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- ****** PDD2 Documentation ******
-
- This file can be read on the Atari Portfolio, load it into the editor, and set
- word wrap to on.
-
- This program is menu operated, and will run on an IBM compatible(COM1), or an
- Atari Portfolio(requires a serial port). This program is user friendly, but I
- will give you a few pointers on some things that might not be clear.
-
- This program has not been tested on Radio Shack's Original Portable Disk Drive,
- commonly known as PDD1. Just in case your wondering what the difference is
- between PDD1 & PDD2, I will fill you in here. Basically the PDD1 can write to
- disks 100K in size, and the PDD2 can write to disks 200K in size. There are
- some software differences as well, but since I only have a PDD2, I wrote this
- software for this model only.
-
- When you are asked for the name of the file to save, you must enter the name of
- file only, and not the pathname. In other words, you must be running the
- program from the directory which contains the files you wish to save or load.
- The PDD2.EXE program does not have to be in the directory where your files
- exist. For example, if Drive A contains the PDD2.EXE program, but you want to
- save or load files from Drive C, just type A:\PDD2 while in Drive C.
-
- You are allowed to load files from you original PDD2 disks however, I have not
- tried long names. Any files that you save to your PDD2 disks, will be saved in
- the Dos format (XXXXXXXX.EXT). If you are loading files from your original
- PDD2 disks, you must enter the name as it appears in the directory, including
- any spaces. If the files you are loading were saved with this program, you
- only need to type in the name as you would in Dos (example. PBASIC.EXE).
-
- While running the the program you will see BANK 0 in the menu. This tells you
- which bank you are in. It can be either 0 or 1. Banks are used, so you can
- seperate some of your files for easy access. for example, you may wish to have
- your Basic program in BANK 0, and all your basic files in BANK 1.
-
- You must use the ESC key to exit this program.
-
-
- Portfolio Notes:
-
- If you find that the program is locked up. Press Ctrl-Alt-Del and this should
- break you out. If not, you will most likely have to use the cold reset button.
- If you were able break out, you should run PDD2.EXE again, and when you reach
- the menu, you should press ESC to quit. Then you can run PDD2.EXE again. The
- reason for this, is that this program uses a serial interrupt to connect to the
- disk drive. If for some reason you abruptly exit the program, such as using
- Ctrl-Alt-Del, the interrupt will not be removed properly, which will corrupt
- the Portfolio. If you used the cold reset button to restart the portfolio, you
- will not have to do the above, because the portfolio will be reset already.
-
-
- I hope this program is a useful addition. I wrote this program using Turbo C.
- If you have any questions or comments, or suggestions, or would like to
- contribute to my efforts. You can write to me.
-
- Brian Woodcox
- 11532-140 Street.
- Edmonton, Alberta. CAN
- T5M 1S7
-
-
- THIS PROGRAM IS PUBLIC DOMAIN AND
- SHALL NOT BE SOLD.
-
- This program can be freely distributed as long as PDD2.EXE and PDD2.DOC remain
- intact.
-
- Copyright (c) SER 1991
- Version 1.00
-
- Enjoy...