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╟ETTING TO KNOW YOUR ╠T.╦ERNAL

BY:

╞RED ─ART (╘HE ├HIEF)
╨ORT ├OMMODORE
(801)/423-2734
(801)/423-1966 (╓OICE)

╞ISCAL ╔NFORMATION'S ╠T.╦ERNAL
HARD DRIVE SYSTEM, MARKETED BY
╪ETEC IS A MARVEL OF ENGINEERING
AND TECHNOLOGOY.  ╔T IS, IN MY
OPINION, THE FINEST ADD ON PERIPHERAL
YOU CAN GET FOR THE ├64/├128 COMPUTER.
╔T IS FULLY SUPPORTED WITH A WELL
WRITTEN MANUAL AND TWO ┬┬╙ SUPPORT
LINES PLUS VOICE SUPPORT OFFERED
BY ╪ETEC.  ┴LL THIS ASIDE, WE THINK
THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT
COULD BE CLARIFIED A LITTLE FROM
THE WAY THEY ARE PRESENTED IN THE
OWNERS MANUAL.  ╫E'LL POINT OUT
A FEW THINGS THAT WE HAVE LEARNED
THROUGH EXPERIENCE BY USING THE
DRIVE FOR OVER 18 MONTHS.

╘O START WITH FOR MANY THE INITIAL
READING OF THE OWNERS MANUAL IS
CONFUSING BECAUSE IT SPEAKS OF
╠╒╙ (LOGICAL UNITS), A TERM THAT
IS NOT USUALLY FAMILIAR TO MOST.
═OST USERS HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH
1541/71/81 DRIVES WHICH ARE SIMPLY
A DEVICE THAT CAN CONTAIN ONE DISK
AND IS ADDRESSED AS ─┼╓╔├┼ #8.
╔F MORE 'BOXES' ARE ADDED TO THE
SYSTEM THEY ARE USUALLY ADDRESSED
AS #9 OR #10, ETC.  ╙OME YEARS
AGO ├OMMODORE MARKETED SOME OTHER
DISK DRIVES, THE 4040, 8250 AND
THIRD PARTY DRIVES LIKE THE ═╙─2
THAT HAD ╘╫╧ DISKS IN THE SAME
'BOX'.  ╘HE BOX WAS STILL ADDRESSED
AS ─┼╓╔├┼ #8 BUT NOW EACH INDIVIDUAL
─╔╙╦ HAD TO BE ADDRESSED.  ╙INCE
EACH DISK WAS RUN ON IT'S OWN ─╥╔╓┼
IT WAS ADDRESSED BY A ─┼╓╔├┼/─╥╔╓┼
NUMBER.  ╞OR EXAMPLE, TO LOAD SOMETHING
FROM THE DISK IN ─╥╔╓┼ 0 YOU WOULD
TYPE:

╠╧┴─"0:GAME",8

AND IF THE SAME PROGRAM WERE ON
THE DISK IN ─╥╔╓┼ 1 YOU WOULD LOAD
IT WITH:

╠╧┴─"1:GAME",8

╘HE 0 OR 1 INDICATING THE ╠╧╟╔├┴╠
╒╬╔╘ NUMBER.  ╘HE ╠T.╦ERNAL CARRIES
THAT EVEN FURTHER, ALLOWING UP
TO 10 USER DEFINED LOGICAL UNITS,
0 THROUNG 9 AND ONE THAT IS SET
ASIDE FOR THE ╠T.╦ERNAL ─╧╙ TO
RESIDE ON, ╠╒ 10.  ╘HEY ARE ADDRESSED
AS ABOVE, AND YOU COULD LOAD THE
PROGRAM 'GAME' FROM ANY LOGICAL
UNIT 0 TO 9 BY INSERTING THE PROPER
╠╒ NUMBER:

╠╧┴─"╠╒:GAME",8

╫HEN YOU FIRST RECEIVE THE DRIVE
IT HAS 3 ╠╒╙ DEFINED, 0, 1 AND
2.  ┘OU CAN USE IT THAT WAY IF
YOU WANT BUT IT IS BEST TO DETERMINE
YOUR OWN NEEDS AND ADJUST THE ╠╒
PARAMETERS TO SUIT YOUR PURPOSES
FIRST.  ╔T IS A BIT DIFFICULT TO
CHANGE ╠╒ PARAMETERS LATER.

┴NOTHER CONCEPT THAT IS A BIT DIFFICULT
TO GRASP AT FIRST IS THE CONCEPT
OF ├┘╠╔╬─┼╥╙.  ┴GAIN, MOST USERS
ARE USED TO DEALING WITH ┬╠╧├╦╙
AND ARE USED TO SEEING 664 BLOCKS
FREE ON A NEW DISK.  ╘HESE FIGURES
BECOME RATHER INSIGNIFICANT WHEN
DEALING WITH A HARD DRIVE.  ╔F
IT WERE SET UP AS ONE ╚╒╟┼ ╠╒ (POSSIBLE
BUT NOT RECOMMENDED) IT WOULD HAVE
ABOUT 78,000 BLOCKS AVAILABLE (GIVE
OR TAKE A FEW THOUSAND).  ┴ MUCH
MORE MANAGEABLE METHOD OF DEALING
WITH THE SIZE OF THE DRIVE IS BY
USING ├┘╠╔╬─┼╥╙.  ┴ CYLINDER BEING
THE SMALLEST AREA OF THE DRIVE
THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED WITHOUGT
MOVING THE ╥┼┴─/╫╥╔╘┼ HEAD.  ╧N
YOUR NEW DRIVE THERE ARE 566 CYLINDERS
AVAILABLE (30 HAVE BEEN USED BY
╠╒ 10 AND THE ─╧╙).  ╘HE ╙═┴╠╠┼╙╘
╠╒ YOU CAN SET UP IS 16 CYLINDERS,
THE LARGEST WOULD BE 566 CYLINDERS.
 ╧NE CYLINDER IS EQUAL TO 68 BLOCKS
ON THE HARD DRIVE WHICH IS 136
├┬═ DISK BLOCKS.  ╘HE HARD DRIVE
USES BLOCKS 512 BYTES LONG, THE
├OMMODORRE DRIVES USE 256 BYTES.
╘HIS IS GOOD TO KEEP IN MIND SINCE
IT WILL OFTEN SEEM THAT FILES ON
YOUR HARD DRIVE ARE NOT BIG ENOUGH,
ONLY 25 BLOCKS WHEN YOU THOUGHT
THEY SHOULD BE 50, ETC.

╫HEN YOU FIRST GET YOUR DRIVE THERE
ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS YOU SHOULD
DO.  ╞IRST, ╥┼┴─ ╘╚┼ ═┴╬╒┴╠.  ╫ITH
MANY PRODUCTS YOU CAN JUST TURN
THEM ON AND START USING THEM, NOT
THIS ONE.  ╘HE MANUAL MAY PROVE
CONFUSING AT FIRST, MAYBE THIS
WILL HELP.  ╔N ANY EVENT, ╥┼┴─
╘╚┼ ═┴╬╒┴╠.  ╬EXT, BEFORE YOU DO
ANYTHING ELSE, MAKE A BACKUP COPY
OF THE DISK THAT COMES WITH THE
HARD DRIVE.  ╘HIS IS THE CURRENT
─╧╙ AND IT IS YOUR SAFETY NET IN
THE EVENT ANYTHING EVER HAPPENS
TO YOUR ─╧╙ ON YOUR DRIVE.  ╨UT
THE ORIGINAL AWAY IN A SAFE PLACE
AND PUT THE COPY AWAY WHERE YOU
CAN FIND IT IF YOU NEED IT.

╞OLLOW THE PROCEDURE FOR HOOKING
UP YOUR HARD DRIVE.  ╘HE MANUAL
IS GOOD ABOUT THAT.  ╘HE INSTRUCTIONS
ARE COMPLETE AND EASY TO FOLLOW
FOR BOTH THE ├64 AND ├128.  ┘OU
SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM.  ╫HEN YOU
GET THE DRIVE ALL CONNECTED ACCORDING
TO THE BOOK IT SHOULD COME UP AS
STATED IN THE MANUAL.

╔N THE EVENT THAT YOU CANNOT GET
THE DRIVE TO COME UP AND CANNOT
SEEM TO GET ANYTHING OUT OF IT
THERE IS A PROGRAM ON YOUR ─╧╙
DISK (THE COPY REMEMBER?) CALLED
╔╬╙╘┴╠╠├╚┼├╦.  ┘OU CAN LOAD AND
RUN THAT PROGRAM.  ╔T WILL CHECK
OUT THE WIRING AND THE HOST ADAPTOR
TO LET YOU KNOW IF THEY ARE CONNECTED
PROPERLY AND IF THE HOST ADAPTOR
AND THE COMPUTER ARE 'TALKING'
TO EACH OTHER. ╔F THE DRIVE COMES
UP THERE IS NO NEED FOR THIS CHECK.

╔F YOUR DRIVE COMES UP NORMALLY
THEN YOU SHOULD FIRST GO INTO ├╧╬╞╔╟
(JUST TYPE ├╧╬╞╔╟) AND THAT WILL
BRING UP A CONFIGURATION MENU.
╙ELECTING ╞1 WILL  LET YOU SET
UP YOUR LOGICAL UNIT PARAMETERS.
╔T IS A BIT CONFUSING BUT YOU
ARE GOING TO CONFIGURE ╨╚┘╙╔├┴╠
─╥╔╓┼ 0 AND ╨╚┘╙╔├┴╠ ├╧╬╘╥╧╠╠┼╥
0.  (╔N OTHER WORDS, ENTER 0 AT
THE FIRST TWO PROMPTS).  ╘HEN,
IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE ╠╒╙ FROM
THE WAY THEY WERE SHIPPED TO YOU
YOU MUST FIRST ─┼╠┼╘┼ THE EXISTING
╠╒╙ AND ┴── YOUR OWN.┘OU SHOULD
FIGURE OUT APPROXIMATELY HOW MUCH
ROOM YOU WILL NEED IN EACH OF THE
╠╒╙ AND CONFIGURE THEM ACCORDINGLY.
╧NLY ┘╧╒ CAN DETERMINE YOUR OWN
REQUIREMENTS.  ┴FTER YOU HAVE ADJUSTED
THE ╠╒╙ TO THE SIZE YOU WANT THEN
CHOOSE THE ╒╨─┴╘┼ AND THEN ┼╪╔╘.
╫HEN YOU EXIT YOU WILL GET AN
OPTION OF PRINTING YOUR PARAMETERS
TO THE ╙├╥┼┼╬ OR TO A ╨╥╔╬╘┼╥.
┬E ╙╒╥┼ YOU SAVE THEM.  ╔F PRINTED
TO THE ╙├╥┼┼╬ THEN ╫╥╔╘┼ THEM DOWN.
╘HIS IS ╓┼╥┘ ╔═╨╧╥╘┴╬╘.

┴FTER YOU HAVE CONFIGURED YOUR
╠╒╙ YOU MAY WISH TO SET THE REST
OF YOUR PARAMETERS.  ╙ELECTING
╞3 WILL BRING UP A WHOLE ╙├╥┼┼╬
FULL OF OPTIONS.  ┘OU CAN SET THE
COLORS THAT YOUR COMPUTER COMES
UP IN, THE DEFAULT ╠╒, TURN ON
OR OFF THE 'BEEP' AND A WHOLE LOT
OF OTHER PARAMETERS  ╙OME PERTAIN
ONLY TO A  ├128. ┘OU SHOULD GO
DOWN THE LIST CAREFULLY AND EXAMINE
EACH ONE.  ╔F IN DOUBT, PRESS THE
'^' KEY AND IT WILL BRING UP A 'HELP'
WINDOW THAT WILL EXPLAIN THE OPTIONS.
┴ COUPLE OF THINGS ARE IMPORTANT
HERE.  ╔F YOU ARE RUNNING ├-NET
12.0 THE ╬═╔ TRAP MUST BE ╧╬, IF
YOU CONVERT TO ╔═┴╟┼ THE ╬═╔ TRAP
MUST BE ╧╞╞.  ┴NOTHER OPTION IS
THE AUTOLOAD FROM THE SERIAL BUS.
╘HIS IS DESIRED AS IT ALLOWS
YOU TO TYPE:

╠╧┴─"NAME",8 AND IF THAT FILE IS
NOT FOUND ON THE HARD DRIVE IT
WILL GO OUT TO THE FLOPPY AND LOOK
FOR IT.  ┴ GOOD  WAY TO GET SOME
FILES FROM FLOPPY TO THE HARD DRIVE.
╬╧╘┼: BOTH THE FLOPPY AND THE
HARD DRIVE ═╒╙╘ HAVE THE SAME ─┼╓╔├┼
NUMBER (8 OR 9 OR WHATEVER.  ╔T
IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU HAVE YOUR
HARD DRIVE SET UP AS #8 AND ┴╠╙╧
HAVE A FLOPPY #8 HOOKED UP AT THE
SAME TIME.) ╬╧╘┼:  ╫HEN YOU ARE
CONFIGURING ALL OF YOUR OTHER SYSTEM
PARMETERS THERE IS A WHOLE PAGE
FULL OF 00 01 02, ETC. COLUMNS
ACROSS THE SCREEN.  ╘HESE ARE FOR
OTHER ╨╧╥╘╙ AND WILL BE DEALT WITH
A BIT LATER.  ╞OR NOW, ONLY WORRY
ABOUT THE COLUMN MARKED 00 (THE
FIRST COLUMN)

┴FTER THE SYSTEM IS PROPERLY CONFIGURED
TO YOUR SATISFACTION YOU MUST NOW
┴├╘╔╓┴╘┼ ┴╠╠ ╠╒╙.  ┴CTIVATING AN
╠╒ IS JUST THE SAME AS ╬┼╫ING A
DISK, IT MAKES IT READY FOR USE.
┬EFORE IT HAS BEEN ACTIVATED IT
IS NOT SAFE TO SAVE ANYTHING TO
IT. ┴CTIVATING IT ERASES EVERYTHINNG
ON IT SO YOU MUST VERIFY ╘╫╔├┼
THAT THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
┘OU WILL ALSO BE ASKED IF YOU
WANT TO INSTALL A ─╧╙ IMAGE.  ╘HIS
IS UP TO YOU, IT DOES SPEED UP
THE SYSTEM SOMEWHAT AT THE EXPENSE
OF SPACE.  ┴ DOS IMAGE REQUIRES
ABOUT 225 HARD BLOCKS (LESS THAN
ONE FLOPPY).  ╫E'D RECOMMEND IT
ON YOUR MOST USED ╠╒ IN ANY EVENT.

┘OUR SYSTEM IS NOW READY FOR USE.
╚OW DO YOUR GET FILES ONTO IT?
╞ROM A FLOPPY YOU CAN USE A UTILITY
ON YOUR HARD DRIVE CALLED ╞┴╙╘├╧╨┘.
╔T WILL RAPIDLY COPY ALL THE FILES
(OR ONLY THOSE YOU SELECT) FROM
A FLOPPY TO WHEREVER YOU WANT IT
ON YOUR DRIVE.  ╔T CAN ALSO BE
USED TO COPY ╞╥╧═ THE HARD DRIVE
TO FLOPPY.  ╔T DOES FORMAT EACH
FLOPPY THOUGH SO IF YOU JUST WANT
TO COPY A FEW FILES YOU WILL HAVE
TO USE SOMETHING ELSE.

┴ SPECIAL VERSION OF ╩IM ┬UTTERFIELD'S
├OPY-┴LL IS PROVIDED FOR COPYING.
╔T IS A BIT SLOWER AND YOU NEED
TO CHANGE ─┼╓╔├┼ NUMBER BUT IT
WILL COPY ALL FILE TYPES AND WILL
GIVE AN OPTION TO REPLACE AN EXISTING
FILE.  ┴ GREAT UTILITY. (INCIDENTALLY,
TO CHANGE THE NUMBER OF THE HARD
DRIVE IT IS ONLY NECESSARY TO TYPE
─ 9 OR ─ 10 AND THAT WILL CHANGE
IT TEMPORARILY).

╔F YOU WANT TO COPY FROM ONE ╠╒
TO ANOTHER THE ┴╒╘╧├╧╨┘ DOES IT.
IT IS FAST, EFFICIENT, AND WILL
OFFER THE CHANCE TO REPLACE AN
EXISTING FILE.

╘O DELETE ONE FILE YOU CAN USE
┼╥┴ ╞╔╠┼╬┴═┼ (NO QUOTES), OR IF
YOU HAVE A LOT OF FILES TO DELETE,
USE ┴╒╘╧─┼╠ WHICH WILL SHOW YOU
THE LIST OF COMPLETE FILES ON AN
╠╒ AND YOU CAN CHOOSE WHICHEVER
ONES YOU WANT DELETRED.

─╧╙ 7.0 HAS THE INCLUSION OF A
NEW FEATURE TO ═╧╓┼ FILES FROM
ONE ╒╙┼╥ NUMBER TO ANOTHER ON THE
SAME ╠╒.  ┴╒╘╧═╧╓┼ IS VERY QUICK,
WILL MOVE THE FILES. ─ELETES THEM
FROM ONE USER AND ADD THEM TO ANOTHER.
(╘HE ╒╙┼╥ CONCEPT WILL BE EXPLAINED
A BIT MORE LATER.)

╔T SHOULD BE NOTED HERE THAT ╞┴╙╘├╧╨┘
AND ├╧╨┘-┴╠╠64.╠ ONLY WORK IN 64
MODE SO IF YOU ARE USING A ├128
YOU MUST GO INTO ├64 MODE TO USE
THESE COPIERS.  ╘HERE IS A FAIRLY
GOOD COPIER AVAILABLE THAT WORKS
IN ├128 MODE, IT IS ╒╬╔├╧╨┘ THAT
IS DISTRIBUTED ON THE 1581 DISTRIBUTION
DISK.  ╔T IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
╒╬╔├╧╨┘ AS IT APPEARS ON THE 1581
DISK IS NOT FULLY IMPLEMENTED IN
THAT YOU CANNOT COPY TO ALL ╠╒╙.
╘HERE IS A MODIFIED VERSION, MODIFIED
BY ╪ETEC, THAT WORKS WELL WITH
THE ╠T.╦ERNAL, IT IS AVAILABLE
ON THE ╪ETEC ┬┬╙ AS ╒╬╔├╧╨┘-╘ OR
ON ╨ORT ├OMMODORE.  ╧NE ADDITIONAL
NOTE HERE AS WELL, WE HAVE FOUND
THAT ╞┴╙╘├╧╨┘ NOW WORKS IN 128
MODE WITH ─╧╙ 7.1.  (┴ LATER NOTE:
╞┴╙╘├╧╨┘ IN 128 MODE SEEMS TO HAVE
A PROBLEM GOING FROM THE HARD DRIVE
TO THE FLOPPY IF THE 128 OR 1571 HAS
UPDATED ╥╧═╙.  ╫E HAVE REPORTED IT TO
╞ISCAL BUT THEY HAVE NOT VERIFIED IT
YET.  ╫E HAVE HEARD ENOUGH 'STORIES' TO
CONVINCE US THAT THE 'BUG' EXISTS).

┴ FEW ADDITIONAL CONCEPTS NEED
SOME EXPLANATION.  ╧NE IS THE ╒╙┼╥
CONCEPT.  ┼ACH ╠╒ CAN BE FURTHER
SUBDIVIDED INTO 16 SUBDIRECTORIES
OR ╒╙┼╥╙.  ┴NY FILES THAT ARE PUT
IN A PARTICULAR ╒╙┼╥ AREA ARE ONLY
ACCESSIBLE TO THAT ╒╙┼╥.  ╞OR EXAMPLE,
IF YOU WANTED TO SAVE A SET OF
FILES TO A PARTICULAR PART OF THE DRIVE
BUT DID NOT WANT THEM INTERMINGLED
WITH FILES THAT WERE ALREADY IN
THAT ╠╒ THEN YOU COULD PUT THEM
IN A DIFFERENT USER NUMBER.  ╫HEN
YOU GO TO THAT ╒╙┼╥ # JUST BY TYPING
╒╙┼╥ AND THE NUMBER 0 THROUGH 15
YOU WILL BE IN THAT USER AREA.
┘OU CAN GO FROM ╠╒ TO ╠╒ AND YOU
WILL STILL BE IN THAT ╒╙┼╥.  ╔F
YOU TYPE ─╔╥ YOU WILL ONLY SEE
THE FILES THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO
THAT ╒╙┼╥.  ╘HEY CAN BE MOVED FROM
ONE USER TO ANOTHER WITH ┴╒╘╧═╧╓┼
OR FROM ONE ╠╒ TO ANOTHER WITH
┴╒╘╧├╧╨┘.  ┴UTOCOPY ALSO GIVES
AN OPTION OF SENDING THEM TO A
SEPARATE USER NUMBER. ╘HIS IS A
VERY HANDY FEATURE FOR KEEPING
SOME BACKUP FILES ON YOUR DRIVE,
JUST SAVE THEM TO A SEPARATE ╠╒
AND USER NUMBER.  ╔ KEEP A COPY
OF MY ╠╒ 0 ON ╠╒ 6, USER 1 SO THAT
IF ANYTHING SHOULD HAPPEN TO MY
╠╒ 0 ╔ CAN USE THE BACKUP FROM
╠╒ 6 VERY QUICKLY.

┴NOTHER CONCEPT IS THE ╨╧╥╘ NUMBER.
╘HE ╠T.╦ERNAL CAN HAVE ═╧╥┼ THAN
ONE COMPUTER CONNECTED TO IT AT
ONE TIME. ┴ ─┼╓╔├┼ CALLED A ═╒╠╘╔╨╠┼╪┼╥
WILL ENABLE FOUR COMPUTERS (ANY
COMBINATON OF ├64/├128) TO CONNECT
TO THE SAME HARD DRIVE.  ╙EVERAL
═╒╠╘╔╨╠┼╪┼╥╙ CAN BE CONNECTED TOGETHER
SO THAT IT IS ╨╧╙╙╔┬╠┼ TO CONNECT
16 COMPUTERS TO ONE HARD DRIVE
SYSTEM. ┼ACH COMPUTER CAN BE SEPARATELY
CONFIGURED WITH ITS' OWN ╨╧╥╘ NUMBER.
╒NLESS YOU HAVE A MULTIPLEXER
YOU HAVE NO NEED FOR THE PORT NUMBER
CONCEPT.  ╔F YOU DO HAVE A MULTIPLEXER
YOU CAN CHANGE ╨╧╥╘ NUMBER BY A
SMALL SET OF ─╔╨ SWITCHES IN THE
╚╧╙╘ ┴─┴╨╘╧╥.  ┘OUR COMPUATER CAN
BE ANY ╨╧╥╘ FROM 00 TO 15.

┴NOTHER 'DEVICE' THAT CAN BE ADDED
IS AN ┴── ON DRIVE.  ┴DDITIONAL
20 OR 40 MEG DRIVES CAN BE ADDED--UP
TO 160 ═EG ╔ THINK-AND EACH ADDITIONAL
DRIVE IS GIVEN A NEW PHYSICAL ─╥╔╓┼
NUMBER IN ├╧╬╞╔╟.  ┘OUR FIRST DRIVE
IS PHYSICAL DRIVE 0, THE FIRST
ADD ON IS PHYSICAL DRIVER 1, ETC.
┘OU STILL ONLY HAVE 10 ╠╒╙ THAT
YOU CAN DEFINE BUT THEY CAN BECOME
MUCH LARGER.  ┘OU CAN DEFINE THEN
IN ANY SEQUENCE YOU WANT, USING
CYLINDERS 0 TO 566 ON THE FIRST
DRIVE AND 0 TO 596 (NO ─╧╙) ON
THE ADD ONS.  ╔T SHOULD BE NOTED
THAT AN ╠╒ ├┴╬╬╧╘ CROSS BETWEEN
DRIVES. ┘OU COULD NOT HAVE ONE
THAT WAS PARTIALLY ON ONE DRIVE
AND PARTIALLY ON ANOTHER.  ┴LSO
THE ADD ONS ARE JUST 'DAISY CHAINED'
LIKE ADDING ANOTHER 1541 EXCEPT
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GIVE IT A SEPARATE
NUMBER, IT IS JUST PART OF THE
FIRST.  ╘HE ADD ON WILL HAVE TWO
SLOTS IN THE BACK, ONE FOR A CABLE
FROM THE HOST AND ONE FOR A CABLE
TO THE ORIGINAL DRIVE.

╧CCASIONALLY, THE DRIVE MAY EXHIBIT
SOME STRANGE BEHAVIOR.  ╧NE COMMON
CAUSE IS THE HOST ADAPTOR.  ╘HE
HOST IS A LARGE, HEAVY CARTRIDGE
AND IT TAKES VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT
OF THE COMPUTER TO LOOSEN THE CONTACT
BETWEEN THE HOST AND THE COMPUTER.
┴T THE FIRST SIGN OF ANY ABNORMAL
BEHAVIOR FROM YOUR DRIVE CHECK
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HOST ADAPTOR
IS PLUGGED IN PROPERLY.  ╞AR LESS
COMMON BUT STILL AN OCCASIONAL
OCCURANCE IS CORROSION OR OXIDIZATION
ON THE CONTACTS OF THE HOST ADAPTOR.
╔F YOU ARE HAVING UNEXPLAINED
PROBLEMS WITH YOUR DRIVE A GENTLE
CLEANING OF THE HOST ADAPTOR CONTACTS
WITH A PENCIL ERASER MIGHT HELP.
┬E VERY CAREFUL AND RUB THEM GENTLY
UNTIL THEY SHINE THEN CLEAN OFF
ANY RESIDUE OR PARTICLES WITH A
GENTLE BRUSH BEFORE RE-INSERTING
THE HOST.  ═AKE SURE IT IS PROPERLY
AND FIRMLY SEATED.

┴ RARE OCCURANCE IS THE DESTRUCTION
OF AN ╠╒.  ┴T FIRST GLANCE IT MAY
APPEAR TO BE HOPLESSLY LOST AND
IT MAY APPEAR THAT ALL YOU CAN
DO IS ACTIVATE IT AND START OVER.
╔F THIS SHOULD EVER HAPPEN TO
YOU BE CALM, DON'T PANIC.  ╔T MAY
NOT BE AS BAD AS IT LOOKS.  ╞IRST
CHECK ALL OF YOUR ╠╒╙ TO SURVEY
THE DAMAGE.  ╔F IT IS CONFINED
TO ONE ╠╒ THEN LOOK FOR ANOTHER
ONE THAT HAS SOME ROOM ON IT, HOPEFULLY
AS MUCH ROOM AS ON THE DAMAGED
╠╒.  ╫HEN YOU HAVE FOUND SOME SPARE
ROOM (IT DOES NOT ALL HAVE TO BE
TOGETHER), USE AUTOCOPY TO FILE
COPY ┬┘ ╔╬─╔╓╔─╒┴╠ ╞╔╠┼ ╘┘╨┼ FROM
THE DAMAGED ╠╒ TO YOUR 'SPARE'.
╙INCE THERE ARE SEVERAL FILE TYPES
YOU WILL HAVE TO REPEAT THE PROCEDURE
SEVERAL TIMES.  ┘OU MAY NOT HAVE
ANY ╒╙┼╥ FILES ON THAT ╠╒ SO YOU
CAN SKIP THAT FILE TYPE, THE SAME
GOES FOR OTHER FILE TYPES.  ╔T
IS BEST TO COPY EACH TYPE JUST
TO BE SURE. ┘OU MAY NOT RECOVER
ALL OF YOUR FILES THIS WAY BUT
YOU WILL RECOVER A LOT OF THEM.
╫HEN YOU HAVE COPIED ALL THAT
YOU CAN FROM THE AFFECTED ╠╒ THEN
ACTIVATE IT AND COPY ALL OF YOUR
FILES BACK TO IT. ╬╧╘┼:  ─╧╙ 7.1
MAY CURE THIS PROBBLEM AND MAKE
THIS UNNECESSARY.

╔N THE EVENT THAT ANYTHING HERE
CONFLICTS WITH THE INSTRUCTION
MANUAL DISREGARD THESE INSTRUCTIONS.
╘HE OPERATORS MANUAL IS THE ULTIMATE
AND FINAL WORD, THESE NOTES ARE
MERELY MEANT TO BE HELPFUL ADDITIONS.

╠OOK FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
IN PART TWO.

╠T. ╦ERNAL IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK
OF ╞ISCAL ╔NFORMATION, ╔NC.

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