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- XCLONE - Copy Utility for XPORT.EXE
-
- Version 1.3
-
- Copyright (C) 1992 by Digital Innovations
- All rights reserved.
-
- If you would like to use XPORT, the D. I. File Transporter,
- but you don't already have a way to transfer files between two
- systems with different disk sizes, or incompatible disk formats
- (or the program you do have just WON'T WORK), this utility will
- allow you to get XPORT.EXE to the system that doesn't have it.
- All you need on the inaccessible system is your DOS disk, with the
- files MODE.COM and DEBUG.COM (or SID.EXE if you are using DR-DOS).
- Just run XCLONE on the system that has XPORT.EXE on it, and follow
- the simple directions.
-
- Basically, you will be following these steps:
-
- 1) Connect a null modem cable to both systems.
-
- 2) Run XCLONE on the source system (be sure XPORT.EXE is in the
- same directory as XCLONE).
-
- 3) Boot the other system - should be at the DOS prompt.
-
- 4) Type "MODE COMx:96,N,8,2", followed by ENTER, then type "CTTY
- COMx", followed by ENTER on the other system - its console
- will now be redirected to the specified serial port.
- (The 'x' in COMx is the port number that the cable is
- connected to, COM1 or COM2).
-
- 5) Hit any key on the source system. XCLONE will ask you to
- verify the destination drive and directory. If you approve
- the destination, it will create a copy of XPORT.EXE on the
- other system's disk.
-
- XCLONE takes control of the target system, runs DEBUG (or
- SID if you are using DR-DOS), sends a short loader program to it,
- starts it up and transfers the contents of XPORT.EXE into the
- target system's memory (the transfer and verification process
- takes less than a minute). It then commands DEBUG to write the
- data to the disk, and names the resulting file XPORT.EXE. If you
- are using SID under DR-DOS, you will also be prompted to enter the
- number of the COM port to which you have the cable connected, since
- there is no way for XCLONE to automatically determine this under
- SID.
-
- The cable that you use must include a connection between the
- DTR output on the source system and the DSR input on the target,
- and the RTS output on the source and the CTS input on the target;
- this is required by the DOS CTTY function. Or, you can just connect
- DTR to DSR and RTS to CTS on the target system end of the cable -
- that makes CTTY happy, too. On some systems, either MODE or CTTY
- doesn't appear to enable DTR, however; in this case, try doing a
- copy of a short file, such as CONFIG.SYS, to the port using COPY
- FILENAME.EXT COMx, before issuing the CTTY COMx command. DTR should
- then be enabled, allowing CTTY to work. Recommended cable connections
- are as shown below:
-
- SOURCE TARGET
- (25 pin) (25 pin)
-
- DTR (pin 20) ------------ (pin 6) DSR
- RTS (pin 4) ------------ (pin 5) CTS
- TD (pin 2) ------------ (pin 3) RD
- RD (pin 3) ------------ (pin 2) TD
- GROUND (pin 7) ------------ (pin 7) GROUND
-
-
- SOURCE TARGET
- (9 pin) (9 pin)
-
- DTR (pin 4) ------------ (pin 6) DSR
- RTS (pin 7) ------------ (pin 8) CTS
- TD (pin 3) ------------ (pin 2) RD
- RD (pin 2) ------------ (pin 3) TD
- GROUND (pin 5) ------------ (pin 5) GROUND
-
-
- SOURCE TARGET
- (25 pin) (9 pin)
-
- DTR (pin 20) ------------ (pin 6) DSR
- RTS (pin 4) ------------ (pin 8) CTS
- TD (pin 2) ------------ (pin 2) RD
- RD (pin 3) ------------ (pin 3) TD
- GROUND (pin 7) ------------ (pin 5) GROUND
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-
- SOURCE TARGET
- (9 pin) (25 pin)
-
- DTR (pin 4) ------------ (pin 6) DSR
- RTS (pin 7) ------------ (pin 5) CTS
- TD (pin 3) ------------ (pin 3) RD
- RD (pin 2) ------------ (pin 2) TD
- GROUND (pin 5) ------------ (pin 7) GROUND
-
-
- Universal null modem cables, including all the above
- connections with both types of female connectors on both ends are
- available from various distributors. One such distributor is
- DALCO Electronics in Franklin, OH, 1-800-445-5342. Their null
- modem cable part number is 42965.
-
-
- Helpful tip: If for some reason you have XPORT on one
- system, and XCLONE on the other, and you need to get XCLONE itself
- to the other system, you can transfer XCLONE disguised as XPORT.
- Just copy XCLONE.COM to XPORT.EXE, run XCLONE, and let it transfer
- its disguised copy. Once transferred, you can then rename it to
- XCLONE.COM on the other system.
-
- Ken Logsdon
- Digital Innovations
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-