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- A Device Driver for Apricottm MS-DOS Diskettes
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- COTDOS
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- A Device Driver for Apricot MS-DOS Diskettes
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- Copyright 1990, Sydex
- All Rights Reserved
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- Version 1.0 June, 1990
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- Sydex
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- 153 North Murphy Ave.
- Sunnyvale, CA 94086
- (408) 739-4866
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- NOTICE
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- THIS IS NOT FREE SOFTWARE! If you paid a "public
- domain" vendor for this program, you paid for the serv-
- ice of copying the program, and not for the program it-
- self. Rest assured that nothing ever gets to the
- originators of this product from such a sale. You may
- evaluate this product, but if you make use of it, you
- must register your copy.
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- We offer several inducements to you for registering.
- First of all, you receive the most up-to-date copy of
- the program that we have--and we do update the product
- on a regular basis. You also receive support for
- COTDOS--which can be quite valuable at times. And
- finally, we include a few utilities not included in the
- evaluation package. Make no mistake however--we do not
- "cripple" our evaluation software--our sample programs
- are fully functional and complete.
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- REGISTRATION INFORMATION
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- The non-commercial single-user registration fee for COT-
- DOS is $15.00 US. The commercial and multisystem site
- fee is $50.00.
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- Send a check or company P.O. for the appropriate amount
- to:
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- SYDEX
- 153 North Murphy Ave.
- Sunnyvale, CA 94086
- (408) 739-4866
- Major Credit Cards Accepted
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- Please indicate what product you are ordering and if you
- have a requirement for 3.5" media. We normally ship
- 5.25" 360K diskettes, but we will furnish 3.5" 720K
- media upon request. Orders placed outside of the U.S.
- and Canada should include an additional $5.00 for air-
- mail. We can accept U.S. funds only, please.
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- DISTRIBUTION NOTICE
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- This is "user-supported" software. You are hereby
- granted a license by Sydex to distribute this evaluation
- copy of COTDOS and its documentation, subject to the fol-
- lowing conditions:
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- 1. COTDOS may be distributed freely without charge in
- evaluation form only.
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- 2. COTDOS may not be sold, licensed, or a fee charged
- for its use. If a fee is charged in connection
- with COTDOS, it must cover the cost of copying or
- dissemination only. Such charges must be clearly
- identified as such by the originating party. Under
- no circumstances may the purchaser be given the im-
- pression that he is buying COTDOS itself.
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- 3. COTDOS must be presented as a complete unit, includ-
- ing this documentation. COTDOS's documentation
- may be not amended or altered in any way.
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- 4. In granting you the right to distribute the evalua-
- tion form of COTDOS, Sydex does not acknowledge you
- as the owner of COTDOS in any form.
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- Any other use or distribution of COTDOS is expressly for-
- bidden without the written consent of SYDEX.
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- "IBM", "PC DOS" and "Personal System/2" are trademarks of Interna-
- tional Business Machines Corporation. "MS-DOS" is a trademark of
- Microsoft Corporation.
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- What is COTDOS?
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- COTDOS is a device driver which supports reading and writing of
- MS-DOS diskettes from Apricottm series computers on PC XT- or
- AT-compatible machines. Under DOS 3.2, the utilities FORMAT, DIS-
- KCOPY and DISKCOMP are supported, as well as normal DOS read and
- write operations.
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- To use COTDOS, your computer must be PC AT-, XT- or IBM Personal
- System/2 compatible. Computers such as the Tandy 2000 or the
- Zenith Z-150 are not suitable because of their relative incom-
- patibility. Further, your computer must be equipped with either
- a 5.25" high-density (1.2 Megabyte) or 5.25" "quad" density
- drive, such as the Teac 55F. The diskette adapter on your com-
- puter must match the diskette drive characteristics. That is, a
- high-density drive must be used with a high-density adapter.
- Many manufacturers, such as Western Digital, produce high-density
- diskette adapters for XT-style computers, and these may be used
- successfully with COTDOS. Currently, we support only the first
- (or primary) diskette adapter in a system.
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- And finally, your computer needs to be running PC-DOS or MS-DOS
- Version 2.0 or later. DOS 3.2 or later is preferable, but not
- required. Version 2 DOS users may find that some COTDOS func-
- tions, such as formatting, are not supported.
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- Installing and Using COTDOS
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- Installation of COTDOS is straightforward. First, find the file
- CONFIG.SYS in the root directory of the disk that your computer
- boots (loads DOS) from. It may be possible that you do not have
- a CONFIG.SYS file, in which case the next few steps will create
- one. If you are unfamiliar with the CONFIG.SYS file, take time
- out now and read the section in your DOS manual dealing with it,
- and in particular, the DEVICE= statement.
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- You'll need to add a line to CONFIG.SYS of the following general
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- DEVICE=COTDOS.SYS /D:unit /F:format
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- This can be done with the program EDLIN which is supplied with
- DOS, or with a text editor of your choosing. If you use a word-
- processing editor, make sure that you indicate that CONFIG.SYS is
- a nondocument file. If you didn't find a CONFIG.SYS, the above
- line will be the only line in the file which is created.
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- The value of unit can range from 0 to 3 and represents the physi-
- cal diskette unit to be used to read and write the Apricot dis-
- kettes. If this unit is normally called A: on your computer,
- then the value of unit is 0; if B:, then unit is 1. External
- drives are generally units 2 and 3.
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- The value of format depends on the type of diskette drive that
- you're using. If it's a high-density 1.2 megabyte unit, then the
- value of format is 1. If you're using a "quad" density drive,
- such as the Teac 55F, then format is 2.
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- If /D:unit is omitted in the configuration line, unit is assumed
- to be 1. If /F:format is omitted, format is assumed to be 1 also.
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- The last step is to copy the file COTDOS.SYS into the root direc-
- tory of your system or "boot" drive. Finally, re-boot your com-
- puter. If your computer is configured with a revision of DOS 3,
- the following message will be displayed:
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- Apricot diskette driver, Copyright 1990, Sydex
- All Rights Reserved.
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- Apricot DOS diskette unit x is accessible as drive y:
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- The letters x and y will take on values which depend on the con-
- figuration of your computer.
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- If your computer is configured with a revision of DOS 2, the fol-
- lowing message will be displayed:
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- Apricot diskette driver, Copyright 1990, Sydex
- All Rights Reserved.
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- Apricot DOS diskette unit x installed.
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- In this case, the drive letter which is used to read Apricot dis-
- kettes will generally be one greater than the last drive letter
- in use before you modified CONFIG.SYS. For example, if drive C:
- was the last drive on your computer, COTDOS will use drive letter
- D:.
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- As an example of the whole process described above, suppose that
- we wished to add COTDOS to a PC-AT "clone" which has one high-
- density diskette drive and a hard disk. Our CONFIG.SYS file on
- drive C: might look like this after we modified it using EDLIN:
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- FILES = 30
- BUFFERS = 10
- DEVICE = COTDOS.SYS /D:0 /F:1 (This line is added)
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- We then copy COTDOS.SYS to drive C:...
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- COPY A:COTDOS.SYS C:\
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- We then press the keys Ctrl, Alt and Del simultaneously to
- "reboot" our computer. After the rebooting process has com-
- pleted, the following message is displayed:
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- Apricot diskette driver, Copyright 1989, Sydex
- All Rights Reserved.
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- Apricot DOS diskette unit 0 is accessible as drive D:
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- We then find that Apricot diskettes placed in our A: drive can
- be read and written if we refer to that drive as drive D:.
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- FINAL COMMENTS...
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- COTDOS was written in response to inquiries from customers who
- had our CP/M diskette transfer package, but who had no way to
- easily handle the Apricot DOS diskettes. We hope that this situa-
- tion is now remedied. If you experience problems in getting COT-
- DOS to work for you, or if you have questions about any Sydex
- product, please give us a call.
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- The Sydex Product Line
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- AnaDisk -- The compleat diskette utility. Nothing like it
- anywhere else; scan, edit, repair and copy just about any
- kind of diskette. $25.00 ($150.00 site) registration fee.
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- Con>Format -- Concurrent "background" diskette formatter.
- Features "pop-up" operation and "hot key" activation.
- You've got to see it to believe. Supports all current DOS
- formats. $15.00 ($50.00 site) registration fee.
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- 22DISK -- Transfer files, format, examine and erase files on
- "foreign" CP/M diskettes on your PC. Includes tips on sup-
- porting 8" and 5.25" single-density diskettes. Contains
- definitions for over 200 different formats. $25.00 ($100.00
- site) registration fee.
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- 22NICE -- A CP/M 2.2 emulation package. Supports the NEC
- V-series chips or performs emulation by software for both
- the 8080 and Z80 processors. Includes terminal emulation
- and diskette handling for common CP/M systems. Includes
- 22DISK. $40.00 ($150.00 site) registration fee.
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- TeleDisk -- Turn any diskette into a compressed data file
- and vice-versa. Allows you to send and receive entire dis-
- kettes via modem. Even works with some "copy-protected" dis-
- kettes. $20.00 ($150.00 site) registration fee.
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- COPYQM -- Mass diskette duplicator. Format, copy and verify
- multiple diskettes from a single master. Implements "no
- keyboard" interaction mode and drive "round robin" servic-
- ing. Supports all standard DOS formats. $15.00 ($50.00
- site) registration fee.
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- FORMATQM -- Mass diskette formatter - format a box of dis-
- kettes at a single sitting. Implements "no keyboard" inter-
- action mode and drive "round robin" servicing. Supports all
- standard DOS formats. $10.00 ($40.00 site) registration
- fee.
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- ...And, soon to be released:
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- InterDisk - The universal Diskette Interchange utility. Fea-
- tures user-programmable media conversion for those formats
- not covered by 22DISK. Available 1Q90.
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- Information on any of these products can be obtained from Sydex
- by calling (408) 739-4866 (voice) or by leaving a request on our
- Bulletin Board System (408) 738-2860 (1200-9600 bps, N81).
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