ÔÅÃÈÎÉÃÁÌ ÂÒÉÅÆ ÄÁÔÁ ÃÈÉÅÆ ÈÁÒÄ ÄÉÓË ÄÁÔÁ ÍÁÎÁÇÍÅÎÔ ÓÙÓÔÅÍ ÆOR ÔHE Ã64 AND Ã128 ÔHE ÄÁÔÁ ÃÈÉÅÆ IS A ÃOMBINATION ÈÁÒÄ ÄÉÓË AND ÆÌÏÐÐÙ ÄÉÓË DATA STORAGE SYSTEM FOR USE WITH THE Ã64 AND Ã128. ÔHE ÆOLLOWING ARTICLE DESCRIBES JUST HOW THE SYSTEM IS CONFIGURED AND HOW IT WORKS. ÈÁÒÄ×ÁÒÅ: ÔHE ÄÁÔÁ ÃÈÉÅÆ IS HOUSED IN A Ð.Ã. STYLE FLIP TOP CABINET. ÔHIS ALLOWS THE 64 OWNER TO SET UP HIS COMPUTER SYSTEM EASILY AND COMPACTLY. ÔHE MONITOR CAN BE SET UP ON TOP, AND THE Ã64 OR Ã128 PLUGGED INTO THE ÃHIEF THROUGH THE SERIAL CABLE. ÔHE SYSTEM IS SUPPLIED POWER VIA A 135 WATT SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY. ÔHE CABINET ALSO PROVIDES ROOM FOR FUTURE INSTALLATION OF MODULES CURRENTLY UNDER TESTING BY ÉÃÔ. ÔHE ÄÁÔÁ ÃÈÉÅÆ COMES WITH A Ã-64 COMPATIBLE FLOPPY DISK DRIVE. ÔHE FLOPPY WORKS JUST LIKE THE 1541, AND THE HARD DRIVE WORKS IN TANDEM WITH THE FLOPPY. ÔHIS IS ONE REASON WHY THE HARD DISK IS SO COMPATIBLE AND TRANSPARENT TO THE C64, AS SHALL BE SEEN IN THE SYSTEM DESCRIPTION. ÔHE ÆLOPPY AND ÈARD DRIVES ARE BOTH 1/2 HEIGHT, LEAVING TWO 1/2 HEIGHT SPACES (OR 1 FULL SPACE) FOR FUTURE DRIVE ADDITIONS. ÔHE HARD DRIVE CONTROLLER THAT IS STOCK IN THE ÄÁÔÁ ÃÈÉÅÆ CAN CONTROL TWO HARD DRIVES. ÓINCE THE ÄÁÔÁ ÃÈÉÅÆ COMES STOCK WITH ONLY ONE HARD DRIVE, THE USER CAN ADD A SECOND HARD DRIVE WHEN PURCHASED FROM ÉÃÔ. ÁDDING A THIRD HARD DRIVE CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY ADDING A SECOND PRIMARY HARD DISK CONTROLLER CARD AND THEN ADDING THE HARD DRIVE. ÓÙÓÔÅÍ: ÐERHAPS THE MOST INTERESTING FEATURE OF THE ÄÁÔÁ ÃÈÉÅÆ IS ITS EASE OF OPERATION. ÔHE FLOPPIES ARE LOADED FROM THE FLOPPY DRIVE CONTROLLER INTO THE HARD DISK AS INDIVIDUAL DISKS. ÔHE HARD DISK OPERATES AS 60 FLOPPIES PER 10 MEGABYTES. ÔO ACCESS A PARTICULAR PROGRAM FROM THE HARD DISK, FIRST ACCESS THE FLOPPY DISK ON THE ÈARD DISK, AND THEREAFTER TREAT THAT DISK AS IF IT WERE DEVICE 8 OR AS THE ORIGINAL FLOPPY. ÔO GET BACK TO THE FLOPPY, A COMMAND IS GIVEN TO HAND ACCESS BACK TO THE FLOPPY. ÈERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW IT WORKS. ÆIRST ASSUME THE HARD DISK NOW AS 60 DISKS LOADED INTO IT. 1. ÔO ACCESS DISK #49 FOR EXAMPLE: ÔYPE 'ÏÐÅÎ 15,8,15,"È49" ÔHIS OPENED THE COMMAND CHANNEL TO HARD DISK 0 (OR THE FIRST HARD DRIVE) AND TO THE TRACK AND SECTOR OF THE FLOPPY RESIDING IN PARTITION #49. 2. ÔO READ THE DIRECTORY OF THAT DISK: ÔYPE ÌÏÁÄ "$",8 3. ÔO LOAD A PROGRAM FROM THAT DISK: ÔÙÐÅ ÌÏÁÄ"PRG. NAME",8 (OR,8,1) AS REQ UIRED TO LOAD THAT TYPE OF PROGRAM. 4. ÓTANDARD FILE STRUCTURES ARE SUPPORTED ON THE HARD DRIVE. 5. ÔO RETURN TO THE FLOPPY DRIVE: ÔÙÐÅ ÏÐÅÎ 15,8,15,"È0" ÁS CAN BE SEEN ABOVE, THE ÈÁÒÄ ÄRIVE EMULATION OF THE FLOPPY DISK IS TREATED BY THE SOFTWARE AS IF IT WERE THE DEVICE 8. ÔHIS HAS IMMENSE ADVANTAGES IN THAT IT ALLOWS MUCH BETTER COMPATIBILITY FOR SOFTWARE OPERATION (FOR EXAMPLE IN WORD PROCESSOR FILE HANDLING). ÆLOPPY DISK TRANSFER FROM FLOPPY TO ÈÁÒÄ ÄÒÉÖÅ IS VERY SIMPLE. ÓOFTWARE WITH ERRORED TRACKS CAN BE TRANSFERRED IN MOST CASSES, AND A NOVEL UTILITY ROUTINE ALLOWS THE COMPUTER TO TRANSFER MOST ERROR DIRECTLY TO THE HARD DISK. ÉT SHOULD BE ADDED THAT THE TECHNIQUES WORK REMARKABLY WELL AND THE SYSTEM IS VIRTUALLY TRANSPARENT IN OPERATION. ÄÁÔÁ ÃÈÉÅÆTM Ã64/Ã128 ÃÏÍÐÁÔÉÂÌÅ ÈÁÒÄ ÄÉÓË ÓÙÓÔÅÍ ÓÐÅÃÉÆÉÃÁÔÉÏÎÓ ÍÏÄÅÌ ÈÆÄ-20: 20 ÍÅÇÁÂÙÔÅ ÈÁÒÄ ÄÉÓË ÓÙÓÔÅÍ ×ÉÔÈ€£ÆÌÏÐÐÙ ÄÉÓË ÄÒÉÖÅ 1.#ÏÆ 170Ë ÆÌÏÐÐÉÅÓ ÓÔÏÒÅÄ: 120 2.ÆÌÏÐÐÙ ÄÒÉÖÅ, ÓÉÎÇÌÅ ÓÉÄÄÅÄ, 170 ËÂÙÔÅ Ã-64 ÃÏÍÐÁÔÉÂÌÅ 3.ÉÎÔÅÒÆÁÃÅ ÓÅÒÉÁÌ, ÄÕÁÌ ÐÏÒÔÓ 4.ÐÏ×ÅÒ ÓÕÐÐÌÙ 135 ×ÁÔÔ Ó×ÉÔÃÈÉÎÇ 5.ÃÁÓÅ ÃÁÐÁÃÉÔÙ 4 ÅÁ 1/2 ÈÔ ÄÒÉÖÅÓ (ÓÐÁÃÅ ÆÏÒ 2 ÁÄÄÎ ÄÒÉÖÅÓ) 7"È X 15" Ä X 21" × 6.ÄÉÓË ÁÃÃÅÓ ÅØÁÍÐÌÅ:ÆÄÉÓË # ÁÄÄÒ: ÏÐÅÎ15,8,15,"È44" ÔÈÅÎ ÌÏÁÄ "ÐÇÍ",8,1 ECT. 7.ÄÁÔÁ ÔÒÁÎÓÆÅÒ ÒÁÔÅ ÆÁÓÔÅÒ ÔÈÁÎ ÆÌÏÐÐÙ: 8.ÅØÐÁÎÄÉÂÉÌÉÔÙ (ÏÐÔÉÏÎÓ) 1 ÁÄÄÎ È.Ä. 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ÉN THE CHAINED MODE, A DIRECTORY WILL GIVE WILL GIVE A LISTING OF ALL DISK CONTENTS WITHIN THE CHAIN. (ÏR ALLOW ANY CONTENT TO BE LOADED REGARDLESS OF EXISTING PARTITION ADDRESSED BY THE HARD DRIVE.) ×HEN THE HARD DRIVE FIRST BOOTS, IT IS AUTOMATICALLY ADDRESSED TO THE ÈÁÒÄ ÄÒÉÖÅ PARTITION #1, (×ITH ÂÏÓÓ Ó×ÉÔÃÈ IN ÄÏ×Î POSITION) WITH ALL REMAINING PARTITIONS IN THE CHAIN. ÔHE USER CAN RE-PROGRAM THE CHAIN LOCATION BY USING ÍÏÄÅ 4. ÍÏÄÅ 2: ÓÏÕÒÃÅ/ÄÅÓÔÉÎÁÔÉÏÎ ÔHIS ÍODE ALLOWS THE USER TO RUN MOST COPY PROGRAMS AND USE THE SWITCH TO DESOIGNATE ÓOURCE/ÄESTINATION (ÆLOPPY/ÈARD DRIVE). ÆOR EXAMPLE, WHEN A FAST COPY PROGRAM INSTRUCTS THE USER TO INSERT THE SOURCE DISK AND HIT RETURN, THE SWITCH IS MOVED UP (I.E. FLOPPY) AND RETURN IS HIT. ×HEN THE PROGRAM ASKS THE OPERATOR TO INSERT THE DESTINATION AND HIT RETURN, THE SWITCH IS MOVED DOWN TO THE HARD DRIVE POSITION AND RETURN IS HIT. (ÔÈÅ ÄÁÔÁ ÉÓ ÔÒÁÎÓÆÅÒÒÅÄ ÆÒÏÍ ÔÈÅ ÆÌÏÐÐÙ ÔÏ ÔÈÅ€£ÈÁÒÄ ÄÒÉÖÅ.) ÍÏÄÅ 3: Ó×ÉÔÃÈÏÖÅÒ ÁÆÔÅÒ ÂÏÏÔÉÎÇ ÐÒÏÔÅÃÔÅÄ ÓÏÆÔ×ÁÒÅ ÉN ÍODE 3, THE ÂÏÓ ÓWITCH IS FLIPPED TO THE FLOPPY POSITION, A PROTECTED PROGRAM IS BOOTED FROM THE FLOPPY DRIVE, AND ONCE BOOTED THE SWITCH IS FLIPPED TO THE HARD DRIVE POSITION. ÎOW THE PROTECTED SOFTWARE IS RUNNING AND FILE ACCESS WILL BE TRANSFERD TO THE HARD DRIVE. ÍÏÄÅ 4: ÉÎÉÔÉÁÌÉÚÅÓ ÃÈÁÉÎ ÓÅÔ-ÕÐ ÐÏÓÉÔÉÏÎ ÍODE 4 IS USED TO SET UP A CHAINED PARTITION AREA AS ONE DISK LOCATION. ÔHE USER SIMPLY SPECIFIES THE STARTING DISK AND ENDING DISK AS IN THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLE: ÔO SET UP A CHAIN FROM È89 THRU È110 ÔÙÐÅ ÏÐÅÎ 1,8,15,"ÈÍ4 89 110" ÔHIS EXAMPLE WOULD SET UP A PARTITIONED AREA AS È89 THAT WOULD BE 14,608 BLOCKS. ÉN ADDITION, MULTIPLE CHAINS CAN EXIST AND BE EXECUTED VIA PROGRAMING. ×HEN A DIRECTORY IS REQUESTED FOR THE CHAIN, ALL "È" PARTITIONS IN THE CHAIN WILL BE LISTED. ×HEN THIS COMMAND IS ISSUED, IT ALSO PERFORMS THE ÈÉ COMMAND. (ÁLLOCATION OF TOTAL BLOCKS ÆREE). 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