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WELCOME TO 64HDD EXPLORER
WHAT IS 64HDD?
WELL, SINCE YOU ARE READING THIS
HELP FILE, YOU MUST HAVE 64HDD
RUNNING RIGHT NOW. SO YOU SURELY
KNOW, WHAT IT IS.
CHECK
HTTP://WWW.64HDD.COM
FOR DETAILED INFORMATION AND
LATEST UPDATES OF 64HDD AND
EXTENSIONS.
WHAT IS 64HDD EXPLORER?
tHIS EXPLORER IS A TOOL WHICH
MAKES WORKING WITH YOUR 64HDD
SYSTEM AS EASY AND AMUSING AS
POSSIBLE. iT FEATURES PULLDOWN
MENU CONTROL, SHORTCUTS AND MANY
USEFUL FEATURES TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE POSSIBILITIES
OF 64HDD.
WELCOME TO 64HDD EXPLORER
WHAT IS 64HDD?
HELP FILE, YOU MUST HAVE 64HDD
RUNNING RIGHT NOW. SO YOU SURELY
KNOW, WHAT IT IS.
CHECK HTTP://WWW.64HDD.COM FOR
DETAILED INFORMATION AND LATEST
UPDATES OF 64HDD AND EXTENSIONS.
WHAT IS 64HDD EXPLORER?
tHIS EXPLORER IS A TOOL WHICH
MAKES WORKING WITH YOUR 64HDD
SYSTEM AS EASY AND AMUSING AS
POSSIBLE. iT FEATURES PULLDOWN
MENU CONTROL, SHORTCUTS AND MANY
USEFUL FEATURES TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE POSSIBILITIES
OF 64HDD.
64HDD EXPLORER HAS BEEN DEVELOPPED
USING 64HDD FREEWARE VERSION WITH
CD-AUDIO EXTENSION USING A x1541
CABLE AND NO FASTLOADERS. IT WAS
NEVER TESTED WITH ANY OTHER
CONFIGURATIONS.
PLEASE TELL ME YOUR EXPERIENCES
WITH OTHER CONFIGS.
64HDD IS NON-COMMERCIAL AND NON-
PROFESSSIONAL SOFTWARE. tO BE
HONEST IT IS MY FIRST MAJOR PROJECT
BUT IT WORKS WELL.
64HDD EXPLORER IS FREEWARE. iF
YOU'D LIKE TO CHANGE THE CODE, LET
ME KNOW. yOU CAN GET THE SOURCE
CODE FROM ME:
HANNENZ@FREENET.DE
fEEL ALSO FREE TO E-MAIL ME, IF YOU
HAVE SUGGESTIONS, REMARKS OR IF YOU
FOUND ANY BUGS!
BOOTING AND GETTING STARTED:
i RECOMMEND BOOTING 64HDD EXPLORER
FROM FLOPPY DISK, BECAUSE YOU CAN
USE A FASTLOADER THEN. fURTHERMORE
IF YOU LOAD OR SAVE PREFERENCES
(COLOUR SETUP) OR WANT TO READ
THIS HELPFILE, 64HDD EXPLORER USES
THE DEVICE NUMBER, YOU ORIGINALLY
BOOTED FROM. iF YOU BOOT FROM
HARDDISK, BE SURE TO BE IN THE BOOT
DIRECTORY WHEN LOADING THE HELP
FILE OR LOADING/SAVING COLOUR
SETUP.
wHEN RUN, 64HDD EXPLORER FIRST
LOADS THE PREFS FROM THE BOOT
DEVICE, THEN SCANS THE SERIAL BUS
FOR AN ACTIVE 64HDD DEVICE AND ALSO
GETS THE 64HDD tod TIME. yOU CAN
REPEAT THIS SCAN AT ANY TIME, E.G.
IF YOU MADE CHANGES TO YOUR SYSTEM
SETUP OR WANT TO RELOAD THE TIME.
tHE CLOCK WILL GET FALSIFIED AFTER
A TIME, BECAUSE IT STANDS STILL
DURING DISK ACCESSES. sO RESCAN TO
GET THE CORRECT TIME.
uSER iNTERFACE:
tHE MAIN INTERFACE IS DIVIDED IN
THE FOLLOWING PARTS (FROM TOP
TO BOTTOM)
MENUBAR/ CLOCK
PATH DISPLAY
MAIN WINDOW
STATUS BAR
STATISTICS
tHE PATH DISPLAY SHOWS THE CURRENT
PATH OR THE DISK ID OF A DISKIMAGE.
tHE MAIN WINDOW LISTS ALL FILES AND
SUBDIRECTORIES OF THE CURRENT PATH.
tHE STATUS BAR SHOWS YOU THE ACTIVE
FILTER (SEE 'FILTER') AND sem ON/
OFF. tHE STATISTICS SHOW NUMBER OF
TOTAL FILES (ENTRIES IN DIRECTORY)
AND DIRECTORIES, WHERE DIRECTORIES
INCLUDES ALSO THE NUMBER OF
DISKIMAGES.
tO BROWSE, USE THE CURSOR KEYS UP/
DOWN.
cHANGING dIRECTORIES: sELECT A
DIRECTORY OR DISKIMAGE AND HIT
RETURN OR CURSOR RIGHT. tO GET ONE
DIR UP, USE THE CURSOR LEFT KEY OR
CHOOSE '/..' AND HIT RETURN
fUNCTIONS:
tHE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS OF 64HDD
EXPLORER ARE CALLED EITHER BY
SHORTCUTS OR VIA THE PULLDOWN MENU.
fOR A LIST OF ALL SHORTCUTS, LOOK
AT THE KEYMAP (f2).
tO OPEN THE PULLDOWN MENU USE THE
LEFTARROW KEY. tHIS KEY WILL ALSO
ABORT ALL ACTIONS, CLOSE ALL
WINDOWS AND CLOSE THE MENU.
aQUIVALENT SHORTCUTS FOR EACH
FUNCTION ARE GIVEN IN BRACKETS FROM
NOW ON
THE FILE MENU
LOAD (RETURN) - LOADS THE HIGHLITED
FILE TO ITS ORIGINAL START ADRESS.
(FORCE LOAD WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN
THE NEXT VERSION)
VIEW - VERY USEFUL. tHE VIEWER
LOADS THE HIGHLIGHTED FILE TO
MEMORY AND DISPLAYS IT AS ascii
cODE. yOU MAY READ ANY TEXTFILES
WITH THE VIEWER. sIZE IS LIMITED TO
19k (76 BLOCKS).
DELETE (DEL) - DELETES FILE. NON-
EMPTY DIRECTORIES AND DISKIMAGES
CANNOT BE DELETED.
RENAME - RENAMES FILE. nO
DIRECTORIES/ DISKIMAGES
COPY - YOU CAN COPY A FILE.
DISKIMAGES AND DIRECTORIES CANNOT
BE COPIED.
PRG FILES CAN BE COPIED BUT ONLY
TO THE SAME DIRECTORY.
aLL OTHER FILES CAN BE COPIED TO
ANY DIRECTORY. E.G.: TO COPY A
FILE FROM CD-ROM TO C:/ TYPE:
'C:/NEWNAME' AS NEW NAME
IF YOU TRY TO COPY A PRG FILE IN
THIS WAY, IN FACT IT WORKS BUT
YOU'LL GET A FILE CALLED
'C:/NEWNAME" IN DIRECTORY
C:/ WHICH CANNOT BE LOADED/
DELETED ETC... SO BEWARE!
MAKE DIRECTORY - CREATES A NEW
SUBDIRECTORY IN THE CURRENT PATH.
EXIT - QUITS 64HDD EXPLORER
(RESTART WITH SYS 2061 IF STILL IN
MEMORY)
THE OPTIONS MENU
COLOURS: CHOOSE YOUR FAVORITE
COLOURS HERE OR LOAD THE DEFAULT
ONES. sAVING STILL MAKES PROBLEMS
AND I CAN'T GET IT FIXED, I'M
SORRY
RESCAN: RESCANS THE SERIAL BUS FOR
THE ACTIVE 64HDD DEVICE (E.G. IF
YOU CHANGED THE DEV-NR) AND GETS
THE CORRECT TIME FROM THE PC TOD
CLOCK.
FILTER (F3): THE FILTER ALLOWS YOU
TO FILTER THE LISTING BY NAME AND
TYPE OF FILES. WILDCARDS MAY
(SHOULD) BE USED, E.G. TYPE "S*"
AND CHOOSE "PRG" TO DISPLAY ALL
PRG FILES STARTING WITH S.
tHE TYPES ARE:
*** - ALL FILES
PRG - CBM PROGRAM FILES
SEQ - CBM SEQENTIAL FILES
REL - CBM RELATIVE FILES
USR - CBM USER FILES
D64 - DISK IMAGES D64
D* - ALL KINDS OF DISK IMAGES
(D64, D51, D71, D81)
DIR - DIRECTORIES
B - ALL DIRECTORIES AND DISK
IMAGES
MSD - MS DOS FILES
LNX - CBM ARCHIVE FILES
THE FILTER CRITERIA ARE DISPLAYED
AT THE STATUS BAR. iT STAYS
ACTIVATED, UNTIL IT IS SWITCHED OFF
BY PRESSING f4. dON'T FORGET THIS!
CLOCK: YOU CAN SET THE EXPLORER
CLOCK MANUALLY HERE. THIS OPTION
DOES NOT AFFECT THE PC CLOCK!
AUDIO CD (F5): IF YOU HAVE THE CD-
AUDIO EXTENSION INSTALLED ON YOUR
64HDD SYSTEM YOU CAN LISTEN TO
AUDIO CD'S HERE. THE PLAYER WORKS
LIKE ANY STANDARD CD-PLAYER. TO
ENTER A TRACK NUMBER, HIT 'T' AND
ALWAYS INSERT two DIGITS, E.G. '07'
FOR TRACK #7. YOU CAN CLOSE THE
PLAYER WITH THE LEFTARROW KEY TO
WORK ON AND STILL LISTENING.
THE DRIVE MENU
(COMMODORE KEY + LETTER OF DRIVE
(A-E)) CHOOSE A DRIVE HERE. iF NO
SUCH DRIVE EXISTS THE LAST ONE WILL
BE RE-READ.
THE HELP MENU:
GIVES YOU INFORMATION (ABOUT), THE
SHORT CUTS (KEYMAP) AND THIS HELP
FILE
sem:
'SHOW ERROR MESSAGES'. 64HDD
EXPLORER READS AND DISPLAYES THE
ERROR CHANNEL AFTER EACH DISK
ACCESS, LIKE DELETING, COPYING,
RENAMING ETC. tO TURN THIS FUNCTION
OFF OR ON AGAIN, USE THE f6 KEY.
sem STATUS IS DISPLAYED AT THE
STATUS BAR.
uSAGE, TIPPS:
USE THE FILTER FUNCTION WHEN YOU
SEARCH FOR SOMETHING, AND REMEMBER
THAT THE FILTER STAYS ACTIVE UNTIL
YOU SWITCH IT OFF. iF THERE ARE NO
FILES MATCHING THE FILTER CRITERIA,
A MESSAGE WILL BE SHOWN AND THE
FILTER IS SWITCHED OFF
AUTOMATICALLY.
TO USE THE CD-AUDIO FUNCTION YOU'LL
HAVE TO HAVE A CD-ROM DRIVE WITH
MS-DOS DRIVER INSTALLED AND THE
CD-AUDIO EXTENTION FOR 64HDD
RUNNING. oF COURSE, IF YOU INSERT
AN AUDIO-CD AND TRY TO ACCESS THE
CD-ROM DRIVE VIA THE EXPLORER, THE
CD STOPPS.
ABORT ALL WINDOWS WITH THE
LEFTARROW KEY.
IF SOMETHING STRANGE HAPPENS, RESET
WITH RUN/STOP-RESTORE AND RESTART
THE EXPLORER.
IF FOR ANY REASON THE EXPLORER PATH
AND THE ACTUAL PATH OF 64HDD
DOESN'T MATCH (E.G. IF YOU SWITCHED
ON AND OFF YOUR 64HDD DEVICE), HIT
f7 TO GET BOTH, EXPLORER AND 64HDD
DEVICE TO THE ROOT DIRECTORY (IF IN
C:/).
attention: iF YOU CHOOSE "VIEW",
ANY FILE WILL BE LOADED TO MEMORY,
THE EXPLORER DOESN'T CHECK THE
SIZE. iT IS LOADED FROM $4000
ONWARDS, BUT EXPLORER USES MEMORY
FROM $9B00-$9FFF. tHIS IS STUPID, i
KNOW, AND i WILL CHANGE THIS IN THE
NEXT VERSION. iF THE LOADED FILE
EXCEEDS THE 19k AND CORRUPTS THE
MEMORY USED BY THE EXPLORER, YOU
WILL STILL BE ABLE TO READ THE FILE
BUT IF YOU CLOSE THE WINDOW YOU'LL
GET GARBAGE ONSCREEN.
iN THIS CASE, SIMPLY RESET AND
RESTART 64HDD EXPLORER.
BUGS:
- tHERE MAY BE SOME MINOR
UNREGULARITIES IN DISPLAY
- THE COLOR SETUO 'SAVE' FUNCTION
DOESN'T WORK. (I DON'T KNOW
WHY ;-))
- LOADING FILES HAS STRANGE EFFECTS
SOMETIMES (I DON'T KNOW WHY...)
IF YOU FIND ANY FURTHER BUGS,
PLEASE EMAIL ME WITH A DETAILED
DESCRIPTRION, WHEN AND HOW THE BUG
OCCURED AND IF THE SITUATION IS
REPRODUCABLE.
now HAVE FUN WITH 64HDD EXPLORER!
VISIT
HTTP://PEOPLE.FREENET.DE/HANNENZ
FOR UPDATES, OTHER C64 STUFF AND
LITTLE INFO ABOUT ME
NOVEMBER 2002 HANNENZ