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- Gemulator Explorer version 2.01
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- Contact information:
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- Emulators Inc.
- 14150 N.E. 20th Street
- Suite 302
- Bellevue, WA 98007-3700
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- Sales: (206)-236-0540
- Fax: (206)-236-0257
- Email: info@emulators.com
- Web: http://www.emulators.com
- Store: http://www.softmac2000.com
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- Gemulator Explorer is ideal for Windows users who have the need to pull in
- files from non-DOS disk formats. Use it to access documents, spreadsheets,
- pictures, and other cross-platform files on Macintosh and Atari disks.
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- Using a user interface similar to that of the Windows Explorer, you can now
- access and navigate disks that were formerly unreadable by MS-DOS and Windows.
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- The PC's built-in floppy disk drive and CD-ROM are used to directly read files
- from floppies and CDs. With an optional SCSI adapter, ZIP disks and external
- Macintosh hard disks can also be accessed directly.
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- Gemulator Explorer gives Windows access to all of the following disk media:
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- - Macintosh 1.44M and 120M floppy disks
- - Macintosh 400K and 800K 10-sector floppy disks (not GCR disks)
- - Macintosh CD-ROMs (including the Macintosh side of hybrid CDs)
- - Macintosh SCSI hard disks and Macintosh formatted Iomega ZIP disks
- - Macintosh disk images (.IMG, .IMAGE, and .DSK files)
- - Atari 8-bit disk images produced by SIO2PC (.ATR files)
- - Atari 8-bit disk images produced by PC Xformer (.XFD, .SS, and .DD files)
- - Atari ST hard disk images (.VHD files)
- - Atari ST 360K, 400K, 720K, 800K, 1.44M, and 120M floppy disks
- - Atari ST formatted SCSI hard disk and Atari ST formatted Iomega ZIP disks
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- To install the Gemulator Explorer, copy the file GEMXPLOR.EXE to your PC.
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- You may wish to place the Gemulator Explorer icon directly on your Windows
- desktop so that you can later run it as easily as the Windows Explorer itself.
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- Double click the Gemulator Explorer icon. The left hand portion of the window
- displays all of the available DOS and non-DOS drives, starting with DOS drives
- then any SCSI devices such as CD-ROMs and ZIP disks, then any non-DOS floppies
- and finally any installed disk images.
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- When browsing a disk, right click any file to display more information such as
- the file size and file timestamp, or use the View Details menu options to do
- the same for all files. Use the Backspace key to go up one directory level.
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- When browsing regular DOS partitions, double clicking on a disk image (.IMG,
- .IMAGE, .DSK, .VHD, .ATR, .XFD, etc. file) will mount the disk image as a drive
- and display it in the left window. You can then navigate the contents of the
- disk image itself.
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- Creating disk image files
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- To create a disk image file from a floppy disk or SCSI device, select the disk,
- then click the File \ Create Image From Disk menu. You will be prompted to
- provide the path and filename of the disk image file to create.
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- You can use this feature to create disk images of entire CD-ROMs and ZIP disks,
- as well as any size floppy disk. These disk images can then be used by our
- Gemulator 98 product and other emulators.
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- To take an existing disk image and copy it out to a floppy disk or SCSI device,
- select the disk then click the File \ Write Image To Disk menu. You will be
- prompted to provice the path and filename of the disk image file to write out.
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- Copying and converting Macintosh text files
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- To copy a Macintosh text file to the Windows clipboard, so that the text may be
- pasted to a Windows text editor or word processor, select the file on the
- Macintosh disk, then click the Edit \ Copy As Text menu.
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- Copying Macintosh and Atari ST files to your PC
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- To copy a Macintosh or Atari file to your PC's hard disk, select the file on
- the Macintosh disk, then drag the file icon to your Windows desktop or to a
- Windows Explorer window or File Manager window.
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- Troubleshooting
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- We are aware of a problem on the original Windows 95 (released in August 1995)
- that causes Gemulator Explorer to hang when trying to access an empty CD-ROM
- drive. This problem is fixed in Windows 95 OSR2 and Windows 98. Users of the
- original Windows 95 can obtain an updated ASPI SCSI drivers from Adaptec.
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- Gemulator Explorer does not read GCR formatted 400K and 800K Macintosh disks.
- PC floppy disk drivers are physically not capable of reading such disks.
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- If you run across a disk that you are unable to read or pull files from, the
- best way for us to track down the problem is for you to create a disk image
- file of the disk (using the Create Image menu command) and email us the disk
- image. Or send us a copy of the disk.
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- Run Macintosh software directly on the PC!
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- Our SoftMac 2000 emulation product (available separately) adds the capability
- of booting, reading, writing, and executing software from non-DOS disks. Use
- it to run Mac OS and Macintosh programs, Atari GEM and Atari ST programs, and
- even your favorite Atari 8-bit games on your Windows computer.
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- For the latest information on SoftMac and Gemulator Explorer, visit our web
- site at http://www.emulators.com.
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