╘HE ─ISK ╘OOLS ARE A COLLECTION OF UTILITIES FOR ALL THOSE NECESSARY THINGS WHICH THE ├128 OPERATING SYSTEM CAN'T DO. ╔ SHOULD NOTE THAT THESE UTILITIES DON'T ATTEMPT TO SPEED UP YOUR DISK DRIVES EXCEPT FOR BURST MODE WHICH IS USED WHEREVER POSSIBLE. ┘OU MAY FIND ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ TO BE SLOW. ╙ECURITY AND COMPATIBILITY IS GIVEN PRIORITY OVER SPEED. ╧N THE BASIS OF THE ABOVE, ╔ WOULD LIKE TO GIVE ╩IFFY─OS MY HEARTFELT RECOMMENDATIONS. ╔T WILL GREATLY ENHANCE YOUR SYSTEM'S PERFORMANCE, BOTH WITHIN AND OUTSIDE ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘. ╔F YOU WANT MORE SPEED YOU COULD TRY ═AVERICK (RECOMMENDED IN ANY CASE, SINCE IT CAN COPY NEARLY ALL COPY PROTECTED SOFTWARE) OR ╞AS╘RAC128. ╞OR SUPPLIERS, PLEASE REFER TO ┴PPENDIX ╞.
╨╠┼┴╙┼ ╬╧╘┼: ╒NLIKE THE MAIN MENU SELECTIONS, NEARLY ALL ─ISK ╘OOLS SELECTIONS USE THE 128'S MEMORY. ═OST ROUTINES OVERWRITE BANK 1 MEMORY (WHERE ┬┴╙╔├ VARIABLES ARE NORMALLY STORED). ╘HE ─ISK ├OPIER AND ╞ILE ├OPIER HOWEVER, EXPLOITS ALL MEMORY RESOURCES; BANK0, BANK1 AND THE PROPRIETARY MEMORY USED BY THE 80 COLUMN CHIP.
╘HE ─ISK ╘OOLS MENU:
╫HEN THE ─ISK ╘OOLS MENU IS ENTERED, ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ WILL ANALYZE THE DISK DRIVES CONNECTED TO YOUR COMPUTER. ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ WILL CHECK ALL DEVICE NUMBERS 8 THROUGH 12 FOR ACTIVE DISK DRIVES. ╫HEN IT COMES TO DEVICE 12, IT WRAPS AROUND AND STARTS AT DEVICE 8 AGAIN. ╔T WILL ADOPT THE FIRST DISK DRIVE FOUND AS THE MAIN DRIVE. ╘HEN, THE NEXT DRIVE FOUND BECOMES THE COPY DRIVE. ╔F ONLY ONE DRIVE IS CONNECTED, THAT DRIVE WILL BECOME BOTH THE MAIN AND COPY DRIVE. ╫HEN THE ─ISK ╘OOLS SECTION IS ENTERED FROM ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ MAIN MENU, THE STATE OF THE SHIFT KEYS DETERMINES WHICH DEVICE NUMBER ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ WILL ANALYZE FIRST.
╘HE MAIN DRIVE WILL BE THE SOURCE DRIVE FOR THE DISK AND ╞ILE ├OPIERS, AND ALL OTHER OPERATIONS WILL BE PERFORMED ON THIS DRIVE. ╘HE COPY DRIVE WILL BE THE TARGET DRIVE FOR THE COPIERS. ╘HE EXCEPTION IS THE INTERLEAVE SET COMMAND WHICH WILL ALWAYS AFFECT THE COPY DRIVE.
─RIVE TYPE CHECK:
╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ WILL AUTOMATICALLY FIGURE OUT THE TYPE OF DRIVE CONNECTED. ╘HE SUPPORTED DRIVE TYPES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
╬OTáACTIVE:
╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ CAN'T FIND A DISK DRIVE WITH THE DEVICE NUMBER SPECIFIED. ╔N THAT CASE, CHECK THAT YOUR DRIVE IS PROPERLY CONNECTED AND TURNED ON. ┴LSO CHECK THAT YOU HAVE INDEED SELECTED THE RIGHT DEVICE NUMBER.
╒NKNOWN:
╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ HAS DETECTED A DRIVE WHICH DOESN'T MATCH ANY OF THE ├OMMODORE DISK DRIVES. ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ WILL ASSUME THE DRIVE TO BE 1541 COMPATIBLE. ╘HAT IS, SINGLE SIDED, 35 TRACKS, DIRECTORY ON TRACK 18. ╔F YOUR DRIVE DON'T FIT THIS DESCRIPTION, ONLY THE SCRATCH, ╞ILE ├OPY AND ┴UTOBOOT ╘OOL UTILITIES WILL WORK WITH YOUR DRIVE.
1541:
├OMMODORE 1541 DRIVE OR COMPATIBLE. ╘HE ├OMMODORE 1570 WILL BE IDENTIFIED AS A 1541, BUT ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ WILL USE BURST MODE WHEN COMMUNICATING WITH THE 1570.
1571:
├OMMODORE 1571 OR COMPATIBLE IN DOUBLE SIDED MODE.
1571áSIDEá0:
├OMMODORE 1571 SET TO 1541 MODE. ╞OR MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE, YOU SHOULD SWITCH THE DRIVE TO 1571 MODE.
1571áSIDEá1:
├OMMODORE 1571 IN 1541 MODE USING THE BACK SIDE OF THE DISK. ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ WILL FULLY SUPPORT THIS MODE OF OPERATION.
1581:
├OMMODORE 1581 DISK DRIVE. ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ WILL IDENTIFY IF YOUR DRIVE WILL ACCESS THE ROOT DIRECTORY OR A PARTITION. ╔F A PARTITION IS SELECTED, THE START TRACK OF THE PARTITION WILL BE DISPLAYED AS WELL.
17XXá╥┴═─╧╙:
├OMMODORE ╥┴═─╧╙. ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ CAN USE ╥┴═─╧╙ AS ANY OTHER DISK DRIVE WITHIN THE CAPABILITIES OF ╥┴═─╧╙ ITSELF.
╔F THE COPY DRIVE IS IDENTIFIED AS A 1541 OR 1571 (IN ALL MODES) THEN THE DRIVE'S SECTOR INTERLEAVE SETTING WILL BE DISPLAYED. ╨LEASE REFER TO THE ╔NTERLEAVE SET COMMAND FOR FURTHER DETAILS. ╔F YOUR DISK DRIVE IS EQUIPPED WITH ╩IFFY─OS THE INTERLEAVE WILL BE ZERO UNLESS IT HAS BEEN SET TO ANOTHER VALUE PREVIOUSLY. ╨LEASE REFER TO YOUR ╩IFFY─OS MANUAL.
╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ WILL ALWAYS CHECK IF THE DRIVE(S) YOU ARE USING IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE UTILITY YOU SELECT, AND ADJUSTS ITSELF AUTOMATICALLY TO YOUR SETUP. ─ON'T WORRY ABOUT COMPATIBILITY, ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ WILL HANDLE IT FOR YOU (UNLESS YOUR DRIVE IS IDENTIFIED AS "UNKNOWN", SEE ABOVE).
╙╨┼├╔┴╠ ╬╧╘┼ TO 1581 USERS: ┴LL OPERATIONS WILL BE PERFORMED WITHIN THE CURRENTLY SELECTED PARTITION UNLESS INDICATED OTHERWISE.
╔═╨╧╥╘┴╬╘! - ┼SCAPE KEYS: ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ RESPOND TO THE ┼╙├ KEY AS AN ALL-PURPOSE PANIC BUTTON. ╔F YOU HAVE CHOSEN A FUNCTION, BUT LATER FIND THAT IT WAS NOT SUCH A GOOD IDEA, PRESS THE ┼╙├ KEY. ╘HE ┼╙├ KEY WILL LET YOU EXIT FROM EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE! ╘HE ONLY EXCEPTION IS WHEN A DISK OPERATION IS IN PROGRESS (READING OR WRITING TO DISK). ╘HEN, THE ╙╘╧╨ KEY WILL IN MOST CASES BE ABLE TO ABORT THE PROCESS. ╨LEASE NOTE THAT THE ╥╒╬/╙╘╧╨ KEY MAY HAVE TO BE HELD DOWN FIRMLY FOR SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE ╘╚┼ ╙┼╥╓┴╬╘ RESPONDS.
╔═╨╧╥╘┴╬╘! - ─ISK ERRORS: ═OST ERRORS WILL BE REPORTED USING THE STANDARD DISK ERROR MESSAGES. ╨LEASE REFER TO YOUR DISK DRIVE MANUAL FOR CORRECT INTERPRETATION OF THE ERROR MESSAGES. ╔F YOU SEE THE MESSAGE ╔/╧ ERROR, SOME ERROR HAS OCCURRED WHEN COMMUNICATING WITH THE DRIVE, PROBABLY A "DEVICE NOT PRESENT".
