr.

MD525-0l

MD525-10

MD525-16

Ord.

Nbr.

18158

18167

18176

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R e c o m m e n d e d D i s k e t t e s for the E l i t e T w o

 

 

Hard Sec.

Hard Sec.

Soft Sec.

16 Sec.

10 Sec.

Dbl. Dens.

Dbl. Dens.

Dbl. Dens.

Sgl. Sided

Sgl. Sided

Sgl. Sided

Dysan

 

 

 

Part Nbr.

104/1D

107/1D

105/1D

Ord. Nbr.

802060

802062

802061

Maxell

Part Nbr. MD1-DM MH1—10DM MD1—16DM Maxell does not use independent order numbers.

Verbatim

 

 

 

Part

Nbr.

MD550-0l

MD550-10

MD550-16

Ord.

Nbr.

18188

18197

18106

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D i s k e t t e s f o r t h e E l i t e T h r e e

 

 

 

Hard Sec.

Hard Sec.

Soft Sec.

16 Sec.

10 Sec.

Dbl. Dens.

Dbl. Dens. Dbl. Dens.

Sgl. Sided

Sgl. Sided

Sgl. Sided

Dysan

 

 

 

 

Part Nbr.

204/1D

 

207/1D

205/1D

Ord. Nbr.

802067

 

800455

802066

Maxell

 

 

 

 

Part Nbr.

MD2-DM

 

----

---

Maxell does not use independent order numbers.

Verbatim

 

 

 

 

Part Nbr.

MD557-0l

MD557-10

MD557-16

Ord. Nbr.

18239

18248

18257

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ELITE SERIES USER MANUAL DOS ENHANCEMENTS

3. ENHANCING APPLE‘S APPLE II DOS 3.3

Rana Systems’ Enhancements for Apple’s Apple II DOS 3.3 allow automatic accessing of 4 drives from the Rana Elite Controller Card and the additional capacity of the Elite Disk Drives. The Controller Card is capable of addressing any

combination of Apple Disk

II

and

Rana

Elite

Series

Drives. The

PROFILE

program

sets

up DOS

(Disk

Operating

System)

to

recognize

which

drives are Rana Elite Drives and which are Apple Disk LI drives. The seek rate can also be increased by the PROFILE program to take advantage of the increased speed of Rana drives.

The enhancements made by the ENHANCE utility only apply to a master DOS diskette. Non-master diskettes (slave diskettes) are what are created when the DOS “INIT” command is used to initialize a new diskette. The copy of DOS which is placed on such a diskette is not ENHANCE-able. Even though a diskette may say it is a master”

when

it is booted, it may not actually be one.

The

program which says the diskette is a master

is completely independent of the DOS itself, and

can

be

copied

br saved

(by an “INIT’ command,

for

instance) onto a slave DOS diskette.

Those

DOS 3.3

diskettes

supplied directly from

Apple are all master DOS diskettes. In addition, any diskette which is a copy of an Apple DOS 3.3 distribution diskette, made using the Apple COPY or COPYA utility will also be a system master diskette. These instructions will assume you are using your original DOS 3.3 distribution diskette from Apple; but if you’ve

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made

a backup copy of it, the backup copy can

also

be used.

The Rana DOS Enhancements Diskette does not contain a copy of DOS and will not boot DOS into the computer. However, certain areas of the diskette are initialized ina DOS format, allowing those DOS programs on the Enhancer diskette to be run once the system is booted from a DOS master. The Rana Elite Enhancements Disk will be used to create a new enhanced DOS master diskette. The system tracks from this diskette can then be used to create any number of addi-

tional DOS system diskettes that utilize

the

desired

Rana features, but don't have all

the

DOS

utilities and demonstration programs occupy-

ing

the

space the you can put to better use.

 

The following steps will guide you in creating your enhanced DOS master and demonstrate some of the functions of the Rana enhancement utilities. The additional features of these utilities and a detailed discussion of their operation is contained in a later section of this manual. Since the time required to perform the following enhancement process does not alter much between using multi—drives or just one drive, only a single drive approach to enhancing has been described.

These instructions detail a very specific approach to creating an enhanced DOS for any valid combination of Elite drives, Elite Controllers,

Disk

II

drives, and Disk Ii controllers

which

any

user

can possibly dream up. This

places

upon these instructions an almost impossible

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task, considering the vivid imagination of many users.

These instructions have been written in a step- by—step manner, with some explanation of what is being done at each step. All of these instruc— tions have been tested at Rana to confirm that they are correct. In addition, several “early release” and later users also confirmed the accuracy of these instructions. Therefore, there is no reason for you not having complete success following these instructions. That is, if’ you follow the instructions completely, step by step. You are encouraged to read these in-

structions completely, all the way

through,

before starting the procedure. That

way you

will have a general understanding of what all is involved before “diving in”.

The first thing to do is to “digup” your DOS 3.3

master

diskette

which

has

Apple’s

MASTER

CREATE

utility

on

it.

(If

you’re

a

CP/M or

Pascal

user,

you’ll find

your

DOS

diskettes

buried in the bottom left hand corner of the closet, on top of the DOS 3.2.1 diskettes.)

These instructions are going to assume that you

have your (first) controller card

in

slot

six,

and your (first) drive attached

as

drive

one

(you won’t get very far having your only drive connected as drive’ two). If your drive is not connected in this manner, and you are not an old hand at using Apple DOS, then you should probably rearrange your system into this configuration for the duration of the enhancing procedure.

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Slot six is the normal location for your first controller, so unless you have something which conflicts, it is suggested. that you leave your system in a “slot six” configuration. (The DOS enhancements and associated utilities themselves won’t care, hut it will make things easier when following these instructions.) Drive one off of slot six will be referred to as your system, or hoot drive.

Remove all diskettes from your drives, and then turn on your system. If your Apple is equipped

with the

autostart

feature

(most are),

your

system drive (slot six, drive

one) should

rattle

a little

and then

sit there

quietly spinning.

If you do not have the autostart feature, then your Apple will simply display an asterisk. (“*”) and wait for you to type something. That “something” should he:

6<CTRL-P><RETURN>

Whenever these instructions need to refer to keys (to be typed) which are labelled with more than just a single character (such as: A, B, C, &, $, etc.), the key label will be enclosed in angle brackets. For example, <RETURN> indicates that the “RETURN” key should be pressed. Some special characters require that one, key he held down while another is pressed. For example, <CTRL-P> means to hold down the <CTRL> key while pressing the ‘P’ key. This is just like holding down the <SHIFT> key in order to type “$“.

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DOS ENHANCEMENTS

After the “6<CTRL—P><RETURN>” sequence is typed on a non-autostart Apple (the <CTRL—P> part won’t show on the screen), your system drive should rattle for a moment and then Sit there quietly spinning.

In both cases, the drive will end up waiting for you to insert a diskette; so indulge it by inserting your DOS master diskette (not the Enhancer diskette). Once the door is closed, the system will “boot” (if the diskette is okay) and eventually display a “]” or “>“ prompt. The first indicates you are in Applesoft BASIC, and the second indicates you are in Integer BASIC. Both are okay for these instructions. When booting an original DOS diskette from Apple, alot of other stuff will probably happen before you get the BASIC prompt. This just means that the “hello” program has executed (harmless). If you never get the BASIC prompt (“]” or “>“), it may be wise to try another diskette.

Once you get the BASIC prompt, type:

CATALOG<RETURN>

and DOS will list all the files on your DOS diskette.

Look through the list and locate the file “MASTER CREATE”. If CATALOG stops before another BASIC prompt appears, that means there are more files than will fit on the screen, press:

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