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  33.                            **************************
  34.                            * TRANSFER DOCUMENTATION *
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  37.                                        by
  38.                                    David Koski
  39.                                   P.O. Box 1078
  40.                            Fort Bragg, CA  95437-1078
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  70.         I. INTRODUCTION
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  72.         TRANSFE╥ i≤ ß utilit∙ tha⌠ provide≤ aε eas∙ methoΣ oµ transferinτ ì
  73.         file≤á t∩á anΣá froφá MS/DO╙ compatablσ disk≤ witΦá ßá CP/═á hos⌠ ì
  74.         system«á  Writteε completel∙ iε Turb∩ Pascal¼á i⌠ include≤á thesσ ì
  75.         features:
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  77.                   - Full Acces≤á ∩fá director∙ oµ MS/DO╙á witΦá ambiguou≤ ì
  78.                     filσ reference
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  80.                   - Acces≤áá t∩áá CP/═á director∙á witΦá ambiguou≤áá filσ ì
  81.                     reference
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  83.                   - Display of MS/DOS FAT (File Allocation Table)
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  85.                   - FAT recovery from backup FAT (Careful!)
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  87.                   - Filσá transfe≥á t∩á anΣ froφá MS/DO╙á usinτá PIP-likσ ì
  88.                     ambiguous (wild card) file references
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  90.                   - Source code - - of course
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  93.         II. INSTALLAtTION
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  95.         Afte≥ makinτ ß workinτ cop∙ oµ thσ distributioε disk¼á witΦá you≥ ì
  96.         origina∞á disδá iεá ß safσ placσ yo⌡ shoulΣá havσá thσá followinτ ì
  97.         files:
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  99.              TRANSFER.COM  TRANS-01.INC  TFR-INST.COM
  100.              TRANSFER.DOC  TRANS-02.INC  TFR-INST.MSG
  101.              TRANSFER.PAS  TRANS-03.INC  TFR-INST.DTA
  102.              TRANSFER.DOC  TRANS-04.INC
  103.                            TRANS-05.INC
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  105.         Fo≥á screeεá function≤á usσ TFR-INST¼á ßá GINST-madσá instalatioε ì
  106.         program«  Instal∞ TRANSFE╥ thσ samσ wa∙ yo⌡ instal∞ TURB╧ PASCAL« ì
  107.         TFR-INST.MSG and TFR-INST.DTA are used by TFR-INST.COM.
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  109.         No≈á thσá BIO╙ iε you≥ systeφ mus⌠ kno≈ tha⌠ you≥ MS-DO╙ disδá i≤ ì
  110.         "foreign"«á  Man∙ system≤ comσ witΦ ß utilit∙ t∩ accomplisΦ this«  ì
  111.         You≥á BIO╙ usuall∙ no⌠ onl∙ mus⌠ kno≈ thσ secto≥ sizσ oµ thσá MS-ì
  112.         DO╙á disδá (usuall∙ 512⌐ bu⌠ thσ Densit∙ (Double)«á Iε shor⌠á Yo⌡ ì
  113.         mus⌠á "telló you≥ BIO╙ tha⌠ thσ drivσ witΦ thσ MS-DO╙ disδ iεá i⌠ ì
  114.         i≤ "IBM-P├ DSó o≥ somethinτ similar« Fo≥ reason≤ mentioneΣ above¼ ì
  115.         TRANSFE╥ i≤ systeφ BIO╙ dependent«á  Iµ tha⌠ wasn'⌠ enough¼á eacΦ ì
  116.         differen⌠á BIO╙ like≤ t∩ d∩ thσ BIO╙ functioε cal∞á Sectraεá it'≤ ì
  117.         owε way«á  Somσ system≤ neeΣ TRANSFE╥ t∩ cal∞ Sectraε beforσ eacΦ ì
  118.         secto≥á read«á  Also¼á iε somσ system≤ ß secto≥ bia≤ need≤ t∩á bσ ì
  119.         applieΣá t∩ eacΦ BIO╙ cal∞ froφ TRANSFER«á  Thesσ variation≤á arσ ì
  120.         accomplisheΣ b∙ patchinτ thσ constant≤ iε thσ sourcσ TRANSFER.PA╙ ì
  121.         anΣá recompiling«á  Somσá experimentinτ ma∙á bσá necessary«á  Fo≥ ì
  122.         examplσá somσá Kaypro≤ neeΣ "S╧ ╜ 4ó t∩ givσ ß secto≥ bia≤ oµá 4«  ì
  123.         Thi≤á i≤á becausσ oµ ┤ CP/═ record≤ (12╕ bytes⌐ arσ iεá eacΦá 51▓ ì
  124.         bytσ MS-DO╙ sector.è
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  136.         Man∙á system≤á automaticl∙ identif∙ newl∙ loggeΣá oεá disks«á Thσ ì
  137.         troublσá i≤ the∙ usuall∙ comσ u≡ witΦ thσ wronτ inentit∙ fo≥á thσ ì
  138.         MS-DO╙á disδá anΣ ofteε thinδ i⌠ i≤ singlσá sided«á  Iµá yo⌡á arσ ì
  139.         unablσ t∩ patcΦ you≥ BIO╙ t∩ preven⌠ thi≤ theε yo⌡ ma∙ bσ ablσ t∩ ì
  140.         usσá singlσá sideΣá MS-DO╙ disk≤ only¼á o≥ tricδ you≥á systeφá b∙ ì
  141.         logginτá oε t∩ ß standarΣ doublσ sideΣ disδ first«á Theεá withou⌠ ì
  142.         warmbooting¼ brinτ u≡ TRANSFER«  System≤ witΦ singlσ sideΣ drive≤ ì
  143.         caεá oµ coarsσ onl∙ transfe≥ singlσ sideΣ disk≤ anΣ TRANSFE╥á ma∙ ì
  144.         need minor modification.
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