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Documentation file for D8TOD4.XMO
Written by Mike Collins, 4/29/85.
While HOMETERM will transfer files and support certain disk functions on the
130XE ramdisk (D8), it will not allow you to get a disk directory. The updated
version - due for release in July - is supposed to support this device. To hold
me over util then, I wrote the file D4TOD8.XMO, which will redefine the ramdisk
as "D4:" for a limited number of functions. This file, when installed on your
HOMETERM disk, will allow you to get a disk directory, upload, download, and
copy files to and from the ramdisk, now defined as "D4:". The follwoing
functions will work if you use "D8:" as the device number.
DELETE
RENAME
LOCK
UNLOCK
Notice the D8 and D4 are just two ways of accessing the same device. The FORMAT
option will not be supported here but is not needed, as DELETE will do the same
thing.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
1. Load and RUN the D8TOD4.XMO program to create the file D8TOD4.OBJ.
2. Format a blank disk using DOS 2.5 and write DOS files to it using the "H"
option. This will be your new HOMETERM disk.
3. Copy the following files to the disk.
a) RAMDISK.COM
b) All files from the HOMETERM or HOMEPAK disk.
c) D8TOD4.OBJ
4. Now select the C.(COPY) option and respond to the prompt with this line.
AUTORUN.SYS,D8TOD4.OBJ/A
5. Delete the AUTORUN.SYS file.
6. Rename the file D8TOD4.OBJ to AUTORUN.SYS.
This completes the installation procedure. You can now use the disk
functions of HOMETERM (directory, copy files, etc.) with the 130XE RAMDISK. You
can save a lot of connect time by downloading large files to "D4:" and then
copying them to a real disk after you log off.
By the way, D8TOD4.XMO should also work with other programs that use "D4:".
As yet I have only tried it with HOMETERM. If you find any other use for it
please let me know.
Mike 74005,475