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1. The MS DOS Card for Apple IFComputers User s Manual APPLIED ENGINEERING N OF AE RESEARCH CORPORATION v1 31 PC Transoorter The MS DOS Card for Apple II Computers User s Manual Limited Warranty and Disclaimer Applied Engineering warrants the PC Transporter card against defects in material and workmanship for 1 year from the date of original retail purchase Applied Engineering also warrants that under normal use the magnetic media on which the included software is stored is free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of 30 days from the date of original purchase Any misuse abuse or non authorized alteration modification and or repair to the Applied Engineering product will void the warranty This warranty will also be void if you use the AE product for any other purpose than its intended use If you discover a defect Applied Engineering will at its option repair or replace only the Applied Engineering product provided you return the product during the warranty period transportation prepaid to Applied Engineering This warranty applies to the original retail purchaser only Therefore please include a copy of the original invoice or a small service charge may be applied If the product is to be sent to Applied Engineering by mail the purchaser will insure the package or assume full responsibility for loss or damage during shipping Prior to returning the product for warranty consideration ca
2. Disk Drive Reference About PC Transporter and Disk Drives PC Transporter is a multiple function disk drive controller It can run not only ProDOS and MS DOS but it can also run its own combination of both Disk drives are the most common storage medium for personal computers However even though they serve the same basic purpose different computers have different file formats different disk formats and even different types of disk drives all incompatible with each other The two encoding techniques typically used are Modified Frequency Modulation MFM in the PC compatible world and Group Code Recording GCR in the Apple world There are 5 25 single sided MFM drives 5 25 double sided MFM drives 5 25 single sided GCR drives 3 5 single sided GCR drives and 3 5 double sided GCR drives In addition to these drives ProoDOS and MS DOS use different file formats for arranging the directories and file information on these drives And as if all this isn t confusing enough Apple has quite a history of different disk drives and operating systems for the Apple II itself The types of drives include Disk II UniDisk 3 5 and Disk 3 5 Some of the operating systems are DOS 3 2 DOS 3 3 UCSD Pascal and ProDOS Chapter Eight Disk Drive Reference 123 We refer to the differences in the way MS DOS and ProDOS structure the directories and files on whatever disk drive they are talking to as either MS DOS file
3. The advantage of using a RAM disk is speed Because your computer can do complete memory accesses much faster in RAM than on disk response is almost instantaneous Programs that require a lot of disk access such as database programs that perform on disk sorts will be sped up tremendously by using a RAM disk Disadvantage There s one disadvantage to using a RAM disk the data contained in the RAM disk can be lost or corrupted in the event of a program crash or a power loss Unlike a diskette which uses relatively permanent magnetic storage technology your computer s RAM is in need of constant electricity The information in RAM is only as permanent as your electrical power if your computer loses power the contents of RAM are destroyed If a program locks up or crashes you may have to reboot the computer which also empties RAM of its contents Chapter Eight Disk Drive Reference 143 Exception An important exception to this RAM disk rule is a RamFactor with a RamCharger or a GS RAM with a RamKeeper The safest way to use a RAM disk is to use it for those operations where speed is needed but regularly back up important files on the RAM disk to a floppy disk or hard disk This way you lessen the risk of an error destroying your work Important Although the power isn t shut off when you reboot PC Transporter to run PC software the contents of any ProDOS RAM disk are erased Be sure to save the information o
4. 4 ImageWriter II IBM Graphics printer 5 etc 4 Choose Disk Drives from the Assign Configure devices menu The following menu appears It may not appear exactly the same on your screen it depends upon the equipment you have in your system Nevertheless the process is the same Chapter Eight Disk Drive Reference 151 Assign Disk Drives Disk Drives A gt PC Transporter TransDrive 1 B gt PC Transporter TransDrive 2 None None C gt Hard Disk AEPC MSDOSVOL OFF 5 Choose C gt Hard Disk The Control Panel displays the following prompt at the bottom of the screen Specify ProDOS file to be used as AEPC s Hard Disk AEPC MSDOSVOL_ 6 Press EE or backspace to go to the beginning of the name then enter the ProDOS volume name of your ProDOS hard disk or 3 5 disk followed by a filename for your MS DOS hard file then type Ed The default volume name azpPc in the example above is the volume name of the disk from which you booted PC Transporter Enter the correct name of your hard disk or 3 5 disk and the filename you want to give to your MS DOS hard disk file Note The filename you assign to your hard disk file will appear in ProDOS as an unknown file type The Control Panel displays the following prompt at the bottom of the screen you want the hard disk file preallocated Y N 7 Type Y recommended if you want to immediately set aside the amount of space available to the MS
5. PC Transporter Reference For Universal Printers Step I Load the appropriate Control Panel driver for your printer s interface card Step 2 Configure the driver Step 3 Configure your PC software These steps are detailed in the following sections For Apple Printers The steps to configure an Apple printer are the same as those for a universal printer with one additional step The process is Step 1 Load the appropriate Control Panel driver for your printer s interface card Step 2 Configure the driver Step 2A Load the tw2emut driver Step 3 Configure your PC software for the JBM Graphics Printer These steps are detailed in the following sections The purpose of the additional step is to load the translation program that makes the Apple printers behave like an IBM Graphics Printer The reason for this is that virtually no PC programs directly support Apple printers Before PC Transporter there was no need to In the unlikely event that you have a program that does support the Apple printers you can follow the configuration steps for a universal printer and configure your printer using your PC program Printer Drivers PC Transporter comes with drivers for most Apple interface cards The cards and their driver filenames are listed in the Appendices The driver files listed in the Appendices are all located in the ProDOS directory aEPo DRIVERS on the PC Transporter boot disk Chapter Nine
6. Refer to the illustration at the first of the cable installation section Chapter One QuickStart Installation Guide 7 Speaker Cable Disconnect the existing Molex connector from location J18 on the Apple s motherboard O Connect either end of the supplied speaker cable to location J18 on the Apple s motherboard Connect the other end of the supplied speaker cable to connector J7 on PC Transporter Reconnect the Molex connector the one originally connected to the Apple s motherboard to connector J1 on PC Transporter 8 Part One QuickStart Installation Guide IIGS Cables Disk Drive Cable Secure the male DB19 connector in the backplane Attach the female 20 pin flat cable connector to the male 20 pin flat cable connector at location J4 on PC Transporter ColorSwitch In order to use an analog RGB monitor PC Transporter requires a IIGS RGB adapter cable called ColorSwitch A cable from the ColorSwitch connects to the ITGS s video output on the backplane and goes back inside the case and connects to ColorSwitch s small circuit card mounted in the backplane A flat cable from this card connects to PC Transporter inside the Apple s case The ColorSwitch has a female DB15 connector just like the one on the backplane You ll eventually reconnect the IIGS monitor to this connector Edge Stripe must be RGB Composite toward top Connector Connector To J6 on PC Transport
7. onto the diskette after it is formatted V allows you to name the volume gt If you have two disk drives place your MS DOS disk or a copy of it into drive one and your new disk in drive 2 then type FORMAT B ised B tells MS DOS to go to drive B If you are formatting a hard disk use C or the correct drive letter for your hard drive s tells MS DOS to transfer the system files onto the diskette after it is formatted v allows you to name the volume Special 3 5 Notes Versions of MS DOS earlier than 3 2 will not format all 720K of the 3 5 disks In fact some 3 2 versions will not format all 720K of the 3 5 disks If you notice that MS DOS is only formatting 3 5 disks up to 360K check the version number of your MS DOS system disk if it is a version earlier than 3 2 you will need to get 3 2 or even better 3 3 If it is in fact version 3 2 you can add the following line to the conFric sys file to make it format properly DEVICE DRIVER SYS D n n is the number not the letter of the physical drive that you want to use for the 720K disks drive A is 0 drive B is 1 etc 104 Part Three PC Transporter Reference D is the position of the logical drive set up by MS DOS for formatting purposes only The actual letter you use should be the letter following the letter of your last physical drive So if you already have a drive set up as D ifl your Drive Configuration the logica
8. or lg on an Apple II keyboard to generate the PC keyboard s EJ keystroke EJ JO WO Wo The rationale behind the preferred keystroke s being listed first is its convenience based on the layout of the Apple II s keyboard PC key Apple keystroke s EA E Or if the state of the Caps Lock doesn t match the Apple s key press E E to toggle 6 left E J selects L Shift code for subsequent fi right EJ Shifts selects R Shift code for subsequent Shifts both E selects both Shifts for next Shift BDCE cS left arrow E EJ E e or IGS EJ EJ on keypad IIGS only E 3 T DE z OGBODECDESSAOECGEE o E 118 Part Three PC Transporter Reference HE 4 HE preopagnng Le fod fed fed bed bed bed HOGEEEE BBEDE H Some programs display a the current state of the Caps Lock key with a visual indicator These programs sometimes get confused when PC Transporter is running For example you can turn on the Caps Lock on either the PC compatible keyboard or the Apple keyboard while the Control Panel is displayed and the PC program may not know that this has happened Use this key combination to resolve this situation Some software notably SideKick recognizes both keys pressed simultaneously as a valid combination Use this key combination to generate that key combination Remember that there are two keyboards alive while you are using PC Transporter If you turn on the Ehon on
9. s changes are all made in the Portware file and do not affect the Apple II hardware at all Step 1 Load the Device Driver To load the driver for your printer s interface card 1 Getto the Control Panel main menu If you are in ProDOS run the AEPC SYSTEM program and hold down the spacebar until the Control Panel appears 162 Part Three PC Transporter Reference If you are in DOS hold down Ehana press E twice 2 Choose Configure Devices from the main menu 3 Choose Load Device Driver from the main menu The following menu appears Load Device Driver Driver Load Selection F Specify Driver File D Specify Driver Directory Current directory AEPC AEPC DRIVERS le SSCCOML PICLPT1 Currently Loaded Drivers SSCLPTL IW2EMUL SSC COM1 Handler GSLPT1 ImageWriter II Graphics NEXT SET OF DRIVER FILES Your printer interface card s driver file should be one of the numbered choices in the lower part of the screen 4 Type the number listed next to the card s driver file then press Ed or if you don t see the driver you need type N then press Ed to show you more driver files in the directory After a moment of disk access while the Control Panel reads the file into memory the following prompt appears at the bottom of the screen the name listed beneath the prompt will be the name of the driver you specified What Slot Number should this driver be assigned to Load Device Driver AEPC AEPC DRI
10. Lower it into your Apple with its chip side toward the right side of the Apple s case Rest the card on top of the slot Don t try and force it into its slot yet Just rest it on top of the slot for now and gently hold it upright by resting one hand against the top of the card 3 Line up the card in its slot For help with choosing a slot see the section Which Slot at the beginning of this chapter Line up the gold plated contacts at the bottom of the card with the contacts in the slot on the Apple s motherboard 50 Part Two Step By Step Installation Guide 4 Press the card into its slot Press the card into the slot While gently holding the card vertically in the slot with one hand use the palm of you other hand to press the card into its slot Moving PC Transporter in a gentle back to front rocking motion is helpful If the card doesn t go into the slot check to see if the card is properly lined up in the slot or if there is something blocking the bottom of the card such as extra cables tools and so on Reinstall Existing Cards Now that you have installed PC Transporter and its associated cables and hardware you can reinstall your other cards Refer to each expansion cards documentation for installation information If you no longer have one or more of these manuals take care in installing the cards Remember will not be responsible for any damage to your other cards Chapter
11. MOUSE COM MOUSE SYS _ MSMOUSE COM MSMOUSE SYS Included with Teansporteer Not included with Transporter Follow directions included w diver Install in Install in Root Directory Install in Install in Root Directory Root Directory of Boot Disk and add Root Directory of Boot Disk and add of Boot Disk line to CONFIG SYS of Boot Disk line to CONFIG SYS Mouse Options Once you have loaded and copied the drivers any programs that you use which support the Mouse Systems Mouse or the Microsoft Mouse will be able to use your Apple s mouse Step 1 Load a Device Driver To load the driver for your serial interface card 1 Get to the Control Panel main menu 2 Choose configure Drivers from the main menu 3 Choose Load Device Driver from the Configure Devices menu A menu much like the one below will appear Load Device Driver Driver Load Selection F Specify Driver File D Specify Driver Directory Current directory AEPC AEPC DRIVERS ds SSCCDN1 PICLPT1 Currently Loaded Drivers SSCLPT1 IW2EMUL Apple Mouse NSC Com2 Mouse Driver V GSLPT1 NEXT SET OF DRIVER FILES Chapter Nine Printers and Other Hardware 171 Automatic Configuration may have already loaded the MSC driver for you as shown in the previous menu If you want to emulate the MSC mouse and it s driver is already loaded as shown above then you can go on to Step 2 If not 4 Type the number listed next to the driver file called
12. MOUSE for MicroSoft Mouse emulation or MOUSECOM for Ed Mouse Systems Mouse emulation then press The following prompt appears at the bottom of the screen the name listed after AEPC DRIVERS will be the name of the driver you specified What Slot Number should this driver be assigned to 2 Load Device Driver AEPC AEPC DRIVERS MOUSE COM 5 Type the slot number in which your mouse interface card is installed The IIGS has a built in mouse interface port This port is set to slot 4 via the IIGS Control Panel 6 Check the currently Loaded Drivers The MSC mouse driver will appear as Apple Mouse MSC Com2 Mouse Driver V The MicroSoft Mouse driver will be listed as Apple Mouse Bus Mouse Driver V 7 Select Save Configuration from the main menu Step 2 Copy the MS DOS Mouse Driver Some drivers such as the mouse drivers can only be installed into MS DOS at boot time A program may require that your mouse driver be a SYS file added to the conric sys file and located in the boot disk s root directory or it may expect to find a com file in the root directory If your application doesn t specify add the COM driver to your boot disk s root directory Then if the application can t find the mouse try copying the SYS driver into the root directory and add the necessary line to your conric sys file 172 Part Three PC Transporter Reference To copy the drivers to your MS DOS boot disk s 1 Boot PC Tra
13. To use the Apple s mouse like a PC mouse you will need to know the button press translation following Chapter Nine Printers and Other Hardware 173 Microsoft Microsoft Mouse Left Mouse button Right Mouse button Both Mouse buttons Apple Mouse button or Apple Mouse button ia Both Mouse buttons Apple Mouse button 3 Ej Mouse Systems Mouse Left Mouse button Middle Mouse button Right Mouse button Both Mouse buttons Combinations 174 Apple Mouse button or Apple Mouse button ia Apple Mouse button Apple Mouse button Apple Mouse button i Ej Apple Mouse button S Ed in various combinations Part Three PC Transporter Reference APPENDICES The following appendices are included for further reference and reading enjoyment Apple Interface Cards Supported B PC Transporter File Types Under ProDOS C MS DOS Utilities D AppleWorks and PC Transporter E A Brief ProDOS Tutorial F Getting Help Appendices 175 Appendix Apple Interface Cards Supported The following is a list of the interface cards that have been tested and are functional with PC Transporter These cards use the drivers listed along with them in the table to perform the desired functions in the PC Transporter system ProDOS filename Driver for SSCCOMI1 SSCCOM2 Apple Super Serial Card SSCLPT1 PICLPT1 Apple Universal Parallel
14. When you boot the MS DOS disk or run AUTOEXEC you ll get the following screen Aplclock Utility V_ Copyright 198 Little Blue Limited Current date is Current time is Applied Engineering PC Transporter on date at time A gt gt Enter DIR AEPC to catalog the contents of the AEPC directory If you want to free up some space on your boot disk you can delete some of the files included in the AUTOEXEC BAT file and the AEPC subdirectory See the section Pc Transporter System Files in Chapter 5 PC Transporter Software for a description of these files decide which ones you don t need and DELete them 7 Since the MS DOS files we supply are now on your MS DOS boot disk you won t need the AEPC MSDOSVOL hard disk file the next time you boot MS DOS You can use the hard disk position to set up your own hard disk as described in Chapter Eight Disk Drive Reference Configure PC Transporter For the purposes of this discussion we will assume that you have a system similar to the one described in the section above called Minimum Configuration That system is Slot0 Language Card Slot 1 Parallel or Serial Printer Card optional Slot2 Serial Communications Card optional Slot 6 Apple compatible disk controller card PC Transporter will automatically configure most of your particular system s set up but you won t be able to use some of your peripheral devices until you add them to the configur
15. and its grounded case will drain stray static electricity from your body If you are carrying a static charge in your body you might feel a slight shock as you touch the power supply It probably won t hurt Disconnect all Peripherals Before you perform any internal modifications on your Apple you should disconnect all of the peripherals that are presently connected to the Apple 1 Make sure you turned off the power on each of your peripherals Don t connect or disconnect any cables in you system with the power on to any of your peripherals This could damage them 2 Make a note of where on the Apple s backplane each of your peripherals is connected Peripherals include monitors printers modems hard disks and other such devices Each is connected to either a built in connector or a connector attached to an add on circuit card like PC Transporter You may want to draw a diagram and or label each of the cables with a piece of tape to remind you where they re connected 3 Disconnect each peripheral connected to your Apple Be careful to follow the manufacturer s instructions as detailed in the manuals for each of your peripherals If you no longer have one or more of these manuals simply take care to be gentle with the cables 4 Set aside each peripheral in a safe place You will not need any of them until you have completed the hardware installation 5 Disconnect the IIGS s keyboard The IIGS ke
16. keyboard Where the cables go Disk drive cable The disk drive cable is a 19 wire ribbon cable with a female 20 pin flat cable connector on one end and a female DBT9 connector on the other This cable enables PC Transporter to access up to two TransDrive disk drives in addition to up to two Apple Disk 3 5 Drives Disk Drive Cable 1 Locate an unused medium sized opening in the e s backplane Do not use an opening that one of your existing expansion cards is currently using Chapter Two Hardware Installation 31 2 Secure the male DB19 connector in the backplane using the screws provided as shown below Disk Drive Cable connected Feed the wires in from the inside so that the flange surrounding the DBI9 connector is inside the backplane 3 Attach the female 20 pin flat cable connector to the male 20 pin flat cable connector at location J4 on PC Transporter PC Transporter disk drive Take care to align the two connectors the correct way 32 Part Two Step By Step Installation Guide Digital CGA compatible RGB video cable Note If you are using a digital CGA compatible RGB monitor with PC Transporter then complete these steps otherwise you can skip to the next section Remember this monitor will display only PC Transporter video Apple video must still be displayed on the Apple monitor If you have an Apple Analog RGB Monitor the kind for the IIGS see the IIGS installation procedure
17. 123 Dot Matrix Printer 160 EDLIN 107 Epson 160 EXEC file 107 execute run a PC program 100 extension 98 FDISK 153 female connector 26 file formats 123 filename 98 FILES 109 Flat cable connector 27 floating point math 75 Floppy Disk Controller 74 76 FORMAT 153 FORMAT COM 103 Formatting a Disk 104 GCR 123 133 GCR data encoding technique 135 GCR encoding 136 GENLPT1 95 Group Code Recording 123 GWBASIC xv Hard disks 135 147 157 Help 86 Index 193 high density 1 200K diskettes 125 I O emulation 73 IBM Graphics Printer 161 165 IBM Color Graphics Adapter 75 ICONS 95 IIGS s built in floppy disk port 55 ImageWriter 160 164 ImageWriter II 160 IW2EMUL 161 164 key combinations 86 LAUNCHER EXE 94 181 legal MS DOS filenames 99 LPT1 74 162 male connector 26 maps of the keyboards 119 math co processor 75 media compatibility 125 MFM 123 125 133 mice or mouses 159 Microsoft Mouse 170 Microsoft Windows 113 modems 159 Modified Frequency Modulation 123 Molex 28 Monitor 76 Monitor II 76 mouse 170 172 mouse interface card 172 Mouse Systems Mouse MSC 170 MOUSECOM 172 194 Appendices MOVETO BAT 94 MS DOS 72 98 109 123 MS DOS boot disks 107 124 MS DOS commands 107 150 MS DOS device drivers 109 MS DOS files 135 not legal filenames 99 MS DOS format 136 MS DOS hard volume 129 MS DOS programs 125 MS DOS system disk 103 MS
18. DOS volume file or N if you want to allow the volume file to expand and shrink as needed See the section called Thoughts on Preallocation above for information on deciding which to choose After you answer the question above the Control Panel displays the following prompt 152 Part Three PC Transporter Reference Specify size of new hard disk file in kilobytes Minimum 35K _ 8 Enter the maximum number of kilobytes of disk storage that you expect to use and press eed See the section called Thoughts on Preallocation above for information on deciding how much space to set aside If you preallocate keep in mind that you need enough space for FD I SK and FORMAT at least 140K The hard disk will now be configured This may take awhile depending on the size of your hard disk 9 Now use the save Configuration command to preserve these settings then Reboot and Run PC Transporter At this point the file has been allocated but MS DOS still cannot access it MS DOS needs to put its own low level format on to the drive For this you will have to use the MS DOS utilities called FDISK and FORMAT located on your MS DOS system master diskette 10 Use the MS DOS program FD I SK to allocate the entire MSDOSVOL volume file for MS DOS Consult the MS DOS documentation for more information on the use of FDISK Although FDISK has the capability to partition the disk that option is of no use to you because you would not have acce
19. Interface Card UPIC ACCCOMI ACCCOM2 Apple Communications Card MOUSE MicroSoft Mouse MOUSECOM Mouse Systems Mouse GRAPHLPT1 Applied Engineering Parallel Pro Practical Peripherals GraphiCard SSCCOMI1 SSCCOM2 Applied Engineering Serial Pro SSCLPT1 SSCCOMI1 SSCCOM2 Applied Engineering DataLink Modem GRAPPLPT1 Orange Micro s Grappler 176 Appendices ProDOS filename Driver for SSCCOM1 SSCCOM2 SSCLPT1 PICLPT1 Street Electronics Business Card SSCCOM1 SSCLPT1 Serial Grappler Apple SSC compatible GSCOM1 GSCOM2 GSIPT1 Apple IIGS Built in Serial Port GSCOM1 GSCOM2 GSLPT1 Apple IIGS Built in Serial Port 2 Drivers whose name ends with COM1 emulate the COM1 port on a PC compatible Drivers whose name ends with COM2 emulate the COM2 port on a PC compatible Drivers whose name ends with LPT1 emulate the LPT1 port on a PC compatible Apple Interface Cards Supported 177 Appendix B PC Transporter File Types Under ProDOS The following ProDOS file types have been defined for use with PC Transporter system files These file types have been registered with Apple Computer Inc and are reserved for the exclusive use with the PC Transporter system Code Abbrev File Type 60 PRE ProDOS pre boot driver 61 6A none Reserved undefined 6B BIO PC Transporter BIOS and drivers 6C none Reserved undefined 6D DVR PC Transporter device drivers 6E none Rese
20. JT amp J7 se J3 _ lle keyboard adapter PC Transporter disk drive Note It is important to make sure when installing the cables that you have the edge of the cable with the stripe the pin one indicator toward the top of the card and computer Most of the cables have the edge stripe The speaker cable and the composite video cable may not Now go to the installation section for your brand of computer 4 Part One QuickStart Installation Guide Plus Cables Disk Drive Cable Secure the male DBI9 connector in the backplane Attach the female 20 pin flat cable connector to the male 20 pin flat cable connector to location J4 on PC Transporter RGB Video Cable Ignore this step if you do not want to use an JBM Color Graphics Adapter CGA compatible RGB monitor with PC Transporter If you have an analog RGB Monitor it might not function with PC Transporter See Chapter Two Hardware Installation for more information regarding your monitor Note A CGA compatible digital monitor can only display PC Transporter video not Apple analog video Secure the female DB9 connector in the backplane Attach the flat cable connector to location J6 on PC Transporter PC Compatible Keyboard Cables Secure the female DIN connector in the backplane Attach the flat cable connector to location J5 on PC Transporter Composite Video Cable Attach the female four pin Molex connector to the male four pi
21. PC Transporter from the Main menu shown below To do so Chapter Five PC Transporter Software 77 1 Choose Reboot and Run PC Transporter from the Main menu Copyright Little Blue LTD 198 VERSION Version Date PC Transporter Main Menu Display Apple Keyboard Map Configure Drivers Exit From Control Panel Run PC Transporter Reboot and Run PC Transporter Quitto ProDOS Note Exit From Control Panel can sometimes be used It performs one of two different functions depending on what you have done since you last rebooted your Apple If this is the first time that you have run PC Transporter since you booted your Apple the card is booted On the other hand if you were running MS DOS when you entered the Control Panel Exit From The Control Panel simply returns you to MS DOS What Happens Once You Boot PC Transporter You will see a screen that looks something like this as PC Transporter runs some internal tests AE BIOS MEMORY TEST 200000 2FFFFF AE Bios Memory Test The Memory Test that takes place during bootup quickly checks the amount of PC Transporter memory available The numbers are displayed very briefly If you are interested in their meaning here it is If the numeric display You have this much memory ends at installed on your PC Transporter OFFFF 640K 7FFFEF 512K 5FFFF 384K 3FFFF 256K 78 Part Three PC Transporter Reference Once the tests are completed PC Transport
22. PC Transporter Software Booting PC Transporter With Your Apple From the Control Panel What Happens Once You Boot The Portware The Control Panel Accessing the Control Panel Using the Control Panel Main Menu Configure Drivers Menu Load Device Driver Menu Assign Configure Devices Menu Show Current Configuration Menu PC Transporter System Files Loading Device Drivers with Chapter Six MS DOS Reference An Important Note About BASIC An Introduction to MS DOS The Command Line Prompt MS DOS Disks and Filenames Displaying a List of Files Running a Program Copying a File Deleting a File Creating an MS DOS System Disk viii Table of Contents 72 72 73 74 77 TI 77 78 81 82 82 84 88 90 91 92 93 95 97 97 98 98 98 99 100 100 101 103 Transferring the System Files Formatting a Disk Configuring an MS DOS System Disk More Advanced MS DOS Batch Files AUTOEXEC BAT CONFIG SYS Configuring MS DOS Application Software Chapter Seven Keyboard Reference Keyboard Differences Using a PC Compatible Keyboard PC Keyboard Emulation Keys that Are the Same on the Keyboards Keys that Are Different Translation Table for PC Keys To Access the Control Panel From an Apple Ics and e From a PC Compatible Keyboard Chapter Eight Disk Drive Reference About PC Transporter and Disk Drives Using TransDrive Daisy Chaining Drives How Many Drives Connecting Disk Drives Configuring Disk Drives With the Control
23. Panel Main Menu Hold down the key while pressing E twice gt Choose Configure Drivers from the main menu gt Choose Assign Configure Devices from the Configure Drivers menu The following menu appears Assign Configure Devices Disk Drives 8087 Math Co Processor Not Installed SSC COM1 Handler ImageWriter II IBM Graphics printer etc depending on your other devices gt Choose Disk Drives from the Assign Configure Devices menu The following menu appears It may not appear exactly the same on your screen it depends upon the equipment you have in your system Nevertheless the process is the same Assign Disk Drives Disk Drives A gt PC Transporter TransDrive 1 5 25 B gt PC Transporter TransDrive 2 5 25 None None C gt Hard Disk AEPC MSDOSVOL OFF gt Choose C gt Hard Disk The Control Panel displays the following prompt at the bottom of the screen Specify ProDOS file to be used as AEPc s Hard Disk AEPC MSDOSVOL_ 64 Part Two Step by Step Installation Guide Note You will need to remove the AEPCT disk and put in the AEPC disk into the Apple floppy drive at this time gt Types EJ The default volume name AEPc in the example above is the volume name of the disk which contains the MSDOSVOL hard disk file gt Now press E until you are back at the Main Menu Then select Reboot and Run PC Transporter This will keep the original configuration with the additio
24. Printers and Other Hardware 161 Except where noted in the configuration steps the instructions apply to all of these interface cards as well as the printers connected to them The exception is Apple s printer as noted above Serial or Parallel With the Apple Super Serial Card and compatibles you have the option of configuring the card as either an MS DOS serial port or a MS DOS parallel port The decision on which to use depends mainly on your PC software In general MS DOS and PC programs expect to print using a MS DOS device called Lpr1 which is parallel port 1 in a PC compatible system To maintain maximum compatibility with MS DOS and PC programs if you have an Apple Super Serial Card you should use the sscipTi driver file to configure your serial printer as a MS DOS parallel printer By convention the cards that can be configured either way have two driver files They are named as shown in the following example Apple Super Serial Card ProDOS filename Driver for SSCCOM1 Apple Super Serial Card MS DOS serial port SSCLPT1 Apple Super Serial Card MS DOS parallel port Driver filenames end with Lpr1 in the case of parallel drivers and COMn for serial drivers Parallel interface cards must be configured as an MS DOS parallel port LPT1 You can t use them as an MS DOS serial port Note Don t make any changes to the way you use your printer with Apple II programs PC Transporter
25. RGB monitor will want to refer to this section also The IIGS requires a IIGS RGB adapter cable called ColorSwitch A cable connects to the HGS video output on the backplane and goes back inside the case and connects to the ColorSwitch s small circuit card which is mounted to the backplane A flat cable from this card connects to PC Transporter inside the Apple s case The ColorSwitch has a female DB15 connector just like the one on the backplane You will eventually reconnect the IIGS monitor to this connector It may sound a little complex but just follow the instructions and refer to the pictures and you should have no problem Following is a diagram of the ColorSwitch to assist in these steps 42 Part Two Step By Step Installation Guide Edge Strip must be RGB Composite toward top Connector Connector To J6 On PC Transporter 10 Wire Cable with Flat Cable DB15 to IIGS Connectors Monitor Male DB15 Mounting to IIGS Video Bracket Grommet Output Installs in Bracket View from back of Hole for Apple Grommet ColorSwitch 1 Select the opening in the back panel that is immediately next to the IIGS power supply If your IGS is a retrofit use the opening directly above the power supply This particular opening is required due to the short length of the Male DBIS connector cable Chapter Two Hardware installation 43 Connector fed through the backplane Feed t
26. Universal printers 160 VDISK SYS 110 wildcard 100 Index 195
27. all the data you have entered Since PC Transporter is truly a PC compatible system it is subject to these problems as well Examples of when this problem could occur are trying to fill a spreadsheet with too many cells creating a word processing document that is too large using too many memory hungry programs at once PC Transporter s RAM can be diminished quickly by memory hungry RAM resident programs MS DOS itself resides in RAM using up as much as 50K for its system software The following also use a great deal of RAM amemory resident utility such as SideKick or Ready aRAMDisk aRAM print spooler an MS DOS enhancement such as Microsoft Windows Chapter Six MS DOS Reference 113 Each of these subtracts a specific amount of memory from the amount of user RAM For example allocating a 360K RAMDisk will instantly reduce the amount of available RAM in a 640K system to less than 280K Some memory hungry resident utilities can subtract as much as IOOK apiece Be careful when running combinations of memory resident utilities For example the useful but gluttonous combination of SideKick Ready and Turbo Lightning can leave your 640K system with as little as 300K of RAM left over That may not be enough memory to run some of today s more memory intensive applications some programs require as much as 512K of memory at their lowest setting You may find many memory resident utilities
28. are the same no matter what type of Apple II you own and regardless of its configuration Which Slot You can install PC Transporter in any Apple II expansion slot with the exceptions of slot 3 and the Auxiliary slot it won t work there As an example a common configuration for an Apple II Plus or le is Slot 0 Language Card or Applesoft ROM Aux Slot 80 Column Video Memory Card Slot 1 Parallel or Serial Printer Card e Slot 2 Serial Communications Card W Clock Slot 6 Disk Controller 18 Port Two Step By Step Installation Guide If your system is configured as above then you should install PC Transporter into slot 7 If you have a card in slot 7 now such as a hard disk controller card then you should install PC Transporter in the next available slot counting downwards from slot 7 In this case slot 5 as slot 6 is being used by the Disk Controller Note If your system is not set up as in the example configuration above you can still continue with this installation The autoconfiguration will locate what it can and ignore the rest You will still have a useable PC Transporter system Chapter Two Hardware Installation 19 Installation Procedure You will use the following procedure to install PC Transporter into your Apple Set Up a Working Area Prepare the Apple Disconnect All Peripherals Remove All Cards Connect PC Transporter s Cables Install PC Transporter Reinstall Existing
29. ay C gt Hard Disk AEPC MSDOSVOL OFF Chapter Three Software Installation 61 5 Select the A gt drive and press Fd This will give you the following menu Floppy Drive Type Selection Floppy Drive A None Drive Selection PC Transporter TransDrive 5 25 PC Transporter TransDrive 3 5 PC Transporter Apple Disk 3 5 ProDOS Drive None 6 Select either the TransDrive 3 5 or the Apple Disk 3 5 option depending on which you are using then press T Press EJ until you reach the Configure Devices menu then select Save Configuration 8 Press to return to the Main Menu then select Reboot and Run PC Transporter PC Transporter should now recognize your 3 5 drive and boot the MS DOS disk Now go to the section Transferring Files to move the AEPC files to your MS DOS disk 62 Part Two Step By Step Installation Guide Transferring Files If you re working with the master MS DOS systems disk make a copy of it now Refer to Chapter Six MS DOS Reference for COPY instructions Now you ll need to copy the AEPC disk files to your MS DOS boot disk These files are MS DOS files that enable PC Transporter to read the ProDOS clock transfer files between ProDOS and MS DOS and more 1 Atthe A gt prompt enter DIR You will get a directory of the MS DOS disk This is the MS DOS equivalent to the Apple s DOS and ProDOS CATALOG and CAT commands 2 Note the amount of bytes free a
30. by you your dealer or your software publishers support department Applied Engineering Technical Support 214 241 6069 9 AM to 12 30 PM amp 1 35 PM to 5 PM CST Monday Through Friday Please call only the number above for technical support Our sales office cannot transfer calls to the support lines Appendices Returning a Product RMA Number Attention Sheet and Invoice If your product needs to be returned the technical support representative will give you a Return Material Authorization RMA number 0 0 0 Record the RMA number for your own records Write the RMA number on your package label Fill out the Return Form on back of the yellow sheet marked Attention A complete form will greatly reduce the time it takes to return your package Attach a copy of your original invoice to the form Warning If you don t include an invoice products will be treated as out of warranty products and returned to you C O D for the amount of the service charge A completed form should look something like the one below a Man Exp Rankeeper Bpan GS RAM Plus Symptomn Mx PCT SAM disk has named itself gt and won t lef m na it Ho ings one m 90ks Q io ike my est friend 3 wite installed RAM disk will be named Sybil Getting Help 189 When You Ship If you don t have the original packing material wrap the board in anti static material preferably the anti static bag in which the card was
31. disk in the Apple 3 5 Drive and use it in either Apple 3 5 s or in 3 5 TransDrives on other PC Transporter systems Chapter Eight Disk Drive Reference 133 Use Control Panel to Configure Apple 3 5 Drives No matter how you connect an Apple 3 5 Drive you must manually configure it with the Control Panel The Auto Configure command will not recognize this drive even if it is attached to the PC Transporter disk controller You must tell the Control Panel where this drive is To configure the Apple 3 5 Drive as a PC Transporter drive follow steps 1 5 in the previous section then skip to steps 6 9 below 6 Use the arrow keys or the number to select pc Transporter Apple Disk 3 5 Drive The Control Panel displays the following prompt at the bottom of the screen Specify drive number _ 7 Type the drive s number in the daisy chain of disk drives relative to its type and press Ed For example if you have a 5 25 TransDrive connected directly to the card and an Apple 3 5 Drive connected to the first the drive number of the 3 5 drive is 1 because it is the first Apple 3 5 Drive 8 Now press E until you are back at the Main Menu Then select Save Configuration to retain the setting 9 Select Reboot and Run PC Transporter Important As with most Control Panel settings the settings will not take effect until you reboot PC Transporter because MS DOS would become hopelessly confused if you changed disk driv
32. for instructions on installation and skip these three steps The RGB video cable is a ten wire ribbon cable with a flat cable connector on one end and a female DB9 connector on the other end C ae yy Digital CGA Cable 1 Locate an unused small sized opening in the e s backplane Do not use an opening that one of your existing expansion cards is currently using 2 Secure the female DB9 connector in the backplane using the screws provided as shown below Secure the connector in the backplane Chapter Two Hardware Installation 33 Feed the wires in from the inside so that the flange surrounding the DB9 connector is inside the backplane 3 Attach the flat cable connector to location J6 on PC Transporter RGB Video The edge stripe should be toward the top of the card and the cable should feed toward the rear of the computer Plus owners can skip to the next section e keyboard adapter card e Note You can skip this step if you are going to use a PC compatible keyboard and don t want to have the use of the e s keyboard while PC Transporter is running The e keyboard adapter card is a small circuit card which you install onto the e s motherboard You disconnect the e s keyboard cable from the Apple s motherboard and attach it to this card The e keyboard adapter card also has a ten wire ribbon cable leading from it with a ten pin female flat cable connecto
33. formats or ProDOS file formats The controller and disk drives handle encoding the actual data on the disk media The encoding is often referred to as the disk format The disk format and file formats are two distinctive entities and you should avoid confusing them Unfortunately there is no clear terminology to help differentiate them Luckily rather than complicating the matter PC Transporter actually simplifies the disk drive situation Two general categories of disk drives recognized by PC Transporter are Drives connected directly to PC Transporter such as the TransDrive and the Apple 3 5 Drive Drives connected to the Apple through a standard Apple disk controller called ProDOS drives This chapter discusses these categories including examples of different drives and procedures for their use Warning Do not connect a UniDisk 3 5 to PC Transporter It could seriously damage both the drive and the board You can store and retrieve programs and files on drives in both categories when using PC Transporter The Control Panel is used to tell MS DOS what disk drive corresponds to which MS DOS drive designator A through E The PC Transporter software takes care of deciding which disk formats to use Regardless of which category a drive falls in you can use it to run MS DOS if MS DOS has been properly installed on the disk Installation instructions for creating an MS DOS bootable disk with all of the drive types is incl
34. in Slot 5 0 Ol UO N RAMAEPC S5 D1 Dual TransDrive Apple Disk3 w PCT in Slot 5 isk3 5 Disk3 5 RAMAEPC S5 D1 Apple w PCT in Slot 5 Disk3 5 Disk3 5 Transporter Slot 5 Drive Options as Recognized by ProDOS Remember Disks in these drives must have PC Transporter s special ProDOS installed Modify the ProDOS on the disks you want to use in these drives with the PC INSTALL program or copy the PCINSTALL modified ProDOS from another disk Chapter Eight Disk Drive Reference 145 PC Transporter 146 Part Three PC Transporter Reference Using a Hard Disk With PC Transporter Including Instructions for Using a Floppy Disk as an MS DOS Hard Disk PC Transporter is able to configure most ProDOS hard disks for MS DOS storage without disrupting the ProDOS files The Transporter can also use 3 5 disks as MS DOS hard disk volumes It treats the 3 5 drive like a small hard disk see the following section Once you have created an MS DOS hard disk volume you will not only have more storage space for your MS DOS files but you will also be able to boot the entire PC Transporter System from ProDOS to MS DOS from a single drive The method for storing MS DOS files on a ProDOS hard disk is only slightly more involved than that for floppy disks All you have to do is use the Control Panel to create a special expandable file on your hard disk This file is
35. languages a command is typed in and is carried out by the system only after you press the key The Command Line Prompt MS DOS commands are accepted only when the system is looking for commands The software displays the current prompt when it s waiting for or requesting commands to be entered This prompt starts off as a letter followed by a greater than sign gt A typical prompt is A gt The A denotes the default drive is currently selected MS DOS will attempt to find any commands programs and files in the directory on that drive This can be changed to any drive that is present in the system by typing the letter associated with that drive followed by a colon C and then a FR an example in order to change the default drive to drive C you type the following cE MS DOS Disks and Filenames Disks in a MS DOS system are named with letters starting with a A disk drive name is always followed by a colon For example to refer to the first disk drive you would type A The rules for MS DOS filenames are A filename is divided into two portions a name and an extension MS DOS only recognizes the first eight letters of the name any extras are ignored An extension is optional if supplied only the first three characters are recognized An extension is separated from a name by a period All lower case characters are converted to uppercase 98 Part Three PC Trans
36. more sensitive part an improperly performed hardware installation could damage PC Transporter The software configuration is not dangerous at all mistakes can easily be corrected There are two categories of Apple II owners those who have installed peripheral cards into their computers and those who haven t Those of you who have ventured under the hood of your computer probably need little explanation of the process You will see that PC Transporter s installation is not much more difficult than any other card in your system Those of you who have never explored the insides of your computer are in for an exciting adventure The installation is not difficult if you follow the detailed steps in the Hardware Installation section Nevertheless you may decide that this process is not for you in this case arrange for your dealer or a qualified service technician to install PC Transporter for you No matter what your level of experience do not attempt to install PC Transporter until you have read the section and you understand all of the steps completely Conventions Used Because of the diversity of experience among Apple II users this manual is designed to be useful to all users This section describes the general conventions used in the manual Introduction XV xvi Speaker Instructions in the Installation and Configuration sections of the manual are divided into two sections a simple direction followed by a more detailed e
37. not useful on any system other than PC Transporter Note For the latest information on files included in MSDOSVOL enter TYPE READ ME at the MS DOS system prompt e g A gt TYPE READ ME APLCLOCK COM This program sets the MS DOS real time clock It has ProDOS read the time from any ProDOS compatible clock present in the Apple II system and then sets the MS DOS clock with this time To use this function you must have a ProDOS compatible clock present The IIGS clock is a compatible clock if you have ProDOS Version 1 2 or later also known as ProDOS 8 The most common and useful way to call this program is from the AUTOEXEC BAT file when PC Transporter is first booted For more information regarding running programs under MS DOS and the use of the AUTOEXEC BAT file please refer to Chapter Six MS DOS Reference TRANSFER EXE This program is a file transfer utility It s special because it copies files across the ProDOS MS DOS boundary It can copy a file from a ProDOS directory to an MS DOS directory or from an MS DOS directory to a ProDOS directory This is useful if you wish to use data files with applications running under either operating system 180 Appendices The program can be called in either of two ways The first is to provide source and destination pathnames on the same command line when calling the program This runs the program transfers the file and then quit
38. originally shipped however aluminum foil will work fine Pack it in a sturdy box cushioned with wadded papers i e used computer paper or newspaper Warning If your product is damaged due to inadequate packing your warranty will be void Include the return form and invoice Send the package shipping prepaid to RMA _ _ Applied Engineering Technical Support 3210 Belt Line Road Suite 154 Dallas TX 75234 You should insure your package will not assume any responsibility for inadequate packing or loss or damage during shipping When We Receive Our service department will use your completed form in an attempt to duplicate the problem If it is determined that your product is defective due to a manufacturing defect your card will be repaired or replaced at s option Any misuse abuse or non IF authorized alteration modification and or repair to the Applied Engineering product will void the warranty This warranty will also be void if you use the product for any purpose other than its intended use Your product will be fully tested before it is shipped back to you transportation prepaid via UPS regular delivery Once your product is received by Technical Support it will be processed and delivered to our shipping department within 7 to 10 working days 190 Appendices Bibliography The following books might be useful in learning how to use a PC compatible computer use the MS DOS operatin
39. printer driver It can be used with some printer cards that do not conform to the Apple interface standards This printer driver has to be manually installed from the AEPC U 5 25 disk or the 3 5 disk using the control panel It will not work with Auto Install If Auto Install attempts to install it the system will crash After you assign the GENLPT1 driver through the control panel save it to a configuration file so that Auto Install will not be executed during the boot cycle 0 ICONS Copy the contents of this file into the ICONS directory folder within the root directory of your boot disk This will replace plain vanilla icons with icons that have been described by many as super cool and by others as interesting Q PCINSTALL Installs device drivers located in the AEPC pisxs file into any ProDOS file The device drivers are those routines that permit ProDOS and applications running under ProDOS to talk to the disk drives and RAMDisk on PC Transporter Chapter Five PC Transporter Software 95 PC INSTALL actually prefixes the ProDOS file with the device drivers as a pre boot so that the drivers are loaded before ProDOS is and are then available to ProDOS The program allows you to modify any ProDOS file in this way The program is menu driven and its operation is explained below Loading Device Drivers with PCINSTALL Follow these steps to install the drivers included in the AEPC DISKS file onto y
40. slot 1 and look in each successive slot for either a RamFactor or the PC Transporter If you have both a RamFactor and a Transporter it will use the one in the lowest slot for the desktop Remember If you don t have the Transporter s device drivers loaded into ProDOS AppleWorks will not recognize the RAMAEPC as additional ProDOS memory Follow these steps to install the drivers included in the AEPC DISKS file onto your ProDOS boot disk Note ProDOS must be unlocked for PCINSTALL to function properly Use system Utilities to make sure that the ProDOS file is unlocked 1 Run PCINSTALL from BASIC J enter PCINSTALL 2 Press p when the PC INSTALL menu is on the screen then enter the pathname of the ProDOS disk you want to modify e g CHUCKS DISK PRODOS AppleWorks and PC Transporter 183 Note Make this modification to the file called ProDOS not the P8 or P16 files 3 Press D to set the pathname of the disk containing the drivers e g AEPC AEPC DISKS is the name of the drivers file included with PC Transporter 4 Press Ato Add drivers to your ProDOS disk 5 Press w to Write the drivers to the ProDOS file and replace the original ProDOS with the modified ProDOS 6 Press Q to Quit the INSTALL program Note If you notice a file on your modified disk called PRODOT after running PCINSTALL then your ProDOS file PRODOS was locked PRODOT is the actual modified PR
41. the Apple s backplane the built in connector should have a cable plugged into it already Composite Monitor Your Apple compatible NTSC composite monitor does not need any special connections to work with PC Transporter installed in your e and II Plus All the necessary connections were made inside the Apple s case 0 Reconnect the composite monitor to the Apple s RCA video jack PC Compatible Disk Drive s All TransDrives 5 25 and 3 5 PC Transporter compatible drives connect to PC Transporter in a daisy chain configuration TransDrives must be in the chain before Apple Disk 3 5 drives 0 Connect the male DB19 connector at the end of the cable which leads from your TransDrive to the female DB19 connector which leads to the Apple s backplane from PC Transporter 0 If you have a dual TransDrive system the two drives will be connected together within the case 0 If you have Apple 3 5 drives daisy chain them to the TransDrive system X Note If you have only Apple Disk 3 5 drives platinum connect them directly to the female DBI9 connector which leads to the Apples backplane from PC Transporter x Warning Do not use the UniDisk 3 5 drives white with PC Transporter It could cause serious damage to both the drive and PC Transporter Do not confuse PC Transporter s DB19 connector with the HGS s Iss built in floppy disk port They are not the same although they appear similar 12 Part One Qui
42. the name of the disk the volume name Some rules for volume names are 1 Name can include letters numbers or periods but not spaces 2 Name must begin with a letter 3 Name can be up to 15 characters long These rules also hold true for subdirectory names Root Directory and Subdirectory The main directory of the volume is called the root directory The root directory uses the same name as your disk Subdirectories are ProDOS way of organizing information on a storage device Think of the root directory as a file drawer and the subdirectories as folders within the drawer You can I Put files directly into the root directory like putting documents straight into the file drawer A Brief ProDOS Tutorial 185 2 Put files within subdirectories like putting documents in folders 3 Put subdirectories within subdirectories like putting folders within folders Pathname The name of the directory combined with the names of one or more subdirectories is called a pathname Volume names and subdirectory names are preceded by a slash Note that some applications add the slash for you For example you could have a volume named MY DISK and a file called MY FILE on the root directory of that disk To access that file you would use the pathname MY DISK MY FILE You could also have a file JUL AUG in a subdirectory folder called PHONE on a disk called BILLS To access that file you would use the pathname BILLS PHONE JUL
43. this entire section before you attempt to continue The PC Transporter hardware does not work all by itself Like any other programmable computer it couldn t run without software The PC Transporter software is run by launching the ProDOS application called AEPC SYSTEM Your PC Transporter system disk will run this application automatically when it is booted 58 Part Two Step By Step Installation Guide Running PC Transporter for the First Time This section takes you through the steps necessary to run PC Transporter for the first time You may find parts of this process are not applicable to your hardware configuration Automatic Pilot or The Easy Way Follow these instructions to get into MS DOS as quickly as possible 1 Place the backup copy of AEPCT in the Apple s boot drive Those using two Apple 5 25 drives should also place a copy of the back side of the PC Transporter system disk AEPC in drive 2 Those using a 3 5 drive do not need to worry about front and back 2 Place a copy of a bootable MS DOS system disk in the MS DOS A drive Reminder This should be a copy of either PC DOS or a standard MS DOS system disk Some MS DOS operating systems are modified for IBM work alikes and will not function properly with PC Transporter This is usually the first drive the bottom drive in a dual TransDrive system in the disk drive daisy chain connected to PC Transporter 3 Turn on the Apple s power s
44. to enter in that drive c in this case If you want to copy all files from a to B use the command COPY Wet Bs Deleting a File To delete a file you must be in that file s directory So if you are in the root directory of A and you want to delete a file from the AEPC subdirectory you would need to change directories first At the A gt prompt enter CD AEPC This will give you the prompt A AEPC gt Now use the command DEL followed by the name of the file you wish to delete For example A AEPC gt DEL TRANSFER EXE When you do a DIR of that file the file you deleted will be gone Chapter Six MS DOS Reference 101 PC Transporter 102 Part Three PC Transporter Reference Creating an MS DOS System Disk When you start PC Transporter it looks for a bootable disk in the default PC Transporter drive assigned with the Control Panel A bootable disk is a disk that contains three files two of which are invisible The one visible file is called COMMAND COM You could copy this file using normal MS DOS command copy but the other two files will be left behind by cowl Because the other two files are invisible and because MS DOS requires that they physically reside on a specific area of a disk they must be copied onto a disk using one of two special programs To create a bootable MS DOS system disk you must use your original MS DOS disk or a
45. very helpful but they can cause problems if used incorrectly Be sure to follow the manufacturers recommendations for the utilities 114 Part Three PC Transporter Reference CHAPTER SEVEN Keyboard Reference Keyboard Differences One of the significant differences between an Apple and an IBM Compatible system is actually the difference in keyboards If you have purchased a PC compatible keyboard for PC Transporter you can ignore the following section because you can use that keyboard just like any PC compatible does by following the directions for the software which you use Just read the notes called Using a PC Compatible Keyboard If you have an Apple e or fiGS you have the option of using special circuitry on board PC Transporter to emulate those computers keyboards If you choose to do this you must read the appropriate section below either lie PC keyboard emulation or IIGS PC keyboard emulation The Apple Plus requires a PC compatible keyboard to use PC Transporter because it lacks a sufficient number of keys to emulate a PC keyboard Using a PC Compatible Keyboard If you are using a PC compatible keyboard take note of the following The PC compatible keyboard connected to PC Transporter operates as described in instructions for PC software The Apple s keyboard is still active but it is easier to use the PC compatible keyboard with PC programs The PC compatible keyb
46. want to use a separate digital CGA compatible monitor with PC Transporter you can connect it directly to the RGB video output of the card but it will work only with PC Transporter video If you want to use an NTSC composite video monitor you can use it for both Apple and PC Transporter video although you will be able to see only one at a time But you don t need to change any hardware connections Note The Sony RGB monitor sold by is both digital and analog compatible Its also a 13 cable ready television If you re using only an Apple compatible composite monitor then you can skip the RGB video cable section If you have an Apple compatible RGB monitor see ColorSwitch Installation in the IIGS installation section for further information on using this monitor with PC Transporter 30 PartTwo Step By Step Installation Guide Keyboard Choices There are two options for keyboards when using PC Transporter with the Apple e Use the Apple s built in keyboard Use aPC compatible keyboard attached to PC Transporter If you re going to use the Apple s built in keyboard then you can skip the PC Keyboard Cable section If you re going to use a PC compatible keyboard you can skip the e Keyboard Connector section Plus owners must use the IBM keyboard with PC Transporter The Plus keyboard does not have enough keys specifically the open and closed apple keys to function properly as an IBM style
47. will assume that your A and B drives are 5 25 drives If you have a 3 5 TransDrive connected directly to PC Transporter PC Transporter will believe it to be a 5 25 TransDrive Use the steps below to correct this Chapter Eight Disk Drive Reference 129 1 Get to the Control Panel Main Menu Hold down the EJ key while pressing EJ twice 2 Choose configure Drivers from the main menu 3 Choose Assign Configure Devices from the Configure Drivers menu The following menu appears Assign Configure Devices Disk Drives 8087 Bath Co Processor Not Installed SSC COM1 Handler ImageWriter II IBM Graphics printer etc depending on other devices 4 Choose Disk Drives from the Assign Configure Devices menu Assign Disk Drives DiskDrives A gt PC Transporter TransDrive 1 B gt PC Transporter TransDrive 2 None None C gt Hard Disk AEPC MSDOSVOL OFF The following menu appears It may not appear exactly the same on your screen it depends upon the equipment you have in your system Nevertheless the process is the same Di Choose a gt Pc Transporter TransDrive 1 5 25 The Control Panel displays the following menu on the screen Floppy Drive Type Selection Floppy Drive A PC Transporter TransDrive 5 25 Drive Selection PC Transporter TransDrive 5 25 PC Transporter TransDrive 3 5 PC Transporter Apple Disk 3 5 Drive ProDOS Drive None 130 Part Three PC Transporter Ref
48. 2 Configure the Driver Now that the driver is loaded you can alter the default configuration of the driver You may want to override the card s switch settings describing the characteristics of the interface for a special application Note There is little reason for changing the default configuration You ll probably want to leave it set to its default setting which uses the switch settings on the serial interface card To reconfigure a serial driver 1 Get to the Control Panel main menu 2 Choose configure Devices from the main menu 3 Choose Assign Configure Devices from the main menu 4 Type the number of the driver that you want to configure then press The menu that appears at this point depends upon the driver that you have chosen As an example the menu for the Apple Super Serial Card is shown below 168 Part Three PC Transporter Reference Line Control Menu Current Select Use Settings From Control Panel S Use Switch Settings L Use Settings From 8086 Cc Use Settings From Control Panel Control Panel Settings B Set Baud Rate 1200 Baud U Set Data Length and Stop Bits 8 Data Bits 1 Stop Bit P Set Parity NONE 5 Use this menu to select the desired options If you have been using the serial port with other ProDOS applications you should leave the Configuration Settings at S Use Switch Settings This instructs the Control Panel to handle the translation of speeds tra
49. AM on the board one is used to generate waveforms to drive the speaker and a third is used for general timing purposes such as providing a time tick for MS DOS s real time clock Additionally PC Transporter has a custom integrated circuit that generates all the timing required by the PC Transporter hardware allows use of a PC compatible keyboard with PC Transporter and interfaces PC Transporter and its RAM to the rest of the Apple II 76 Part Three PC Transporter Reference CHAPTER FIVE PC Transporter Software Booting PC Transporter There are several ways to boot PC Transporter Booting PC Transporter with Your Apple Cold Boot PC Transporter automatically starts if you simply boot your Apple with the PC Transporter system disk To do so do the following 1 Place your PC Transporter boot disk the AEPCT side of the 5 25 disk in the Apple s disk drive Insert it in the currently assigned default drive or the drive from which the Apple normally boots 2 Turn on your computer If it is already on hold down EJ na EJ and press This will reboot your Apple and automatically start PC Transporter running Warm Boot From BASIC or ProDOS enter startaepc at the prompt or select startaepc from the menu if offered Booting PC Transporter From the Control Panel Warm Boot If you find yourself in the Control Panel as you probably are at this point in the installation process you can boot
50. Be careful to not exert too much force when installing these connectors If they seem like they are not joining properly check to see that they are properly aligned 0 DB9 DB15 DB19 These are the connectors generally used for peripherals outside the case The number following the DB represents the number of pins in the connector The cable connected to it has any number of wires up to and including that number DIN A DIN connector is used to connect a PC s keyboard this particular one contains five pins and is circular Flat cable connector This type of connector is generally used to make connections inside the Apple s case The connectors are usually found on either an expansion card motherboard or at the end of a ribbon cable A ribbon cable is so named because the wires that comprise it run parallel to each other in one flat level Chapter Two Hardware Installation 27 Q Molex These are simple cables and connectors usually containing 1 5 wires Q RCATM Phono These are the same type of connectors used to interconnect various of stereo equipment together RCA cables consists of a shield ground around a center conductor wire This type of connector is used by Apple s Monitor and Monitor II We will simply call them RCA jacks throughout this manual The cables that are used with PC Transporter in the various Apple II s are shown in the matrix below This table shows whether the cable is require
51. C compatible devices in the marketplace the loadable device driver approach was used to keep the size of the Portware file to a minimum If the Portware file had all of the available drivers built into it it would not fit into your Apple s memory Allowing you to selectively load just those drivers that you need keeps the size of the Portware file manageable while still providing the flexibility to let your system grow You do not need to understand the inner workings of the Portware file PC Transporter and the Control Panel manage it for you Chapter Five PC Transporter Software 81 The Control Panel By this time you have already used the Control Panel for one thing or another This section tells you more about what you can do with the control panel and how you can do it It proves itself very useful and after a time you ll see that it s not difficult to use The Control Panel is the visible part of PC Transporter s software it gives you access to all of the configuration commands that you can use to properly set up your system It is available to you whenever you need it even while an MS DOS application is running see below You use the Control Panel to Adjust hardware settings including printer and printer interface communications equipment and a math co processor chip O Configure floppy disk drive s gt Map Apple peripheral cards as PC Transporter ports Install an Apple compatible hard d
52. Cards Connect All Peripherals gt Sooo oS If these steps are familiar to you from previous hardware installations you have performed on your Apple then you may be able to save time by using the QuickStart Installation Guide Chapter One Set Up a Working Area This section steps you through preparing a working area for the operation you are about to perform 1 Have a good light source ready A swing arm desk lamp is the best type of light to have but any bright overhead light source is acceptable This is essential for a clear view of the inside of your Apple 2 Make sure that a ready source of electricity is nearby The kitchen table may seem at first to be the best place to attempt the installation but is no good if you have to move the computer to another room to test it An extension cord is acceptable if you can t locate an appropriate space 3 Ensure that you have lots of room to work Use this as an excuse to clean off your table 4 You will need a hex wrench or needle nosed pliers a small Phillips screwdriver and a small flat blade screwdriver 20 Part Two Step By Step Installation Guide Prepare the Apple This section steps you through preparing your Apple II for its pending transformation 1 Power down all your equipment Make sure that the main power switch on your Apple and its monitor s printer s modem hard disk etc are turned off You don t need to remove the plugs from the wa
53. DEC Refer to the diagram below PHONE subdir lt JANJUN flies JUL DEC ELEC subdir JANJUN files JUL DEC ACCOUNT SYSTEM file BILLS root dir ZIPPY FUEL subdir lt 1 JANJUN files GAS subdir ll JUL DEC NITRO NEDS subdir SEE JANJUN files JUL DEC WILD FAMOUS subdir THE KID files BO BAGG INS ProDOS Directory Structure Now when an application asks you for the pathname of a file you ll have a basic understanding of what it expects System Files A system file is a ProDOS file that starts an application Typically these files have the suffix SYSTEM e g APLWORKS SYSTEM ACCOUNT SYSTEM see above etc When you boot ProDOS it runs the first system file listed in its directory So if BASIC SYSTEM is the first system file on your ProDOS boot disk ProDOS will boot and then put you in BASIC 186 Appendices Additional Resources The following books are available through most book stores Apple II Owner s Manual Apple Computer Inc Supplied with your Apple Computer Take the time to read it Basic Programming with ProDOS Addison Wesley Publishing Gives a detailed explanation of how to use ProDOS from AppleSoft Basic Beneath Apple ProDOS Quality Software Provides information about ProDOS for both the novice Apple user and the advanced programmer ProDOS Inside and Out TAB Books Very good book for both the beginning and advanced BASIC Programmer ProDOS User s Manu
54. DOS Storage You must use the Control Panel to configure PC Transporter to use an Apple compatible disk drive for MS DOS file storage The Auto Configure command in the Control Panel does not assume that you want to access your Apple s disk drives from MS DOS If you do I Get to the Control Panel main menu If you don t remember how to do this refer to Chapter Five PC Transporter Software for assistance 2 Choose configure Devices from the main menu 3 Choose assign Configure Devices from the Configure Devices menu The following menu appears Assign Configure Devices Disk Drives 8087 Math Co Processor Not Installed SSC COM1 Handler ImageWriter II IBM Graphics printer OQ BWNE etc depending on your other devices 4 Choose Disk Drives from the Assign Configure Devices menu The following menu appears It may not appear exactly the same on your screen it depends upon the equipment you have in your system Nevertheless this process is the same Chapter Eight Disk Drive Reference 137 Assign Disk Drives Disk Drives A gt PC Transporter TransDrive 1 B gt PC Transporter TransDrive 2 None None C gt Hard Disk AEPC MSDOSVOL OFF 5 Choose the first available unused position for your Apple disk drive In the example above the next unused position is 3 Type 3 or move the cursor to that position and press Return The following menu appears Use E to back out of the me
55. DOS system files 109 MS DOS volume file 149 152 MSDOSVOL 94 147 149 150 MSMOUSE COM 94 MSMOUSE SYS 94 National Televisions Standards Committee xiv 18 NEC 765 76 NTSC 18 30 76 Okidata 160 parallel drivers 162 Parallel interface cards 162 parallel port 162 PC compatible 73 PC compatible keyboard 76 86 PC compatible Keyboard Interface 74 PCINSTALL 95 141 183 PCTRAM SYSTEM 95 PC TRANSPORTER 93 PELs 75 phone modem port 164 168 Picture ELements 75 pixels 75 port 74 Portware 81 93 Preallocation 149 printer port 164 168 printers 159 PRN 74 ProDOS 123 ProDOS drives 124 ProDOS hard disk 151 ProDOS hard disks 147 ProDOS RAM disk 143 ProDOS System Utilities 135 Quit to ProDOS 87 RAM 75 113 RAM disk 110 RAM disks 135 RAM print spooler 113 RAM resident programs 113 RAMDisk 113 144 RCA jacks 28 RCA Phono 28 READ ME 94 95 Ready 114 real time clock 76 Reboot and Run PC Transporter 87 Remove All Currently Loaded Drivers 89 RESTORE 150 RF modulator 76 Save Configuration 89 93 serial drivers 162 serial interface ports 164 serial port 162 SideKick 119 SideKick 113 SideKick s Notepad 107 Smart Port 139 SSCCOM1 90 SSCLPT1 162 STARTAEPC 93 STARTUP 93 Super Serial Card 90 162 SYS COM 103 system clock 108 TransDrive 124 125 126 TRANSFER EXE 94 TRANSFER HLP 94 transmission speed 169 Turbo Lightning 114 UCSD Pascal 123 UniDisk 3 5 123 136
56. I Use the Control Panel s Load driver menu to load the driver file named Iw2EMUL 2 Assign it to the slot containing your printer s interface card There are no configuration options for the driver so it is now installed Step 3 Configure Your PC Software Locate your printer in the list of supported printers for each PC program and configure that program accordingly If your printer isn t directly supported by a PC program consult your printer s documentation and try to determine if your printer emulates mimics a supported printer If not you may only be able to print plain text documents without effects such as underlining or boldface and without graphic output 164 Part Three PC Transporter Reference If your printer is ImageWriter compatible follow the instructions above for loading the printer translation driver then configure your PC software for an IBM Graphics Printer This way you can print text and graphics with any program that supports output to the BM Graphics Printer Chapter Nine Printers and Other Hardware 165 PC Transporter 166 Part Three PC Transporter Reference Serial Devices Other serial devices such as a modem or a serial connection to another computer can be used with PC Transporter and is configured in much the same way as a printer is configured To use a serial device you will need to do the following Load a device driver file to handle the port Con
57. ICE VDISK SYS DEVICE ANSI SYS None of these are programs that can be run from MS DOS but each works like a program Their functions are as follows BUFFERS 20 Allocates extra RAM for speeding disk operations This can increase the speed of some disk intensive operations such as sorting a database However it subtracts from the amount of RAM available for applications so use this with caution 20 buffers is a safe number and causes a measurable increase in disk performance without significant impact on the amount of available RAM Each disk buffer requires 512 bytes of RAM The 20 buffers therefore take up only 10K of PC Transporter RAM Chapter Six MS DOS Reference 109 FILES 15 Allows MS DOS to have up to 15 files open at a time Useful with some database programs as well as programming languages and other specialized software If you have a program that requires more than the standard number of open files this is the way to increase that number Consult your software s documentation for more information DEVICE VDISK SYS Installs a device driver called VDISK SYS VDISK is a RAM disk which gets assigned the next available drive letter For example if you have 2 disk drives named A and B the RAMDisk is given the name C VD ISK is supplied with later versions of MS DOS Generally speaking device drivers with a file extension of SYS can be installed with CONFIG SYS using this method DEVICE ANSI SYS L
58. If it is not installed and used properly i e in strict accordance with these instructions it may cause interference to radio or television reception This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B computing device pursuant to Subpart J Part 15 of the FCC Rules These rules are designed to provide reasonable protection against radio and television interference when operated in a residential installation If radio or television interference stops when you turn your computer off and resumes when it is turned back on your computer or one of its peripheral devices is to blame Turn the computer off remove one of the peripheral devices and turn the computer on Continue this procedure until the source of the interference is isolated Don t forget that the monitor is also a possible source of interference The effects of interference can be minimized or eliminated by one or more of the following measures A Reposition the receivers antenna Also make sure the antenna wires are making good electrical contact A Make sure that all electrical connections on the computer are secure and any shielded I O cables are properly fastened A Move the computer farther away from the receiver A Plug the computer and receiver into separate electrical circuits If the interference persists you should seek advice or service from your dealer or a reputable radio television technician Applied Engineering is not respo
59. LOCK EXE 94 Apple 3 5 Drive 133 134 142 Apple 3 5 Drives 125 137 Apple 5 25 disk drives 136 192 Appendices Apple Keyboard Map 86 Apple brand printers 160 Apple compatible disk drives 135 AppleWorks and the PC Transporter 176 ASCII editor 107 108 ASCII text editor 109 Assign Configure Devices 64 75 129 130 135 137 AT compatibles 125 Auto Configure 88 93 129 134 135 137 AUTOEXEC BAT 94 108 109 BACKUP 150 BAD BLOCKS 136 BASIC xv Basic Input Output Services 93 BASICA xv batch file 107 batch files 107 BIOS 93 boot disk 90 boot ROM 124 BUFFERS 109 built in serial interface ports 168 Caps Lock key 119 CGA 75 change the default drive 98 Color Graphics Adapter 74 COM1 90 169 COM2 169 COMMAND COM 103 109 COMn 162 167 CONFIG SYS 107 109 173 configuration 87 Configure Devices 137 Configure Drivers 64 75 130 Control Panel IIGS 139 164 168 172 PC Transporter 75 82 87 93 122 147 Control Alt Delete 87 COPY 100 173 CP M72 daisy chained 54 Daisy chaining 126 DB9 DBIS DB19 27 default drive 98 129 default PC Transporter drive 103 DELete 101 DEVICE 109 device driver files 90 Diablo 160 DIN 27 DIR 99 DIR A 108 directory structure 135 directory structure 135 136 Disk 3 5 123 disk drive port 126 Disk Drives 64 123 130 137 disk formats 123 Disk II 123 DISKCOPY 103 display buffer 75 DOS 3 2 123 DOS 3 3
60. MS DOS Atleast one Apple compatible disk drive DISK 5 25 drive or Apple compatible 3 5 drive e s must have controller for 3 5 drive Atleast one PC compatible disk drive This means you need one or a combination of the following e A 5 25 TransDrive The TransDrive is designed specifically to translate ProDOS to MS DOS A standard IBM drive will not work e A 3 5 TransDrive must be the same size and format as your MS DOS disk e An Apple 3 5 Drive This drive is usually a platinum color Do not use the Uni Disk 3 5 drive white connected to PC Transporter You can however use a Uni Disk connected to the Apple as an MS DOS hard disk file Apple compatible composite video monitor Chapter Two Hardware Installation 17 Must be FCC approved PC compatible keyboard Language card PC Transporter composite video meets the specifications established by the National Televisions Standards Committee NTSC If you have an Apple compatible composite monitor it must be capable of displaying NTSC video A system equipped with more than the above equipment is also compatible For example 128K of Apple H RAM is acceptable and a JIGS Color monitor AppleColor is an ideal monitor for PC programs Customized or unorthodox Apple II systems may require special installation or configuration See Part Three PC Transporter Reference for more information The first steps to install PC Transporter
61. ODOS file You need to delete the PRODOs file and rename the PRODOT file PRODOS The drivers are now added to your ProDOS disk and AppleWorks can use the RAMAEPC to expand the desktop To remove the drivers from the ProDOS file you must copy an unmodified ProDOS file to that diskette using the ProDOS System utilities or other copy program This will replace the ProDOS that was modified to include the drivers Now you re ready to enhance AppleWorks with the AW 2 Expander software Refer to the AW 2 Expander User s Manual included with the PC Transporter package 184 Appendices Appendix E A Brief ProDOS Tutorial This is a brief explanation of the Professional Disk Operating system ProDOS for those who are completely new to it All of this information and more is included in your Apple Owner s Guide but we have provided it here for your convenience Operating System ProDOS is one of several operating systems for the Apple Others include DOS 3 3 and Pascal Operating systems as defined in the Apple Owner s Guides are programs that control how information is loaded into memory how the computer handles the information how the information is stored and how the computer communicates with the printer and other peripherals Naming Volumes ProDOS must have a way to locate which disk often called volume you want to access Instead of typing in the location of the disk as in DOS 3 3 ex S6 DI you simply type in
62. PC s and the Apple s The PC s k and the Apple s The PC s 2 and the Apple s The PC s and the Apple s Directional arrows on the Apple keyboard and the PC s directional arrows on its numeric keypad gt gt o gt gt gt gt gt gt The PC compatible keyboard s numeric keypad keys are also mapped directly to the IIGS s keypad according to their position on each keypad The keyboard map can be found in Chapter Seven Keyboard Reference Keys that Are Different The following list is not complete for simple use of MS DOS and most applications these are the major keys that you will use There are additionally many special key combinations that PC software uses 0 For the PC s E use the Apple s E3 0 For the PC s El use the Apple s 0 For the PC s FJ through Bluse the Apple s Cs CJ through J EJ 0 For the PC s El use the Apple s s Co Translation Table for PC Keys In the table following the leftmost column contains a PC keyboard key and the right column contains one or more Apple II keys either alone or in combination Chapter Seven Keyboard Reference 117 In the example below the key combination Ea on an Apple II keyboard generates the PC keyboard s EJ keystroke E 2 Many keystrokes can be generated with more than one Apple key combination Use whichever is most convenient they are equivalent In the example below any of the key combinations Ea E or L
63. PC Transporter 128 Part Three PC Transporter Reference Configuring Disk Drives With the Control Panel Auto Configure is a very helpful command But PC Transporter gives you the ability to decide what goes where and get it there easily Use the control panel to set up your A boot drive your Pro DOS drives as MS DOS hard volumes and your ProDOS hard disk as an MS DOS hard drive Note PC Transporter always tries to boot from the drive configured as A first If there is no disk in A or if it can t find an A drive it will then try to boot from the hard disk 5 25 TransDrives The 5 25 TransDrive is PC Transporter s default drive It is the drive that PC Transporter expects to find as the MS DOS A boot drive So if you are using a TransDrive system no special setup is required If you have a 5 25 dual TransDrive system connected directly to PC Transporter Auto Configure will assign the bottom drive as A and the top drive as B You can change this with the Assign Configure Devices menu if you would like for example PC Transporter to boot from the top drive Dual TransDrive i Be ef Dual TransDrive Access Order You can also change the access order of the TransDrives by switching the drives jumpers instructions are included with the TransDrive system but it is much easier to use the control panel 3 5 TransDrives As stated above if you do not inform PC Transporter otherwise it
64. Panel Apple Disk 3 5 Drives Connected to PC Transporter Other Disk Drives Using Apple Compatible Drives Configuring a ProDOS Drive for MS DOS Storage Using PC Transporter s Drives From ProDOS Loading the ProDOS Disk Drivers Using the PCINSTALL Table of Contents 103 104 105 107 107 108 109 113 115 115 115 116 116 117 117 122 122 122 123 123 125 126 126 127 129 133 135 135 137 140 140 141 Accessing the Floppy Drives from ProDOS 142 PC Transporter as a ProDOS RAM Disk 143 Accessing the RAMDisk from ProDOS 144 The Slot 5 Option 144 Using a Hard Disk With PC Transporter 147 3 5 ProDOS Disks as Hard Disk Volumes 147 Thoughts on Preallocation 149 Controlling the Hard Disk File 150 To Configure Your ProDOS Hard Disk 151 Boot the Entire PC Transporter System from a Single ProDOS Disk 154 Using the Hard Disk Volume to Boot Other Transporter Systems 155 Hard Drive Trouble Shooting 156 Chapter Nine Printers and Other Hardware 159 Printers 160 Universal Printers 160 Apple Printers and Compatibles 160 Printer Configuration 160 For Universal Printers 161 For Apple Printers 161 Printer Drivers 161 Load the Device Driver 162 Configure the Driver 164 Apple Printer Configuration the Additional Step 164 Configure Your PC Software 164 Serial Devices 167 Load a Device Driver 167 Configure the Driver 168 Configure your PC software 169 Mouse s 170 Load a Device Driver 171 Copy the MS DO
65. RODOS file to your application disk for you 140 Part Three PC Transporter Reference Run the PC INSTALL program This program places a copy of the PC Transporter drivers into a ProDOS file that you specify To do this you run the ProDOS program PCINSTALL Follow the directions below You place the target disk the one with your application in the specified drive and the ProDOS on that diskette will be modified Thereafter when you boot with that diskette the drivers will be loaded into PC Transporters RAM automatically Using the pcinstatt Program Note ProDOS must be unlocked for PCINSTALL to function properly Use the system utilities to make sure that the ProDOS file is unlocked 1 Run pcinstarL The PCINSTALL program is on your PC Transporter boot disk and will run under ProDOS Run from the BASIC prompt by entering PC INSTALL 2 Press P when the ec INSTALL menu is on the screen then enter the pathname of the ProDOS disk you want to modify e g pans DISK PRODOS Note Make this modification to the file called ProDOS not the P8 or P16 files 3 Press D to set the pathname of the disk containing the drivers e g AEPC AEPC DISKS is the name of the drivers file included with PC Transporter 4 Press A to Add drivers to your ProDOS disk Press w to Write the drivers to the ProDOS file and replace the original ProDOS with the modified ProDOS 6 Press Q to Quit the INSTALL progr
66. S DOS things may seem a little strange Don t worry MS DOS is somewhat similar to ProDOS and BASIC in its operation MS DOS Reference is a very brief introduction to MS DOS It supplies you with the basics you ll need to get started with MS DOS including instructions on how to format disks copy files run a program and more If you are an experienced MS DOS user you may be able to skip it If you re not an experienced MS DOS user you will need an additional reference There are many excellent sources of tutorial material including the MS DOS manuals themselves We strongly recommend Mastering DOS by Judd Robins See the Bibliography in the Appendices for a list of other MS DOS references An Important Note About BASIC IBM s BASIC language included with PC DOS BASIC and BASICA is not compatible with PC Transporter or any IBM work alikes If you want to use BASIC for programs that you have you must purchase one of the brands of MS DOS other than IBM s MS DOS includes a generic BASIC GWBASIC which is compatible with PC Transporter For programs that autoload BASIC it is possible to rename GWBASIC COM to BASICA EXE Chapter Six MS DOS Reference 97 An Introduction to MS DOS MS DOS commands are entered line by line on your display There is no online help and there are no menus but MS DOS commands are not difficult to remember This section describes a few common MS DOS commands and their use Like in most
67. S Disk Drivers PC Transporter does not have a ROM on the interface card This means that it cannot look like a disk drive immediately when you turn on your Apple As mentioned earlier this means that your Apple cannot boot from any drive attached to the PC Transporter disk controller This also means that in order for your Apple to recognize and use any PC Transporter disk drives or RAMDisk with your other applications you must load the proper ProDOS device drivers into the PC Transporter RAM This can be accomplished in a number of ways A Pre Boot You boot the PC Transporter boot disk before booting the application you wish to run You can either boot the application directly or execute it by quitting the PC Transporter application and specifying your new application s prefix and pathname The PC Transporter disk and RAMDisk drivers will remain in PC Transporter s RAM until you turn the power off You can even run PC Transporter and when you select quit from the Control Panel to run your next application the drivers will return to PC Transporter s RAM Copy PC Transporter s ProDOS file You can copy the ProDOS operating system file PRoDos from PC Transporter s boot disk to the boot disk containing your application Then when you boot ProDOS the drivers will automatically be placed in PC Transporter s RAM and your application can use the RAM immediately The PC INSTALL program described below copies the P
68. S Mouse Driver 173 x Table of Contents APPENDICES Apple Interface Cards Supported 176 PC Transporter File Types Under ProDOS 178 MS DOS Utilities 180 AppleWorks and PC Transporter 183 Transporter Memory as AppleWorks Desktop 183 A Brief ProDOS Tutorial 185 Operating System 185 Naming Volumes 185 Root Directory and Subdirectory 185 Pathname 186 System Files 186 Additional ProDOS Resources 187 Getting Help 188 Returning a Product 189 RMA Number Attention Sheet and Invoice 189 When You Ship 190 When We Receive 190 Bibliography 191 Index 192 Table of Contents xi PC Transporter xii PC Transporter INTRODUCTION About PC Transporter You have purchased one of the most ingenious peripherals ever designed for the Apple II the PC Transporter Card You can now use software written for the IBM Personal Computer and PC compatibles PC Transporter s designers reduced the circuitry of a PC compatible to a single Apple II circuit card PC Transporter adds the impressive library of PC software to your Apple s selection of available software You can even use most Apple II monitors color or monochrome printers and hard disks instead of having to buy PC specific peripheral equipment All that is required is one floppy disk drive capable of reading PC formatted diskettes When you use your newly upgraded Apple in its native Apple II mode PC Transporter also enhances its functionality PC Transporter s RAM ra
69. S to tell MS DOS what s actually there Chapter Eight Disk Drive Reference 149 What this means is that an application can ask how much disk space is available get an answer and proceed with writing to a file when there isn t actually any disk space left The application would get disk full errors when it wasn t expecting them and could be hopelessly lost would probably hang and that s not good The decision as to which of these problems you want to live with is yours For most people preallocation will be the wise choice The best solution naturally would be to purchase a hard disk for your Apple that is larger than your requirements with both operating systems Controlling the Hard Disk File Once you have defined your hard disk file PC Transporter creates the file in the ProDOS directory you have selected Since this is a ProDOS file it can be manipulated with the ProDOS System Utilities This also means you can delete it with these utilities You must be careful when deleting this file since it could be storing a lot of important MS DOS files Back it up It takes very little time Especially when compared with time you lose if your hard disk crashes If you run out of room in your hard disk file there is only one way to increase the size of the hard disk Fortunately it isn t by purchasing a larger hard disk you should already have a large enough one for both operating systems Instead you must 1 Copy all t
70. Save configuration command to preserve these settings 10 Choose Reboot and Run PC Transporter from the main menu Important As with most Control Panel settings these will not take effect until you reboot PC Transporter because MS DOS would become hopelessly confused if you changed disk drive settings in the middle of a file operation for example Now when you insert a ProDOS formatted 5 25 disk or a blank 3 5 disk into the drive and use the MS DOS FORMAT command these disks can be used for MS DOS storage The 3 5 disks will have about 720K of total disk space The 5 25 will have about 140K available about 226K will appear to be bad but about 140K is actually useable storage space Remember ProDOS will no longer recognize these disks We recommend that you mark them as AEPC format Chapter Eight Disk Drive Reference 139 Using PC Transporter s Drives From ProDOS ProDOS allows the use of a maximum of two block devices like disk drives and RAMDisks connected to any given slot Because of this limitation you can t access more than two of PC Transporter s block devices unless your Transporter is in slot 5 as detailed below PC Transporter gives the largest block devices preference over the smaller devices So although the PC Transporter system can have up to four disk drives attached to its controller ProDOS can use only one of these drives in addition to its onboard RAM used as a RAMDisk Loading the ProDO
71. Transporter video not Apple analog video 0 Secure the female DB9 connector in the backplane Q Attach the flat cable connector to location J6 on PC Transporter 6 Part One QuickStart Installation Guide lle Keyboard Connector Ignore this step if you are going to use a PC compatible keyboard and don t want to use of the e s keyboard while PC Transporter is running Disconnect the existing flat cable connector from location J17 on the e s motherboard Connect the existing flat cable connector to the e keyboard adapter card at location J1 Connect the e keyboard adapter card to the e s motherboard at location J17 with the ten wire ribbon cable leading towards the e s backplane Attach the ten pin female flat cable connector which leads away from the e keyboard adapter card to connector J3 on PC Transporter PC Compatible Keyboard Cables Ignore this step if you are not going to use a PC compatible keyboard Secure the female DIN connector in the backplane Attach the flat cable connector to location J5 on PC Transporter Composite Video Cable Attach the female four pin Molex connector to the male four pin Molex connector located at the back right corner of the Apple s motherboard location J13 Attach the female two pin Molex connector to the male two pin Molex connector to location J2 on PC Transporter This is the 2 pin Molex connector closest to the back of the card
72. Two Hardware Installation 51 Refer to the diagrams that you hopefully made before removing the cards Because of the amount of hardware that PC Transporter adds to your system you may have to move a few things around Here are a couple of general guidelines You should not move an expansion card to a new slot unless you are familiar with the card s requirements and are certain that moving it will not cause difficulties with the hardware or your software You can most likely move external connectors those installed in the Apple s backplane to new locations without disrupting their operation Make sure that the cables inside the Apple s case will reach the new locations and make a note of their new location When you hook up peripherals that were connected to those ports you should remember their new location Close the Apple Once you have replaced all the cards in your Apple you can close it back up gt Replace the Apple s case top This is the reverse of the procedure detailed in the Prepare the Apple section Connect All Peripherals You can now reconnect all the peripherals that you disconnected in the Disconnect All Peripherals section There are actually some new peripherals to connect in addition to those that you had before PC Transporter s peripherals You will first attach all of your existing peripherals then add the new peripherals that you have acquired for use with PC Transporter Re
73. VERS SSCCOML 5 Type the slot number in which your printer interface card is installed In most Apple II systems this is either slot 1 or slot 2 Chapter Nine Printers and Other Hardware 163 Il The IIGS has two built in serial interface ports a phone modem GS port and a printer port look at the small icons directly above the actual connectors on the backplane of the IIGS The printer port is considered slot 1 and the phone port is slot 2 For step 5 choose the port to which your printer is connected Make sure however that the IIGS Control Panel slot settings are set to the built in printer port for slot I and the built in serial port for slot 2 if you wish to use these drivers Step 2 Configure the Driver There are no configuration options for a parallel printer driver The serial communication parameters are automatically set to those found on the interface card s switch settings This is because it is assumed your printer functions properly with other ProDOS applications already If you change any settings from your current ones you printer would cease to function properly Step 2A Apple Printer Configuration the Additional Step If you have an Apple ImageWriter or compatible printer you should install a special driver after you have finished the above process The 1w2emut driver translates the MS DOS software s printer output into a format compatible with the ImageWriter To use this driver
74. al Apple Computer Inc Provides an overview of ProDOS and explains how to use the ProDOS User s Disk A Brief ProDOS Tutorial 187 188 Appendix F Getting Help If you have a technical question about your PC Transporter card or any other Applied Engineering product that is not covered in the manual please contact the dealer from whom you purchased the product If you are experiencing difficulties with one particular program contact the programs author or publisher In the event that the dealer or the publishers support personnel cannot answer your question call Applied Engineering Technical Support The support representatives are experienced in the applications and uses of Applied Engineering products but in order to provide a quick and effective answer to your question they will need to know as much as possible about the hardware and software specifically related to your question Please provide the technical support representative with the following information The Applied Engineering product related to your question and its revision number The original and current memory configuration of the card if applicable The model and revision of your computer What peripherals are being used and what cards are in each slot The name version and revision level of the software with which you are experiencing problems The results of any test programs diagnostics or troubleshooting done
75. allations will know these details already The experienced installers can use Chapters 2 and 3 to follow up on details that they are unsure of For example there is a section in this chapter called Remove The instructions for this section read Remove all expansion cards from your Apple s case It is assumed that the experienced user will know that he should carefully catalog and map out all cables and connectors and safely store the cards until time to reinstall them Note Before you begin this read the section called What You Need to Use PC Transporter in the Introduction Which Slot You can install PC Transporter in any Apple II 1 7 expansion slot with the exception of slot 3 PC Transporter will not work in Slot 0 in the Plus nor the Auxiliary Memory Expansion slot on the e and IIGS 2 Part One QuickStart Installation Guide For example a common configuration for an Apple PLUS or le is Slot 0 Language Card or Applesoft ROM Aux Slot 80 Column Video Memory Card e Slot 1 Parallel or Serial Printer Card Slot 2 Serial Communications Card W Clock Slot 6 Disk Controller If your system is configured as above then you should install PC Transporter into slot 7 If you have a card in slot 7 now such as a hard disk controller card then you should install PC Transporter in the next available slot counting downwards from slot 7 In this case slot 5 because slot 6 is being used by t
76. am Note If you notice a file on your modified disk called PRODOT after running PCTINSTALL then your ProDOS file PRoDos was locked PRODOT is the actual modified PRODOS file You need to delete the PRODOs file and rename the PRODOT file PRODOS The drivers are now added to your ProDOS disk To remove the drivers from the ProDOS file you must copy an unmodified ProDOS file to that diskette using the ProDOS System Utilities This will replace the ProDOS that was modified to include the drivers Chapter Eight Disk Drive Reference 141 Accessing the Floppy Drives from ProDOS As noted earlier ProDOS will recognize the larger block devices before the smaller ones So RAMAEPC is the first drive in the Apple expansion slot that PC Transporter is plugged into The first Apple 3 5 Drive attached to the PC Transporter disk controller is drive 2 in the Apple expansion slot that PC Transporter is plugged into RAMAEPC Sn D1 Single or Dual TransDrive en aaa anse em Disk3 5 Disk3 5 PCT in Slot n mensan NE Sn D2 FERIER EA ProDOS Access Order w 3 5 Daisy Chained to TransDrive If you don t have an Apple 3 5 Drive attached to the PC Transporter disk controller then the first TransDrive becomes drive 2 in the slot that PC Transporter is plugged into RAMAEPC Sn D1 Single or Dual TransDrive Apple w PCT in Slot n ProDOS Access Order w only TransDrive Connected to Transporter If you hav
77. and RAM and let the Apple II processor and peripherals carry out the task of emulating all the ports available in a PC compatible This would permit the 8086 microprocessor to operate at full speed when accessing memory and slow down only for the I O operations carried on by the Apple II s processor The I O operation speed would probably not be noticed anyway because the speed at which most I O operations are carried out is usually limited by the peripheral that the processor is communicating with You are probably painfully aware of how slow file transfers are while using a modem Printing files also ties up your system and printer unless you have a means of spooling the printer output Even floppy disk drives read and write bits of data slowly compared to the speed of data through today s microprocessor The I O emulation is actually carried out invisibly to the V30 microprocessor and hence MS DOS The PC Transporter hardware and portware quietly take care of translating all peripheral input and output tasks into ones that the Apple II can easily handle with its own peripherals The V30 never knows that it didn t pass the information along directly and most of the time it s never even slowed down while the transfer takes place Chapter Four PC Transporter System and Hardware 73 As an example PC applications usually print by sending a stream of data to a port called LPT1 or alternately PRN MS DOS and some ROM programs then sen
78. ane 3 Attach the female 20 pin flat cable connector to the male 20 pin flat cable connector at location J4 on PC Transporter J4 PC Transporter disk drive Take care to align the two connectors the correct way PC compatible keyboard cable Note You can skip this step if you are not going to use a PC compatible keyboard The PC keyboard cable is a five wire ribbon cable with a flat cable connector on one end and a female DIN connector on the other end 48 Part Two Step By Step Installation Guide p eo PC Compatible Keyboard Cable 1 Locate an unused small sized opening in the IIGS s backplane Do not use an opening that one of your existing expansion cards is currently using 2 Secure the female DIN connector in the backplane using the screws provided Feed the wires from the inside so that the flange surrounding the DIN connector is inside the backplane 3 Attach the flat cable connector to location J5 on PC Transporter PC compatible keyboard J5 ETUI The connector is keyed so that it will go in only one way Chapter Two Hardware Installation 49 Install PC Transporter This section guides you through the process of installing the PC Transporter card itself 1 Pick up the card holding it by its edges only Be careful not to touch any of the chips or other components on the card Don t touch the gold fingers of the edge connector at the bottom of the card 2
79. ansion Controller 74 Part Three PC Transporter Reference 75 a V 30 8086 compatible microprocessor This processor has a true sixteen bit data bus and runs at 7 14 MHz a socket for an 8087 2 math co processor This is an option that is required by some software packages and can often increase the performance of some other software packages for PC compatibles It performs various floating point math operations in hardware at speeds much greater than a software algorithm could achieve After obtaining and plugging in this chip you inform the system that it is present via the Control Panel Assign Configure Devices sub menu under the Configure Drivers menu Caution Be very careful to align the pins of the IC with the socket before applying any pressure to seat the chip Even more important is to be certain that pin 1 of the IC corresponds to pin I of the socket Pin 1 is at the top right corner of the socket when looking at the component side of the board with the edge connector fingers pointed down 768K bytes to 384K bytes of dual ported RAM Depending on the configuration you purchased this allows either 256K bytes to 640K bytes of RAM for applications The dual ported nature of the RAM allows the Apple s processor to get to all the V30 s memory aCGA compatible video controller This custom controller was developed by the designers of PC Transporter It is compatible with software that uses the IBM Col
80. apter supplies the minimum amount of information needed for the more experienced user to perform the installation and setup of PC Transporter Read the QuickStart Guide first and if it seems clear enough for you use it to install PC Transporter IF you are unsure of any of the steps in the QuickStart Guide use the Step By Step Installation Guide in Chapters 2 and 3 These two chapters will walk you through the installation of both the hardware and software ELABORATIONS of PC Transporter s many options and capabilities are included in the Reference Chapters These sections will help clarify points that are not perfectly clear when you first come across them It contains a brief reference to MS DOS but is not a tutorial The Bibliography will guide you to some good sources of MS DOS information REFER to the manual first for whatever questions you may have concerning PC Transporter Your questions will very likely be answered within these pages If you cannot find the answer here refer to the Technical Support section at the back of the manual for instructions Now turn the pages and be Transported HERES S the world of MS DOS brought to you by your Apple computer and Applied Engineering s PC Transporter Hello PC Transporter i PC Transporter Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement Warning The equipment described in this manual generates and uses radio frequency energy
81. ation More detailed instructions for all of your hardware can be found in Part Three PC Transporter Reference sections later in the manual 66 Part Two Step By Step Installation Guide As mentioned before if you don t access the Control Panel when you first boot PC Transporter PC Transporter will autoconfigure the system To autoconfigure PC Transporter from the main Control Panel menu 1 Choose Configure Devices from the main menu The following menu is displayed Configure Devices Auto Configure Load Device Driver Assign Configure Devices Show Current Configuration Save Configuration Remove All Currently Loaded Drivers 2 Choose Auto Configure from the Configure Devices menu While the automatic configuration is progressing the Control Panel displays status information on the screen If all goes well the message Auto Configuration Complete is displayed and the Configure Devices menu is re displayed Save Your Configuration If the autoconfiguration is not suited to your needs you will need to modify the configuration using the Control Panel In order to avoid having to access the Control Panel every time you run PC Transporter you can save your default configuration into a file on the PC Transporter system disk This way the Control Panel knows what you have in your system every time you start PC Transporter To save your settings into a file 1 Choose Configure Devices from the mai
82. ave Configuration Remove All Currently Loaded Drivers The commands in this menu are listed below 1 Auto Configure The Control Panel searches through all of the Apple s slots and all of PC Transporter s connectors and determines to the best of its ability your current system configuration Once you have run this command you should check menu item Show Current configuration and see if the system was configured to your liking If it was use menu item save Configuration to record this configuration to disk You can then avoid using the Control Panel again until you change your system or want to experiment with reconfiguring part of your system If this commands doesn t completely configure your system it will at least give you a start on the configuration process Note For many Apple II users this is the only configuration command that you will need to use 2 Load Device Driver Allows you to load a device driver into memory These are the control programs that contain the information that PC Transporter needs to use Apple II peripherals with PC software This menu item displays the Load Device Driver menu following 88 Part Three PC Transporter Reference 3 Assign Configure Devices Similar to the Show Current Configuration menu above but this menu allows you to change to your system configuration You can alter settings for your disk drives math co processor chip and any device drivers whic
83. called MSDOSVOL by default but that can easily be changed to any other name The steps required to configure your hard disk are listed below 35 ProDOS Disks as Hard Disk Volumes As mentioned above a hard disk volume can actually be created on an Apple compatible floppy disk drive using the same sequence as for a ProDOS hard disk In fact you have already used an MS DOS hard disk volume MSDOSVOL when you first set up the software 5 25 disks are not large enough to be of much use as hard disk volumes But since the 3 5 MS DOS volume is actually a ProDOS formatted disk 3 5 disks can emulate a hard disk up to about 765K in size Compare this to using the 3 5 disk as a 720K storage device when formatted with MFM A word of caution regarding hard disk volumes is in order however Chapter Eight Disk Drive Reference 147 Warning MS DOS never expects a hard disk to be removeable As such when information is saved to the hard disk volume file MS DOS often does not actually write that data to the disk until later on If you attempt to change a floppy diskette that MS DOS is using as a hard disk you will most likely destroy the directory structures and hence the information on both your hard disk volume and your MS DOS floppy diskettes The 3 5 disk must be formatted in ProDOS first If you want to use this disk for MS DOS storage and not ProDOS you can use about 760K for MS DOS files If you plan to use t
84. ckStart Installation Guide Running PC Transporter As soon as all of your hardware is installed you are ready to run PC Transporter Before you start you should take some precautionary measures Once done you can go ahead and dive right in Precautionary Measures 0 Recheck all of the hardware connections and make sure that they are all firmly seated and attached with the appropriate hardware 0 All of PC Transporter s internal cables should lead from the card towards the backplane and the edge stripe present on most of the cables should be toward the top edge of the card 0 Use ProDOS utilities to make backup copies of your PC Transporter disks before you begin Use only backups of these disks never use the originals 0 Write protect the originals and put them in a safe place Turn On the Apple 0 Place a bootable MS DOS disk in the first drive that you connected to PC Transporter If the first drive is an Apple 3 5 Drive you must configure it manually with the Control Panel Refer to Chapter Three Software Installation for details concerning this 0 Place the PC Transporter boot disk in the Apple s default boot drive and boot the computer After a moment or two a splash screen appears welcoming you to the world of PC Transporter This indicates that PC Transporter is booting Then the following message is displayed at the bottom of the screen Automatic Configuration in progress That s it
85. connect Existing Peripherals Refer to each peripheral s documentation for installation information If you no longer have one or more of these manuals simply take care in reconnecting the peripherals 52 Part Two Step By Step installation Guide Refer to the diagrams that you hopefully made before disconnecting the peripherals Because of the number of peripherals that PC Transporter adds to your system you may have to move a few things around Refer to the guidelines in the previous section for more information Connect PC Transporter s Peripherals There are a number of different hardware configurations possible with PC Transporter but most of them are standard as far as their installation is concerned This section steps through the available PC Transporter hardware options if you don t have a particular piece of hardware simply skip to the next section For example if you are using your Apple s built in keyboard instead of a PC compatible keyboard you needn t concern yourself with the Connecting a PC compatible keyboard section Connecting a PC compatible keyboard To connect a PC compatible keyboard to PC Transporter do the following Connect the male five pin DIN connector from your keyboard to the female five pin DIN connector in the Apple s backplane This is the connector that you installed in the PC Keyboard Cable section above Connecting a CGA compatible RGB monitor To connect a CGA compa
86. copy of that disk that contains the system files and at least one of the following programs SYS COM or FORMAT COM There are three ways to create a bootable system disk 1 Transfer the system files onto a freshly formatted diskette 2 Re format an existing diskette with a special parameter to the FORMAT command 3 Use the DISKCOPY command to copy the MS DOS system disk MS DOS requires a freshly formatted diskette because of its strict rules for placement of the system files If other files are occupying any of the space reserved for the system files the disk cannot be used as a system disk and must be re formatted Transferring the System Files To transfer the system files onto a diskette use the SYS command gt If you have one disk drive place your MS DOS disk or a copy of it into the default drive and type sys MS DOS prompts you to remove the original disk and replace it with the new disk Chapter Six MS DOS Reference 103 gt If you have two disk drives you can place the MS DOS disk in one for example A and the new diskette in the other for example B and type A SYS B Formatting a Disk To re format an existing diskette use the Format command gt If you have one disk drive place your MS DOS disk or a copy of it into the drive and type FORMAT S ve MS DOS prompts you to remove the original disk and replace it with the new disk S tells MS DOS to transfer the system files
87. ct PC Transporter s Cables Set Up for the Installation About the Cables le and Plus Cable Installation Disk drive cable Digital CGA compatible RGB video cable le keyboard adapter card PC keyboard cable Composite video cable Speaker cable IIGS Cable Installation IIGS RGB adapter cable ColorSwitch Disk drive cable PC compatible keyboard cable Install PC Transporter Reinstall Existing Cards Close the Apple Connect All Peripherals Reconnect Existing Peripherals Connect PC Transporter s Peripherals Connecting a PC compatible keyboard Connecting a CGA compatible RGB monitor Connecting an Apple IIGS RGB monitor Connecting a composite monitor Connecting PC compatible disk drive s Table of Contents 17 17 18 20 20 21 23 24 24 25 26 29 31 33 34 36 37 39 41 42 47 48 50 51 52 52 52 53 53 53 53 54 54 Chapter Three Software Installation and Configuration Software Where to Start Make Backup Copies of PC Transporter s Disks PC Transporter Software Running PC Transporter for the First Time Automatic Pilot or The Easy Way Transferring Files Configure PC Transporter Save Your Configuration Leaving the Control Panel Where To Go From Here 57 57 57 58 59 59 63 66 67 68 68 Table of Contents vii PART THREE PC TRANSPORTER REFERENCE Chapter Four PC Transporter System and Hardware What and Why is PC Transporter The Theory of Operation The Technical Details Chapter Five
88. d TransDrive or 3 5 TransDrive An Apple Disk 3 5 drive will also work here but do not use a UniDisk 3 5 drive Apple compatible video monitor Must be FCC Approved PC compatible keyboard Language card PC Transporter composite video meets the specifications established by the National Televisions Standards Committee NTSC If you have an Apple compatible composite monitor it must be capable of displaying NTSC video The above list is the minimum system requirement A system equipped with more than the above equipment is also compatible For example 128K of Apple I RAM is acceptable as well as an RGB monitor Customized or unorthodox Apple II systems may require special installation or configuration See Part Three PC Transporter Reference for more information Introduction i An Important Note About BASIC IBM s BASIC language included with PC DOS BASIC and BASICA is not compatible with PC Transporter or any PC compatibles If you want to use BASIC for programs that you have you must purchase one of the brands of MS DOS other than IBM s MS DOS includes a generic BASIC GWBASIC which is compatible with PC Transporter A Word About This Manual This manual is designed to advise you and assist you in every phase of integrating PC Transporter into your Apple II system The installation is divided into two parts Hardware installation and Software configuration Of the two the hardware is the
89. d in order to use PC Transporter with your Apple or if the cable can be used optionally or at all with your Apple PC Transporter Cable Matrix Plus e HGS IGS retrofit Speaker Cable m N R N R e Keyboard Cable N R Composite Video m ColorSwitch t o PC Keyboard Cable m DB19 Disk Cable m DB9CGACable t o O18 B B E Z wn Z m mandatory o optional N R not required t The use of these cables is mutually exclusive Only one of these cables can be plugged into PC Transporter at a time because they both use the same connector on the interface card 28 Part Two Step By Step Inslallation Guide lle and Plus Cable Installation Once you have removed all of the expansion cards from inside the Apple s case you can install PC Transporter s cables The cables included with the e and Plus installation kit are shown below lle and Plus installation cables Chapter Two Hardware Installation 29 Monitor Choices There are three options for video output when using PC Transporter with the Plus and e If you want to use an Apple compatible analog RGB monitor like the Sony monitor sold by Applied Engineering or the AppleColor monitor commonly sold with the IIGS you can use it for PC Transporter video output only by using the ColorSwitch the IIGS RGB video adapter An exception to this is if you are already capable of displaying Apple s own video on the monitor If you
90. d this output to the parallel printer attached to the first parallel port When you are using PC Transporter the Portware intercepts this stream of data converts it if necessary to data an Apple compatible printer would understand and routes it to the appropriate printer interface card and printer Once set up with the Control Panel this process is invisible to you and the application it happens automatically when your PC software accesses a PC port Unfortunately the Apple II is incapable of emulating certain peripheral devices found in a PC compatible system Instead PC Transporter actually has these devices physically built in so that those capabilities are also present in the PC Transporter system These are devices such as the Color Graphics Adapter an MFM Floppy Disk Controller and the PC compatible Keyboard Interface Devices equivalent to these simply do not exist in the Apple II world Details concerning the software and its use can be found in Chapter Five PC Transporter Software The Technical Details For those of you who are more technically minded and want to know what hardware is actually on the PC Transporter interface card PC Transporter consists of Socket for 8087 math vireo coprocessor Controller Composite i anan Video PC Compatible Speaker compatible Interface y Keyboard 4 processor J5 a aes J1 amp J7 ia B J37 lle Keyboard adapter a J4 ia i l PC Compatible Disk disk drive RAM Exp
91. e If you are using the MouSE SyYS or MSMOUSE Sys driver you would add the line DEvIcE msmouse sys Refer to the section Mouse in Chapter Nine Printers and Other Hardware 4 Exit the edit mode by typing FJ z followed by Ed Chapter SIx MS DOS Reference 111 PC Transporter 112 Part Three PC Transporter Reference Configuring MS DOS Application Software Most PC application programs have detailed instructions that tell you how to use them Although these instructions were not originally intended for use with PC Transporter you can use them if you follow the guidelines below Your PC Transporter card contains from 384K to 768K of installed RAM depending on how many banks on the interface card are filled This translates into 256K to 640K of user RAM 128K is reserved for use by PC Transporter itself under all memory configurations PC Transporter will automatically recognize the amount of RAM installed on your card It will then make that memory available for your programs to use PC and compatible users often find themselves in situations where they run out of RAM while running an application For instance a program wants to store the information you have entered but all the memory is busy holding other data Unless the application specifically checks the amount of RAM left this usually causes the system to crash or hang which usually means that you lose
92. e keyboard and then continue typing on the other keyboard you might not remember why you are getting only upper case characters when you are trying to type lower case and vice versa Complete maps of the keyboards for the Apple e and Apple IIGS are shown on the following pages Chapter Seven Keyboard Reference 119 6c1 SOUdIOJOY JOOdSUeI Od L Hed Common Keys KP1 KP3 End PgDn Apple Ile Keyboard to IBM Style Keyboard Translation BOUSIBJOY Jauodsuol Od 33141 Ja deyuy Lol RT A re ia ge le a ns aT Shift vs y yo BARER iT Fa Lat i Cope ana Ham Peresi ERE A Aten A A Bhia A Lork A A ASA Lock Common Keys g IE Ble HOE Tes Apple II as Keyboard to IBM Style Keyboard Translation To Access the Control Panel You can access the Control Panel while running PC software on PC Transporter You should not access the Control Panel to reboot the system or exit the system completely while in the middle of writing files to any disks however This might result In a scrambled disk and lost files See PC Transporter Software for information on the operation of the Control Panel From an Apple IIGS and e To access the Control Panel while PC Transporter is running 1 Hold down 2 Press E twice From a PC Compatible Keyboard To access the Control Panel while PC Transporter is running 1 Hold down e 2 Press E twice 122 Part Three PC Transporter Reference CHAPTER EIGHT
93. e anti static bag on the motherboard of the Apple then place PC Transporter on the bag as shown in the diagram below Place PC Transporter on the bag This will help protect both PC Transporter and the components on the motherboard from static ZapS 5 Keep the cables and other included hardware within arm s reach You may find yourself looking for them with one hand when the other is balancing the computer on your lap Not that you should balance the computer on your lap but it often ends up that way About the Cables All detachable wire connectors on PC Transporter and in your Apple are either male or female A male connector has metal pins and a female connector has sockets into which the male s pin s fit We don t mean to shock or offend anyone Its simply a method of describing the connectors which most people can understand For example consider the familiar electrical wall outlet A plug leading from an electrical appliance is a male connector and a wall socket is a female connector 26 Part Two Step By Step Installation Guide PC Transporter uses many kinds of wires and connectors in its cabling and each has its own connection and disconnection procedure The cables and connectors are DB19 Connector id Note Many of the connectors listed below are keyed which theoretically prevents you from aligning them incorrectly Nevertheless you can probably overcome this limitation with sufficient force
94. e monitor ____________4 Composite Video Cable 1 Locate the four pin male Molex connector on the Apple s motherboard e users will find the Molex connector at location J13 It is located near the backplane on the right side of the case when looking from the front towards the back You ll see J13 stenciled on the motherboard next to the connector Plus users will find the Molex connector in about the same spot as the e Molex connector is located see below You will see a resistor labeled 27 next to the connector Chapter Two Hardware Installation 37 2 Attach the female four pin Molex connector to the male four pin Molex connector as shown below tre Fay a th Yer s Composite Video Cable connected Take care to align the two connectors the correct way They are keyed such that the pins are offset from the center line However you could still force it on the wrong way This is also the most difficult connector to install in the entire installation procedure Be patient and use a good light source to help see that the connectors are aligned 3 Attach the female two pin Molex connector to the male two pin Molex connector at location J2 on PC Transporter Composite video Take care to align the two connectors the correct way 38 Part Two Step By Step Installation Guide Speaker cable The Apple s built in speaker cable is a two wire ribbon cable with a Mol
95. e program Making copies or derivative works except in certain limited instances and except for making copies or adaptions of MSC software for archival purposes or as an essential step in the utilization of the computer program in conjunction with a machine without prior written authorization from MSC is prohibited by copyright law and constitutes a punishable violation of such law The mouse drivers use a two part configuration Step 1 Load and configure the PC Transporter device driver Step 2 Copy the MS DOS driver for the mouse onto each of your MS DOS boot disks Some applications require that the mouse driver be a COM file located in the root directory of your boot disk while others require the driver to be a sys file installed in the conric sys file of your boot disk The chart following shows the options you have for both the Mouse Systems Mouse MSC and the MicroSoft Mouse Note The MicroSoft Mouse and the Mouse Systems Mouse use different drivers The drivers for the Mouse Systems Mouse are included on the PC Transporter distribution disk in the MSDOSVOL file while the MicroSoft Mouse driver must be obtained elsewhere 170 Part Three PC Transporter Reference Mouse Systems MicroSoft Mouse Mouse Serial COM 2 Only Serial or Bus Select Select MSMOUSE Driver Supplied on Transporter MOUSE Driver from PC Transporter Disk in from PC Transporter Control Panel MSDOSVOL Control Panel Must Obtain ae
96. e settings in the middle of a file operation for example The Apple 3 5 is now your A drive Disks placed in this drive can now be formatted read from and written to as MS DOS 720K disks If you are using the Apple 3 5 as your B C or D drive you would follow the same procedure selecting the appropriate drive position in step 5 134 Part Three PC Transporter Reference Other Disk Drives This section discusses a few alternative disk drive types that you can use with MS DOS They are other Apple compatible drives RAM disks and Hard disks The Auto Configure command in the Control Panel will not recognize any of these drive types so you will have to use the Assign Configure Devices menu if you want to use any of these Once you get the system configured properly however you can save the configuration to disk so you only have to do the configuration once After that you can change it any time you want to Using Apple Compatible Drives For MS DOS Storage Apple compatible disk drives are compatible with PC Transporter for reading and writing MS DOS files You leave them attached to their existing controller cards in the Apple and ProDOS itself actually performs the transactions between these drives and PC Transporter Apple compatible drives include all the Apple drives that you have always used with ProDOS These drives all use the GCR data encoding technique If the disk drive is plugged into the Apple con
97. e two TransDrives of different sizes such as a 720K 3 5 drive and a 360 K 5 25 drive you would probably be better off plugging in your 3 5 TransDrive first in the daisy chain You should consider your needs however If you want to be able to swap data with a friend who uses only 5 25 disks poor soul you will want to plug in the 5 25 TransDrive first 142 Part Three PC Transporter Reference When you create diskettes with PC Transporter s drives under standard ProDOS applications you must keep in mind that you won t be able to read them using drives that are plugged into Apple compatible controllers These disks will be MFM encoded but their file formats will be that of ProDOS They won t make sense to any MS DOS applications either they will be recognized by other Transporter systems only You might think of this disk format as the converse of using ProDOS drives under PC Transporter to store MS DOS files PC Transporter as a PrODOS RAM Disk You can use the RAM installed on PC Transporter as a ProDOS RAM disk for your Apple II programs A RAM disk is a storage area created in the electronic RAM memory of a computer which appears to that computer s operating system to be a normal disk drive It is available to the operating systems as would be any other disk drive data can be stored retrieved and erased from the RAM disk There is one major advantage in using a RAM disk and one major disadvantage Advantage
98. er 10 Wire Cable with Flat Cable Connectors Monitor Male DB15 to IIGS Video Output Mounting Bracket Grommet om Installs In Bracket View from back of Hole for Grommet Apple ColorSwitch Chapter One QuickStart Installation Guide 9 Feed the five pin connector and the grommet through the back of the GS We recommend that you use the hole directly next to the power supply In the case of a IIGS retrofit use the opening just above the power supply case Attach the 6 pin female connector to the 6 pin male connector on the ColorSwitch O Insert the grommet into the hole in the flange directly below the DB15 connector Attach either end of the flat 10 wire cable to the 10 pin female connector on the ColorSwitch O Connect the other 10 pin connector of the flat cable to location J6 on PC Transporter Ins tall the small circuit card in the backplane Make sure that the cable with the grommet is fed to the outside of the case Q Connect the DB15 connector at the end of the cable with the grommet to the IIGS video output on the backplane PC Compatible Keyboard Cables Ignore this step if you are not going to use a PC compatible keyboard Locate one of the small circular openings in the backplane Secure the female DIN connector in the backplane using the two hex screw provided Q Attach the flat cable connector to location J5 on PC Transporte
99. er If you do this the drive uses the MFM disk format when running MS DOS Because this drive can do both it doesn t exactly fit either category of disk drives so PC Transporter explicitly calls out this drive in the Control Panel menus When this drive is plugged into the Apple controller it becomes a ProDOS drive to PC Transporter and the Apple system These drives are discussed in the next section When you connect the drive to the PC Transporter disk controller it almost looks like a TransDrive It doesn t look exactly like a TransDrive because of some interface differences Connect Apple 3 5 s After TransDrives The first of these differences is that it must be connected last in the daisy chain All TransDrives must be connected to PC Transporter before any Apple 3 5 Drives or else PC Transporter will not be able to find the TransDrives The second difference is that when Apple defined the interface to be used with 3 5 disk drives they used a method of indexing the disks different from the indexing method of drives in the PC compatible world As a result if you format a disk on the Apple 3 5 Drive and then use it on another PC compatible the PC compatible may or may not be able to read the disk You will not have a problem however if you format a disk on another PC compatible and then use it on PC Transporter and the PC compatible interchangeably You should also have no problem if you use PC Transporter to format a
100. er will attempt to access floppy disk drive A followed by the hard disk if any to find a bootable MS DOS disk A bootable MS DOS disk is a diskette that has been initialized with the FORMAT S command This installs a copy of the required boot information If no bootable disk is found the following error message is displayed DISK READ ERROR If this happens check the following Is there a diskette in the default drive Is the diskette inserted correctly Is it a bootable diskette Are all cables connected properly gt gt gt gt gt Was your hard disk properly formatted with both the MS DOS FDISK utility and the FORMAT S command You can re enter the Control Panel to check these items See the previous section How to Access the Control Panel for help Once you are satisfied that all is corrected simply select Reboot and Run PC Transporter to try again If all goes well you will see a light on the A drive and after a moment of disk activity as the operating system is loaded into PC Transporter you will see a display like the one below Aplclock Utility V__ Copyright 198 Little Blue Limited Current date is Current time is Applied Engineering PC Transporter on date at time A gt If you see a display like the one above congratulations PC Transporter is running To change the displayed time follow the directions for changing your Apple Clock Transporter is simply reading the Apple Clock a
101. erence Note Apple 3 5 users go to step 6 of the next section 6 Use the arrow keys or the number to select pc Transporter TransDrive 3 5 then type EJ T Now press E until you are back at the Main Menu Then select save Configuration to retain the setting 8 Select Reboot and Run PC Transporter i Important As with most Control Panel settings these will not take effect until you reboot PC Transporter because MS DOS would become hopelessly confused if you changed disk drive settings in the middle of a file operation for example The 3 5 TransDrive is now your A drive Disks placed in this drive can now be formatted read from and written to as MS DOS 720K disks If you have a dual 3 5 TransDrive system follow the same steps choosing B gt PC Transporter TransDrive 2 5 25 instep 5 Chapter Elght Disk Drive Reference 131 PC Transporter 132 Part Three PC Transporter Reference Apple Disk 3 5 Drives Connected to PC Transporter This is Apple s double sided 3 5 drive that is compatible with the Ie IIGS and Macintosh It has a grey or platinum case This is a unique drive because it is the first Apple drive capable of directly reading and writing either GCR or MFM formats As such you can use it for either disk format If you leave the Apple 3 5 Drive connected to your Apple disk controller it uses the GCR disk format Alternately you can connect it directly to PC Transport
102. ers each dealing with a different part of your system PC Transporter System and Hardware PC Transporter Software MS DOS Reference Keyboards Disk Drive Reference gt gt gt gt gt gt Printers and Other Hardware These chapters are arranged in no particular order and unlike the installation procedures are made to be used in a random access manner Part Three PC Transporter Reference 71 CHAPTER FOUR PC Transporter System and Hardware PC Transporter is comprised of a combination of hardware and software Once installed it allows you to use your Apple II system and peripherals to run the vast library of MS DOS software but without giving up your Apple II It allows you to use your Apple II as you always have for Apple software The hardware consists of a board that you plug into a single expansion slot in the Apple II and cables and connectors to permit you to directly connect to certain optional peripherals that exist only in the PC compatible world Additionally depending on the Apple II that the board is plugged into a few internal cables permit PC Transporter to control certain activities directly such as sound from the speaker or video to your NTSC compatible monitor Booting the system is simple and should appear familiar to any user who has manually launched a ProDOS application The software is a Standard ProDOS application that is executable upon booting the Apple II or can be run by exiting an
103. es of drives connect to PC Transporter in the same basic manner with one distinct difference your TransDrives must be in the chain before any Apple 3 5 drives For example if you have a TransDrive system and one Apple 3 5 drive the TransDrive is plugged directly into PC Transporter and the Apple drive is plugged into the port in the rear of the TransDrive To connect your TransDrive system to PC Transporter simply connect the male DB19 connector at the end of the cable which leads from your first TransDrive to the female DBI9 connector in the Apple s backplane This is the connector that you installed in the Disk Drive Cable section above 54 Part Two Step By Step Installation Guide If you re using an Apple 3 5 Drive s only connect it directly to the DBI9 connector if you are using a Disk 3 5 drive along with a TransDrive system be sure to plug in the TransDrive system first and daisy chain the 3 5 drive to the connector on the back of the TransDrive A dual TransDrive system will have only one cable coming from it Attaching this one cable will give PC Transporter access to both drives Do not confuse PC Transporter s DBI9 connector with the HGS s built in floppy disk port The built in port is in the lower portion of the backplane and is positioned horizontally PC Transporter s port is installed in the expansion slot area above the built in ports and is positioned vertically You can connect up to fou
104. essor Not Installed Selection of this item does not actually bring up another menu Instead the portion of the message Not Installed changes to Installed when you select it and vice versa To use the Math Co Processor available from you must actually insert one into the large empty socket on the PC Transporter interface board and then tell PC Transporter that it is present by using this menu Chapter Five PC Transporter Software 91 Some programs will automatically find and use the 8087 no matter if this setting is on or off Show Current Configuration Menu Show Current Configuration Page 1 Disk Drives A gt PC Transporter TransDrive 1 5 25 B gt PC Transporter TransDrive 2 5 25 None None C gt Bard Disk AEPC MSDOSVOL OFF 8087 Math Co processor Not Installed MORE Press Space Bar This menu is display only If you want to make changes to any of these items you will have to use the Assign Configure Devices menu 92 Part Three PC Transporter Reference PC Transporter System amp Utility Files The files that comprise the PC Transporter system are distributed on the single 3 5 diskette with the volume name AEPC and on two 5 25 disks with the volume names AEPCT and AEPC The files that are necessary for the operation of PC Transporter are STARTUP This is a simple program selector that will let you choose to run PC Transporter or exit to BASIC or ProDOS T
105. ets MS DOS use the color capability of color monitors This is one of the commands included in the CONFIG SYS file of the Transporters distribution disk 110 Part Three PC Transporter Reference Editing CONFIG SYS To edit the conric sys file use any ASCII editor such as EDLIN or SideKick s Notepad Another way to edit the CONFIG SYS file although risky is to use the COPY CON command as described below Note You may find this method faster than loading up a line editor but it does have its drawbacks For example if you enter in an incorrect line you will have to start again from step 2 1 First enter the command TYPE CONFIG SYS This will display the contents of the CONFIG SYS file You will need to make a hardcopy of the contents by doing a screendump to your printer EJ LE s or make sure it remains on the screen so you can copy it to the new CONFIG SYS file you will create 2 Now enter the command COPY CON CONFIG SYS You re now in the editing mode Anytime you hit return the contents of that line is written to the file That s why it is extremely important to check your entries before pressing return 3 Enter in the contents of the original CONFIG SYS file you have TYPEd to the screen adding the desired changes as you go For example If you are modifying MS DOS 3 2 to format 3 5 disks to 720K you would add the line DEVICE DRIVER SYS D n Refer to the section Formatting a Disk abov
106. ex connector on one end The PC Transporte package contains a similar cable with a Molex connector on each end PC Transporter s is referred to in these steps as the supplied speaker cable Speaker Cable The following steps place PC Transporter electrically between the Apple motherboard and the speaker so it can control the speaker along with the Apple 1 Disconnect the existing Molex connector from location J18 on the Apple s motherboard The other end of this cable is soldered to the speaker Chapter Two Hardware Installation 39 2 Connect either end of the supplied speaker cable to location J18 on the Apple s motherboard 2 aa i x on Speaker Cable connected to motherboard Both ends of the supplied speaker cable are identical so it does not matter which end you connect What does matter however is that the cables are aligned correctly Correct Incorrect 3 Connect the other end of the supplied speaker cable to connector J7 on PC Transporter Connectors J1 and J7 are next to each other and are identical 4 Reconnect the Molex connector to connector J1 on PC Transporter Speaker 40 Part Two Step By Step Installation Guide IIGS Cable Installation Ics Once you have removed all of the expansion cards from inside the Apple s case you can install PC Transporter s cables The cables included with the IIGS installation kit are shown below IIGS installation cables Monitor Ch
107. figure the driver Configure your PC software to communicate with that serial port COMn Step 1 Load a Device Driver To load the driver for your serial interface card 1 Get to the Control Panel main menu 2 Choose Configure Devices from the main menu 3 Choose Load Device Driver from the main menu Your serial interface card s driver file should be one of the numbered choices in the lower part of the menu 4 Type the number listed next to the card s driver file then press The following prompt appears at the bottom of the screen the name listed beneath the prompt will be the name of the driver you specified what Slot Number should this driver be assigned to _ Load Device Driver AEPC AEPC DRIVERS SSCCOM1 5 Type the slot number in which your serial interface card is installed In most Apple II systems this is either slot 1 or slot 2 Chapter Nine Printers and Other Hardware 167 port and a printer port look at the small icons directly above the actual connectors on the backplane of the IIGS The printer port is considered slot 1 and the phone port is slot 2 Type the number of the port which you plan to use for serial communication Make sure however the the IIGS Control Panel slot settings are selecting the built in printer port for slot 1 and the built in serial port for slot 2 if you wish to use these drivers me The IIGS has two built in serial interface ports a phone modem Ics Step
108. g it will then look for it in your hard disk If you have copied the MS DOS system files correctly it will proceed to boot MS DOS from the hard drive volume Using the Hard Disk Volume to Boot Other Transporter Systems You can use the hard disk volume you have created on one computer to boot other computers that have no drives connected to the PC Transporter drive controller Those involved in computer classroom settings may find this particularly useful A room full of Apple computers each with only a ProDOS drive and a PC Transporter could be set up to run MS DOS The ProDOS drive can be a hard drive an Apple 3 5 Drive a UniDisk a RamFactor with RamCharger or a GS RAM with RamKeeper For our example we ll use a classroom with Apple computers each with PC Transporters installed and each with one 3 5 drive connected to the Apple drive controller All you would need to do is make a 3 5 hard drive volume as described in the steps above This will be your master volume Use ProDOS to make copies of this 3 5 disk for each of the other computers You can then run the other computers with the 3 5 disk as their only disk Remember that removing this 3 5 disk is like switching hard disks The system must be rebooted Chapter Eight Disk Drive Reference 155 156 Note For legality you will need to have purchased a copy of an MS DOS system disk for each of the computers or have a site license Ha
109. g system or write programs for PC Transporter Highly Recommended Robbins Judd Mastering DOS Sybex San Francisco CA 1987 Available from Applied Engineering Other Good References Angermeyer John and Jaeger Kevin MS DOS Developer s Guide Howard W Sams amp Co Indianapolis IN 1986 Davies Russ Compute s Mapping the IBM PC and PC Jr Compute Publications Inc Greensboro NC 1985 Norton Peter Inside the IBM PC Prentice Hall Press New York NY 1986 Norton Peter The Peter Norton Programmer s Guide to the IBM PC Microsoft Press Bellevue WA 1985 Rector Russell and Alexy George The 8086 Book Osborne McGraw Hill Berkeley CA 1980 Scanlon Leo J IBM PC Assembly Language A Guide for Programmers Robert J Brady Co Bowie MD 1983 Shaw Shaw Essential PC DOS SYBEX San Francisco CA 1987 Wolverton Van Running MS DOS MicroSoft Press Bellevue WA 1987 Bibliography 191 Index BAT 100 107 COM 100 EXE 100 le to IIGS upgrade 24 AEPC 65 152 3 5 double sided GCR drives 123 3 5 single sided GCR drives 123 3 5 TransDrives 129 5 25 double sided MFM drives 123 5 25 single sided GCR drives 123 5 25 single sided MFM drives 123 5 25 TransDrive 129 80286 125 8086 73 75 8087 Math Co Processor 91 8087 2 75 8254 timer 76 AEPC CONFIG 89 93 AEPC DRIVERS 93 161 AEPC SYSTEM 93 AEPCBIOS 93 AEPCKEY 2E 95 AEPCKEY GS 94 APLC
110. h you have previously loaded with the Load Device Driver menu This menu item displays the Assign Configure Devices menu see below Show Current Configuration Displays the list of currently configured devices This list is display only if you want to make changes to the configuration use the Assign Configure Devices menu below 5 Save Configuration Records the current system configuration on the diskette in the default ProDOS disk drive The file that it writes to the disk is AEPC CONFIG Note If you get a Disk Full error message it is because the Transporter can t find enough room on the disk to write the azpc conrtce file You ll need to make room for the file by deleting other unnecessary files on the disk The next time you start PC Transporter with this disk the current system configuration becomes the default configuration The system will not autoconfigure again unless you delete this file Warning Make sure that you have the correct diskette inserted in the default ProDOS disk drive 6 Remove All Currently Loaded Drivers This command clears all device drivers from the Control Panel s memory You can use this command to experiment with different configurations or if you make a mistake while configuring your system This command is a temporary method of reconfiguring the drivers It does not remove the device drivers from the AEPC CONFIG file If you want to do that use Remove Al
111. he Control Panel menus are tree structured The main menu the trunk has many branches or paths that you can follow If you press Eline Control Panel displays the previou command For example the following tree shows some of PC Transporter s menus and their relationship 84 Part Three PC Transporter Reference Specify Driver Auto Configure File Display Apple Keyboard Map Specify Driver Directory Load Device Driver NEXT SET OF DRIVER FILES Configure Drivers Assign Configure Control Panel Devices Exit From Control Panel Run PC Transporter 8087 Math Co processor 8087 Math Reboot and Run PC Transporter Show Currant Configuration Co processor Save Configuration Remove All Currantly Loaded Drivers Using the above diagram as a guide if the Assign Configure Devices menu is displayed on the screen pressing EJ will display the Configure Devices menu This is what is meant by moving to the previous menu Chapter Five PC Transporter Software 85 Main Menu Copyright Little Blue LTD 198 VERSION Version Date PC Transporter Main Menu Display Apple Keyboard Map Configure Drivers Exit From Control Panel Run PC Transporter Reboot and Run PC Transporter Quit to ProDOS This is the first menu you will see upon accessing the Control Panel The commands in this menu are listed below 1 Display Apple Keyboard Map This i
112. he Disk Controller II You can install PC Transporter in any available slot in the IIGS GS except slot 3 and the Memory Expansion slot it won t fit there Check the IIGS Control Panel slot settings to avoid conflicts between the use of a card in a slot and the built in I O assigned to that slot Note If your system is not set up as in the example configuration above you can still continue with this installation You might have to inform the PC Transporter Control Panel of the whereabouts of the various parts of your system see Chapter Five PC Transporter Software for more information Set Up Have a good source of light a grounded electrical outlet and a lot of free space available 0 You will need a hex wrench or a pair of needle nosed pliers a small Phillips screwdriver and a small flat blade screwdriver Chapter One QuickStart installation Guide 3 Prepare Power down all your equipment in your Apple s system Clear off the top of the Apple s system unit and disconnect all your peripherals Remove Remove all expansion cards from your Apple s case Unpack PC Transporter and arrange the parts within arm s reach Lay PC Transporter down inside your Apple s case on top of the anti static bag Connect Use the drawing below to help locate the different connectors referred to in the installation sections Composite fae PC compatible Speaker I keyboard J5 ColorSwitch
113. he files off of the hard disk volume to floppy diskettes see the MS DOS commands Backup and RESTORE 2 Delete the msposvot file from your ProDOS directory 3 Use the Control Panel to create a new one of the desired size 4 Restore or copy all of the files back to the hard disk volume file from the floppy diskettes 150 Part Three PC Transporter Reference To Configure Your ProDOS Hard Disk These instructions will work if you have a standard ProDOS hard disk connected to a hard disk controller card installed in your Apple s slot 7 If your hard disk is installed differently the differences will be apparent and this process can be easily adapted If you have any doubt as to whether your hard disk is going to work consult your hard disk s documentation if it claims to be 100 ProDOS compatible there is no reason that it shouldn t work with PC Transporter These instruction will also work for setting up a 3 5 disk in an Apple ProDOS drive 1 Get to the Control Panel main menu If you are in ProDOS run the azpc system program and hold down the spacebar until the Control Panel appears If you are in DOS hold down and press E twice 2 Choose configure Drivers from the main menu 3 Choose Assign Configure Devices from the Configure Devices menu The following menu appears Assign Configure Devices Disk Drives 8087 Math Co Processor Not Installed 1 PAR 3 SSC COM1 Handler
114. he six pin female connector and the grommet on the round cable through this opening The DB15 connector is outside the IIGS case 2 Attach the female connector to its male mate on the ColorSwitch The male mating connector is the one with the pins sticking up It is also the only connector on ColorSwitch Mount the connector so that the wires feed toward the bottom of the ColorSwitch 3 Push the strain relief grommet into the mounting plate on the ColorSwitch 6 pin Connector and Grommet connected to ColorSwitch 44 Part Two Step By Step Installation Guide Make sure the lips of the grommet are not folded under but are flush against the outside surfaces of the mounting plate 4 Attach either end of the flat 10 wire cable to the 10 pin female connector on the ColorSwitch a 10 pin Connector connected to ColorSwitch 6 Attach the other end of the flat cable leading from the adapter board to the 10 pin connector at location J6 on PC Transporter RGB Video The edge stripe should be toward the top of both the PC Transporter and the ColorSwitch This is the connector for RGB output If you had a digital CGA compatible RGB monitor it s backplane connector would connect here Chapter Two Hardware installation 45 46 7 Secure the ColorSwitch s mounting plate to the opening in the back panel Use the supplied screws to fasten it to the back panel of the Apple The chip side of the ColorSwitch
115. his disk to boot both ProDOS and MS DOS you will need to copy the AEPC ProDOS files to it You can delete the files you will not need to leave more room on the disk For example you won t need the file MSDOSVOL because you will be creating a new hard disk volume The list below will work for a minimal ProDOS Transporter system disk PRODOS EPC SYSTEM A STARTAEPC AEPCBIOS A A EPC CONFIG EPCKEY GS AEPCKEY 2E for e users AEPC DRIVERS Refer to the section PC Transporter System Files to help you decide which files you ll need for your particular setup Check the amount of space left on the disk It should be about 650K or more Remember the amount This will be the space you can use for the MS DOS hard file Now create MS DOS hard volume following the instructions an below 148 Part Three PC Transporter Reference Thoughts on Preallocation When you set up your hard disk volume for PC Transporter the Control Panel requires you to make a decision as to whether or not you want to preallocate a volume size on your ProDOS hard disk to the MS DOS volume file This option controls whether or not the ProDOS file containing your MS DOS files will take up all of the preassigned space immediately upon defining the hard disk volume There are two schools of thought for how to decide this issue To Preallocate or Preallocation means that ProDOS will actually create a file as
116. his program will run when you boot from the AEPC disk or when you enter startup at the BASIC prompt PC TRANSPORTER This program turns off auto answer on the DataLink modem and then runs STARTAEPC This prevents the phone from auto answering while the PC Transporter is in use If a DataLink is installed and the slot is active then a message is sent to the screen showing the DataLink slot and telling the user that auto answer is now off Execution stops if any error occurs as a result of running PC TRANSPORTER If you erase this file from your copy of the Transporter disk the boot process will continue from STARTAEPC 0 STARTAEPC This is a small system file used to run the AEPC SYSTEM from BASIC Enter startaepc at the prompt 0 AEPC SYSTEM This code file is the bulk of the software that makes PC Transporter run The Portware and Control Panel routines are contained within this file It s a sys type file and is capable of running at boot time as well as by quitting another application and specifying this pathname for the next application AEPCBIOS This is a binary data file that is loaded into PC Transporter s RAM by the AEPC SYSTEM code right after PC Transporter is first started It is the BIOS or Basic Input Output Services code executed by the 8086 compatible processor to carry out the I O calls by MS DOS Chapter Five PC Transporter Software 93 94 0 AEPC CONFIG This binary data file i
117. in order for PC Transporter to be able to use it For the purposes of this discussion such printers are divided into two categories Universal printers such as those from Epson Okidata Diablo and so on Apple brand printers and compatibles such as the Apple Dot Matrix Printer Apple ImageWriter Apple ImageWriter II and so on Universal Printers The term universal is used here because most Apple compatible printers are also PC compatible The popular Apple compatible printers from companies such as Epson Okidata Diablo and others are equally popular in the PC world Other than possible differences in interfaces the printers are identical Note The differences in interfaces as you ll soon see are not a problem Apple Printers and Compatibles This category of printers includes the Apple Dot Matrix Printer Apple ImageWriter Apple ImageWriter II and third party printers which are compatible with these printers A printer s documentation will state whether or not it s Apple ImageWriter compatible This means that software that can print graphics bold text superscripts subscripts etc both to this printer and to an ImageWriter Printer Configuration In most cases printer configuration will be taken care of during the automatic configuration process In the event that the printer driver for your printer was not installed during auto CONFIGURATION follow the steps below 160 Part Three
118. in a matter of moments PC Transporter is running MS DOS The transformation is complete Chapter One QuickStart Installation Guide 13 PC Transporter 14 Part One QuickStart Installation Guide PART TWO Step By Step Installation Guide Precautions Note Ins tailing a circuit card into your Apple is a straightforward procedure but an incorrectly performed installation can damage your computer and or the card This section lists some potential hardware installation problems and the steps you can take to avoid them Read these carefully before you attempt the hardware installation Potential Problem Precautions PC Transporter and or your Apple Apply force gently and only to the top could be damaged if you apply too left and right edges of the card Do not much force to components on them such touch any of the components on the as their transistors connectors or surfaces of the card or the gold chips connector at the bottom of the card Computers can be damaged by static While your Apple s case is open each electricity time you place your hands inside touch a finger to the metal power supply case located at the left of the motherboard Touch the power supply case Part Two Step By Step Installation Guide 12 Your computer equipment can be damaged by disturbances in the electrical current of your home or office The UniDisk 3 5 drive white is termed a smart drive It does some inte
119. in the hard disk Part Three PC Transporter Reference If MS DOS wont boot from the hard drive gt Check the PC Transporter control panel to make sure that your hard disk has the correct name and is ON If you didn t save the configuration to the hard disk volume you ve created the hard disk will be OFF Turn it on by selecting it in the Assign Disk Drives menu Save Configuration then Reboot and Run PC Transporter gt Did you FORMAT using c s v If you forgot the S then the invisible system files were not transferred and the system can t boot You ll probably get the message Missing operating system Chapter Eight Disk Drive Reference 157 PC Transporter 158 Part Three PC Transporter Reference CHAPTER Nine Printers and Other Hardware This chapter discusses the other kinds of devices that you can use with PC Transporter such as printers modems and mice or mouses This hardware is grouped together in this chapter because all of these pieces of hardware will work in much the same manner with PC Transporter as they have with your Apple II programs The chapter is divided into three sections Printers Serial Devices and Mouse s Each section includes Control Panel configuration instructions Chapter Nine Printers and Other Hardware 159 Printers Using your printer with PC Transporter is quite straightforward Your printer must be useable by the Apple under ProDOS
120. ing them But MS DOS goes one step farther than ProDOS it contains a simple language for use with these batch files For example you can interpret parameters entered on the command line to a batch file You can save the following commands into a batch file they copy a series of files from one place to another then delete the originals Use any ASCII editor such as EDLIN or SideKick s Not epad COPY 1 2 ERASE 1 Once you have saved this file to the disk you can use it by entering its filename at the MS DOS prompt Chapter Six MS DOS Reference 107 This batch file requires two arguments a from file or files and a to file or files The following example copies all files with the extension TXT from the disk in drive A to the disk in drive B then erases all files with the extension TXT from the disk in drive A this example assumes you named your batch file MOVE BAT MOVE A TXT B Note You may want to examine the AUTOEXEC BAT file included on PC Transporter s disk as an example of a BAT file AUTOEXEC BAT MS DOS automatically executes the batch file AUTOEXEC BAT if it is present on the MS DOS boot disk when you start PC Transporter Typically you place commands in AUTOEXEC BAT that set up your system to your personal tastes For example you could use an ASCII editor to save the following commands in a file named AUTOEXEC BAT DATE TIME DIR A The first two lines request the date and time fro
121. ing a 3 5 instead of a 5 25 To do this simply follow the steps below Note This section is designed to get you going as quickly as possible For more in depth discussion of how to use the Control Panel and set up your drives see the appropriate chapters 1 After you have gotten the DISK READ ERROR Message hold down the key while pressing the kag i i _ Caps Caps PC Transporter s main menu will appear 60 Part Two Step By Step Installation Guide Copyright Little Blue LTD 198 VERSION Version PC Transporter Main Menu Display Apple Keyboard Map Configure Drivers Exit From Control Panel Run PC Transporter Reboot and Run PC Transporter Quit to ProDOS 2 Use the keys or the options number to select the Configure Drivers option then press E3 Configure Drivers Auto Configure Load Device Driver Assign Configure Devices Show Current Configuration Save Configuration Remove All Currently Loaded Drivers 3 Select the Assign configure Devices option from the menu above Assign Configure Devices Disk Drives 8087 Math Co Processor Not Installed SSC COM1 Handler ImageWriter TI IBM Graphics printer etc depending on number of drivers loaded 4 Select Disk Drives from this menu You will see the following menu Assign DISK DRIVES AEPC Disk Drives 1 A gt PC Transporter TransDrive 1 5 25 2 B gt PC Transporter TransDrive 2 5 25 3 None 4 None
122. ique when used in MS DOS mode They can also be used in ProDOS mode Under ProDOS they are formatted as 360K ProDOS devices This is discussed in detail later in this chapter A TransDrive is capable of reading and writing one of the following formats 1 5 25 single sided double density SSDD 180K or double sided DSDD 360K 2 3 5 single sided double density SSDD 360K or double sided DSDD 720K The high density 1 200K diskettes used in the newer 80286 based personal computers AT compatibles are not compatible with PC Transporter The only other limitation concerning TransDrives is that MS DOS revs prior to MS DOS 3 2 are incapable of handling the higher capacities of double sided 3 5 drives Older revs of MS DOS are limited to 360K bytes regardless of which drive is actually being used Chapter Eight Disk Drive Reference 125 Daisy Chaining Drives Daisy chaining means connecting multiple devices in a chain configuration where each successive device is in turn connected to the one directly before it For example if you had three disk drives call them X Y and Z then to connect them in a daisy chain would mean that you could connect X to PC Transporter Y to X and Z to Y This is important because the order in which you connect disk drives to PC Transporter is significant How Many Drives You can physically connect up to a total of four disk drives to PC Transporter at one time However PC Trans
123. isk file for use under MS DOS Note Just in case you re interested the Portware and the Control Panel are actually part of the same ProDOS file named AEPC SYSTEM Accessing the Control Panel If you do not specify otherwise PC Transporter boots straight into MS DOS when you boot with the PC Transporter system disk or run the AEPC SYSTEM application To work on your system configuration you must access the Control Panel From ProDOS To start the Control Panel without booting straight into MS DOS from ProDOS 1 Place your PC Transporter boot disk the AEPCT side of the 5 25 disks in the Apple s boot drive Insert it in the currently assigned default drive or the drive from which the Apple normally boots 82 Part Three PC Transporter Reference 2 Hold down and E and press This will reboot your Apple and automatically start PC Transporter running Turning off and on the power to your Apple will accomplish the same thing but is harder on the power switch 3 Press the spacebar once and no other key After a moment or two the Control Panel s main menu appears PC Transporter s main menu is displayed below Copyright Little Blue LTD 198 VERSION Version Date PC Transporter Main Menu 1 Display Apple Keyboard Map 2 Configure Drivers 3 Exit From Control Panel Run PC Transporter Reboot and Run PC Transporter Quit to ProDOS Oe Note The Control Panel is not available whe
124. l Currently Loaded Drivers then save your current configuration with Save Configuration Chapter Five PC Transporter Software 89 Load Device Driver Menu Load Device Driver Driver Load Selection Currently Loaded Drivers F Specify Driver File SSC COM1 Handler D Specify Driver Directory ImageWriter II Graphics Current directory AEPC AEPC DRIVERS 1 SSCCDN1 2 PICLPT1 35 SSCLPT1 4 IW2EMUL N NEXT SET OF DRIVER FILES This menu allows you to access device driver files from the PC Transporter boot disk A list of available files in the current default directory is shown along with any drivers that are currently loaded Loading a file makes that driver available to the Control Panel This means that the particular function of that driver is now activated For example the driver file ssccom1 is the Apple Super Serial Card COM1 for PC Transporter It allows you to configure the Super Serial Card as the MS DOS logical device COMI1 Once you load that file the driver is activated and you can use it There are two mechanisms for loading a device driver actually typing the filename or displaying a directory list and selecting a file from that list These methods are described below D Specify Driver Directory To use this command 1 Choose D Specify Driver Directory The Control Panel displays the following prompt Enter Directory Name AEPC AEPC DRIVERS 90 2 Type the name of the directory then p
125. l drive should be E If you have a hard disk set up as E the logical drive will be F Configuring an MS DOS System Disk PC Transporter requires no special considerations to be able to run MS DOS You can follow the instructions in your MS DOS User s Guide for configuring or customizing an MS DOS system disk Chapter Six MS DOS Reference 105 PC Transporter 106 Part Three PC Transporter Reference More Advanced MS DOS MS DOS is somewhat similar to ProDOS at least in theory However there are some differences in conventions and syntax command grammar between the two operating systems If you are unfamiliar with the rules and regulations of MS DOS read this section or the User s Guide supplied with your copy of MS DOS before using PC Transporter This section briefly discusses batch files and the CONFIG SYS file Each of these can be used alone or in combination with the other to customize your MS DOS boot disks Note This is only a brief discussion of some of the advanced features of MS DOS For more compre hensive information regarding these and other MS DOS commands consult your MS DOS User s Guide Batch Files ProDOS s EXEC file capability is available in MS DOS s BAT or batch files A batch file is an ASCII plain text file that contains a list of MS DOS commands Like ProDOS MS DOS executes these commands when you type the name of the BAT file contain
126. large as you decide your hard disk should be limited of course by the amount of memory you have available for use as a RAM disk A file of the size you have allocated is set up in your ProDOS directory as the hard disk At the same time the hard disk volume is created the amount of memory it uses is subtracted from the amount of memory that was available before its creation If you preallocate your ProDOS applications will immediately have less disk space to work with On the MS DOS side the MSDOSVOL file is empty when you first create it and only fills up as you place more MS DOS files and programs in it This means that initially there will be a lot of unused space on your hard disk that ProDOS can t use Not to Preallocate The other side to the coin is that if you do not preallocate then the amount of available disk space that MS DOS sees does not accurately reflect what s still available on the hard disk Consider this case MS DOS when booted had most of a 10 Meg hard disk available to it but ProDOS applications have since filled up all but 1 Meg of the hard disk In this situation the ProDOS applications know how much disk space is actually left because they can ask ProDOS and ProDOS will tell them But when MS DOS applications ask MS DOS how much space is left MS DOS will tell them About 10 Meg because that s what it still thinks The disk usage is part of the MSDOSVOL file and there is no mechanism for ProDO
127. le connector to connector J3 on PC Transporter lle keyboard adapter This is the connector that is at the end of the cable leading away from the e keyboard adapter card PC keyboard cable e owners can skip this step if you are not going to use a PC compatible e keyboard Plus owners must install this cable The PC keyboard cable is a five wire ribbon cable with a flat cable connector on one end and a female DIN connector on the other end You will later connect the cable from the PC keyboard to the DIN connector PC Compatible Keyboard Connector 1 Locate a small unused opening in the e s backplane The e has four such openings Pick one that another card is not using 2 Secure the female DIN connector in the backplane using the screws provided Feed the wires in from the inside so that the flange surrounding the DIN connector is inside the backplane 36 Part Two Step By Step Installation Guide 3 Attach the flat cable connector to location J5 on PC Transporter PC compatible z keyboard J5 The connector is keyed so that it will go in only one way O Composite video cable The composite video cable is a two wire ribbon cable with a female four pin Molex connector on one end and a female two pin Molex connector on the other This cable enables PC Transporter to automatically switch between PC Transporter video output and your Apple s native video output on your composit
128. leColor UniDisk Disk 3 5 DOS 3 3 and ProDOS are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc Applied Engineering PC Transporter TransDrive ColorSwitch AW 2 Expander RamFactor RamCharger GS RAM and RamKeeper are trademarks of Applied Engineering IBM IBM Personal Computer and IBM Personal Computer XT are trademarks of International Business Machines Portware is a trademark of The Engineering Department SideKick and Turbo Pascal are trademarks of Borland International Inc Copyright 1988 1989 Applied Engineering Little Blue LTD Applied Engineering P O Box 5100 Carrollton Texas 75011 Sales 214 241 6060 9AM 11 PM CST 7 days Technical Support 214 241 6069 9 AM 5 PM CST Monday Friday The Technical Support telephone lines cannot be accessed through the Sales department Just a Brief Hello ENTERING the PC Transporter world is a potentially frightening thing Relax The installation is probably the most difficult thing about the card and we have made even that user friendly with more that 30 photographs and drawings plus an optional installation video to make getting started as easy as 1 2 3 AN introduction to what PC Transporter does and how it accomplishes what it does immediately follows the Table of Contents The introduction also gives you an idea of how the manual is structured Please read it In the long run it will save you a lot of time and trouble NEXT is the QuickStart Guide This ch
129. ll Applied Engineering Technical Support for a Return Material Authorization RMA number and shipping instructions Even though Applied Engineering has tested the software and reviewed the documentation Applied Engineering makes no warranty or representation either express or implied with respect to software its quality performance merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose As a result this software is sold as is and you the purchaser are assuming the entire risk as to its quality and performance In no event will Applied Engineering be liable for loss or damages of any kind caused either directly or indirectly by the use or possession of its products even if advised of the possibility of such damages THE APPLIED ENGINEERING WARRANTY IS FOR THE APPLIED ENGINEERING PRODUCT ITSELF In particular Applied Engineering shall have no liability for any other equipment used in conjunction with Applied Engineering products nor for programs or data stored in or used with Applied Engineering products including the costs of recovering such equipment programs or data The warranty and remedies set forth above are exclusive and in lieu of all others oral or written express or implied No Applied Engineering dealer agent or employee is authorized to make any modification extension or addition to this warranty Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of implied warranties or liability for incidental or conseque
130. ll as long as the power is turned off 2 Clear off the top of the Apple s system unit The system unit is the part of your Apple with the connectors in the back and the keyboard connected to the front Remove the monitor disk drives and any other equipment that might be on or around the top of your Apple s system unit Set them aside they are not needed right now 3 Open the Apple s case to expose its inner circuitry Place your hands as shown below and press down with the palms of your hands while pulling up with your fingers The cover is designed to unsnap and lift away from the case with very little force 4 4 i xD Vw AN Remove the e or Il Plus cover Chapter Two Hardware Installation 21 Remove the IIGS cover as shown below Remove the IIGS cover The IIGS cover is attached using two small latches in the rear of the case To open the case top simultaneously press in the two latches with your forefingers while pulling the case upwards and towards you with the heel of your hand or the heel of your foot if you are extremely agile 4 Set the top of the case aside Do not put it on the floor it makes a very brittle floor mat 5 Touch the power supplv case to ground yourself Touch the power supply case 22 Part Two Step By Step Instailation Guide Touch a finger to an exposed metal area of the metal box at the rear of the Apple s case This is the Apple s power supply
131. m the user for setting the system clock that MS DOS maintains on PC Transporter The last line tells MS DOS to show a list of files that are in the directory found on disk drive A The list is displayed on your screen After this list the batch file stops running and the normal system prompt is displayed so that you can enter additional MS DOS commands 108 Part Three PC Transporter Reference CONFIG SYS When MS DOS starts running on PC Transporter or on any PC compatible it looks for a few special files Already mentioned were the three system files and autoEexec Bat There is one last file that MS DOS looks for conric sys The actual order of execution is as follows 1 MS DOS system files and COMMAND COM the command interpreter 2 CONFIG SYS 3 AUTOEXEC BAT CONFIG SYS is similar to AUTOEXEC BAT in a couple of ways First it s a text file that you create with an ASCII text editor Second it contains lines of commands that you want the operating system to execute However unlike AUTOEXEC BAT you cannot execute CONFIG SYS directly from the keyboard it can be executed only at boot up time by MS DOS These commands are generally calls to MS DOS device drivers These are similar to the device drivers that the Control Panel installs into the Apple II s RAM before it boots PC Transporter A typical CONFIG SYS file could contain the following commands BUFFERS 20 FILES 15 DEV
132. most part you re on your way Where To Go From Here Use the rest of the manual as a reference for specific questions about the card and its compatibles 68 Part Two Step By Step Installation Guide To enable your mouse printer modem etc to run with PC Transporter go to the section Printers and Other Hardware For additional help or more information regarding MS DOS its commands and its capabilities see Chapter Six MS DOS Reference Also see the Appendices for a Bibliography of more references To set up a hard disk as an MS DOS storage device refer to the section Using a Hard Disk with PC Transporter For information on using a TransDrive system for ProDOS storage see the section Using PC Transporter s drives from ProDOS Note Use both the Table of Contents and the Index to quickly locate topics Chapter Three Software Installation 69 PC Transporter 70 Part Two Step by Step Installation Guide PART THREE PC Transporter Reference The purpose this portion of the manual is to present in the context of each part of a PC Transporter Apple II system installation and use details that are not part of the standard installation process Use this portion of the manual to customize your system research custom installation issues troubleshoot run time problems and help you effectively use and understand the PC Transporter system PC Transporter Reference contains six chapt
133. n your RAM disk to a floppy disk or hard disk before rebooting PC Transporter Accessing the RAMDisk from ProDOS PC Transporter s RAMDisk is available to ProDOS as drive 1 of the slot that PC Transporter is plugged into One of the disk drives that you have attached to PC Transporter s controller is drive 2 see previous section Using PC Transporter s Drive from ProDOS The Slot 5 Option With the Transporter installed in slot 5 you have access to up to 4 block devices connected to the Transporter for ProDOS data storage This is actually a function of ProDOS 8 The Transporter s RAM will still be the first block device accessed S5 D1 The next largest block device is accessed second and has the Slot 5 Drive 2 position So if you have a Disk 3 5 drive daisy chained to a TransDrive the Disk 3 5 drive is the S5 D2 device The next largest block device is set up to appear as Drive 1 in Slot 2 S2 D1 again this setup is a function of ProDOS 8 The third disk drive which is the fourth block device is S2 D2 Note If you already have a block device in Slot 2 such as a RamFactor it will override the PC Transporter s second and third disk drives However modems and serial cards are not block devices and will not interfere with the Transporter drive arrangement The drawings below show various access orders 144 Part Three PC Transporter Reference RAMAEPC S5 D1 Dual TransDrive Apple w PCT
134. n Molex connector on the Apple s motherboard toward the back right corner Caution This connector on the Apple Plus motherboard is not keyed If you are not sure which way it plugs in please refer to the instructions in Chapter Two Hardware Installation Attach the female two pin Molex connector to the male two pin Molex connector at location J2 on PC Transporter Chapter One QuickStart Installation Guide 5 Speaker Cable 0 Disconnect the existing Molex connector from the Plus s internal speaker located under the keyboard on the Apple II s motherboard Q Reconnect the Molex connector to connector Jl on PC Transporter 0 Connect one of the ends of the supplied speaker cable to connector J7 on PC Transporter 0 Connect the other end of the supplied speaker cable to the Plus s speaker connector on the Apple II s motherboard e Cables lle Disk Drive Cable 0 Secure the male DB19 connector in the backplane 0 Attach the female 20 pin flat cable connector to the male 20 pin flat cable connector at location J4 on PC Transporter RGB Video Cable Ignore this step if you do not want to use an IBM Color Graphics Adapter CGA compatible RGB monitor with PC Transporter If you have an analog RGB Monitor it might not function with PC Transporter See Chapter Two Hardware Installation for more information regarding your monitor Note A CGA compatible digital monitor can only display PC
135. n menu The following menu is displayed Chapter Three Software Installation 67 Auto configure Load Device Driver Assign Configure Devices Show Current Configuration Save Configuration Remove All Currently Loaded Drivers 2 Choose Save Configuration from the Configure Devices menu If all goes well the message Saving Current Configuration DONE is displayed and the Configure Devices menu is re displayed The configuration file is saved to the same directory that the PC Transporter system file AEPC SYSTEM is found in The configuration file is named AEPC CONFIG If there is a configuration file present in the directory when you save the configuration the old file is erased and the new file takes its place If you delete this file using the ProDOS System Utilities or the Desktop the next time you run the PC Transporter software PC Transporter will autoconfigure again Leaving the Control Panel Exiting from the Control Panel into MS DOS is a simple matter 0 Usethe Reboot and Run PC Transporter option in the Control Panel s main menu If you have not made any changes to the hardware configuration of the system using the Control Panel you may also Q Use the Exit from the Control Panel Run PC Transporter option in the Control Panel s main menu Now you can run MS DOS to your hearts content You may want to do a little more customized configuring to adapt PC Transporter to your system but for the
136. n of the hard disk volume 4 With the ProDOS volume AEPC MSDOSVOL set up as a hard disk you can now use a MOVETO program included on your AEPC disk to copy the files from the AEPC disk to your MS DOS disk Enter C C followed by a colon then ej at the A gt prompt This will give you direct access to the C drive the AEPC MSDOSVOL file which has been established as the hard drive 5 At the C gt prompt enter MOVETO A FJ This copies all your files in the C drive to the MS DOS disk in drive A Each file is listed as it is copied The files will be placed on the A disk in a subdirectory called AEPC 6 To view your modified boot disk gt Return to the A gt prompt by entering A at the C gt prompt gt Enter DIR to get a list of the A disks contents Notice the DIRectory AEPC added to the root directory In addition if your MS DOS disk does not already contain an AUTOEXEC BAT file the AUTOEXEC BAT file included on PC Transporter s system disk will be copied onto the main directory of A as well as into the subdirectory AEPC If your MS DOS disk already has an AUTOEXEC BAT file it will be left alone and the AEPC s AUTOEXEC BAT will be placed into the subdirectory only Chapter Three Software Installation 65 Once copied into the main directory the new AUTOEXEC BAT file will automatically install the clock driver give you an extended prompt and take advantage of color with color monitors
137. n you are in ProDOS running other applications From MS DOS You can access the Control Panel at any time while PC Transporter is running You can use it to correct a hardware problem or just view the keyboard translation map for your Apple s keyboard To access the Control Panel while using PC Transporter Hold down Fy ana press EJ twice E EVE This works on both the Apple s keyboard if it is available to PC Transporter and a PC compatible keyboard if you have one Chapter Five PC Transporter Software 83 Using the Control Panel Terminology note This section uses two terms to describe actions in Control Panel menus select and choose Select means highlighting something or pointing to it such as moving a highlighted bar to a menu item Choose implies actually executing a command such as pressing FJ after selecting an item The Control Panel has a series of menus that allow you to control the various aspects of running PC Transporter Its menus operate in a standard manner Here are some keystrokes used in all of the Control Panel menus Move the highlighted bar to the menu command above the currently selected one CJ Move the highlighted bar to the menu command below the currently selected one Eg Choose execute the currently selected menu command EJ Type the number of a menu command to move the highlighted bar to that item EJ Return to the previous menu or cancel a command choice T
138. nd telling you its time in MS DOS Chapter Five PC Transporter Software 79 PC Transporter 080 Part Three PC Transporter Reference Looking Into the Software PC Transporter s complement of software consists of two parts the Control Panel and the Portware The Portware The Portware is the invisible part of PC Transporter s software it controls the interactions between PC Transporter and the outside world It s invisible because you never interact directly with it you make changes to the Portware when you use the Control Panel The Portware works like a hardware switchboard In traditional telephone exchanges operators manually route calls from one caller to another The Portware routes input and output between your actual Apple II peripherals and the locations where PC software expects to see parts of your system such as the video display and your printer The Control Panel s menus allow you to install and remove device drivers in the Portware file Device drivers are the control programs for the devices that you can use with PC Transporter For example PC Transporter has a device driver file containing the specifications and information it needs to communicate with Apple s Super Serial Card Once you install this device driver into the Portware file PC Transporter can use the Super Serial Card as a PC compatible would use a standard Serial port Because of the large number of Apple and P
139. ndom access memory or the memory contained in the electronic chips on PC Transporter is compatible with the Apple Memory Expansion Card guidelines so it can also be configured as a RAM disk ProDOS can use a RAM disk just like a normal disk drive A RAM disk can store programs and data files You can copy files to and from it erase and rename files and do most anything you can do with one of your regular diskette drives A RAM disk is many times faster than a normal disk drive The exact speed advantage varies but improvements of 300 are common for applications such as database managers Introduction xiii xiv What You Need to Use PC Transporter In order to install and use PC Transporter you must have at least the following equipment Apple J e or HGS Apple ProDOS At least 64K of installed Apple II RAM Q IBM PC DOS version 2 0 or greater 3 3 recommended or Microsoft MS DOS version 2 0 or greater 3 3 recommended These programs are not included with your PC Transporter You can purchase them at many computer stores and from most IBM dealers Note Some versions of MS DOS are customized for particular IBM work alikes and are not compatible with PC Transporter Use IBM PC DOS or standard MS DOS At least one Apple compatible disk drive DISK II 5 25 drive or Apple compatible 3 5 drive with controller At least one PC Transporter compatible disk drive 5 25 double side
140. nsible for any radio or television interference caused by unauthorized modifications to this equipment It is the responsibility of the user to correct such interference Important Note About Shielded Cables and Connectors This product was FCC certified under test conditions that included the use of shielded cables and connectors between system components A shielded cable is one which uses a metallic wrap around its wires to reduce the potential effects of radio frequency interference It is important that you use shielded cables and connectors properly to prevent the generation of interference FCC Statement il INTRODUCTION About PC Transporter What You Need to Use PC Transporter A Word About This Manual Conventions Used iv Table of Contents xiii XIV XV XV PART ONE GETTING STARTED Chapter One QuickStart Installation Guide Which Slot Set Up Prepare Remove Connect Plus Cables le Cables IIGS Cables Install PC Transporter Reinstall Existing Cards auan A A A ULU NRN me e O jae Ma SER Reconnect Existing Peripherals EN p Connect PC Transporter s Peripherals 93 Running PC Transporter Oo Precautionary Measures Table of Contents Vv PART TWO STEP BY STEP INSTALLATION GUIDE Chapter Two Hardware Installation Standard Configuration Which Slot Installation Procedure Set Up a Working Area Prepare the Apple Disconnect all Peripherals Remove All Cards Conne
141. nsparently between PC Transporter and the Apple hardware If you have some other configuration needs use this menu to set the options accordingly Tip If you are communicating from one computer to another and want to be able to easily adjust the transmission speed you could choose C Use Settings From Control Panel to allow you to quickly make changes to the speed You could set your PC program to go at a high speed 19 200 Baud for example then use the Control Panel to make adjustments to the serial interface until you attain acceptable performance Step 3 Configure your PC software Configure your PC software to communicate with the serial port you have selected COM1 or COM2 COM1 is typically the default for PC applications Chapter Nine Printers and Other Hardware 169 Mouse s Many Apple il s have a mouse connected to their system PC Transporter is able to provide PC programs with access to that mouse Unfortunately there is a decided lack of standardization in the MS DOS world concerning mice The closest ones to standard are the Mouse Systems Mouse MSC and the Microsoft Mouse PC Transporter lets your Apple mouse emulate both of these Mouse Systems Mouse Copyright The Mouse Systems Mouse program is licensed to Applied Engineering by Mouse Systems Corporation whose copyright states The program is copyrighted by Mouse Systems Corporation MSC which makes no warranty to you regarding th
142. nsporter past the Control Panel and into MS DOS 2 Use the MS DOS command COPY to copy the mouse driver to the root directory of each MS DOS boot disks that you wish to use the Apple mouse with See Chapter Six MS DOS Reference for instructions on using the copy command 3 If you re using the sys driver add the command DEVICE MSMOUSE Sys 2 to your conFic sys file on the boot disk using any ASCII editor such as EDLIN Note You must include the 2 for the Transporter to find the mouse in the proper location See Chapter Six MS DOS Reference for further information on copying files and adding commands to your conf IG sys file MS DOS and PC Transporter will now load the mouse driver at boot time Loading the Mouse Driver Without Copying to Program Disk If you did not install the mouse driver onto your program or setup diskette you can activate the mouse by following these steps 1 Insert the AEPC disk in your A drive with A as your current drive 2 Enter msmouse 2 atthe prompt A gt MSMOUSE 2 3 Remove the AEPC disk from drive A and replace it with the program disk 4 Type in the proper command to boot the application you want to run You may need to configure your application to use the Mouse Systems Mouse Follow the publisher s directions for this If the software doesn t support this mouse you ll need to purchase the MicroSoft Mouse drivers Translating Button Presses
143. ntial damages so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights which may vary from state to state This manual and the software computer programs described herein are copyrighted by Applied Engineering with all rights reserved Under the copyright laws this manual or the programs may not be copied In whole or in part without the written consent of Applied Engineering except in the normal use of the software or to make an archival copy This exception does not allow copies to be made for others whether or not sold but all of the materials purchased with all archive copies may be sold loaned or given to another person Under the law copying includes translating into another language or format You may use this software on any computer owned by you but extra copies cannot be made for this purpose Applied Engineering cannot guarantee that you will receive notice of revisions to the software documentation or products described in this manual Be sure to check with your dealer or Applied Engineering for information on possible updates However Applied Engineering reserves the right to make any improvements to Applied Engineering products without any responsibility toward upgrading previously released products Apple is a registered trademark of Apple Computer Inc Apple Plus Apple e Apple IIGS Macintosh ImageWriter AppleWorks AppleWriter App
144. nus Floppy Drive Type Selection Floppy Drive A PC Transporter TransDrive 5 25 Drive Selection PC Transporter TransDrive 5 25 PC Transporter TransDrive 3 5 PC Transporter Apple Disk 3 5 Drive ProDOS Drive none 6 Choose ProDOS Drive The Control Panel displays the following prompt at the bottom of the screen Specify drive slot number 7 Type the number of the slot in which the drive s controller card is installed and press Ed This is usually slot 5 or 6 If you re using a RAM disk enter the appropriate slot number 138 Part Three PC Transporter Reference The IIGS Smart Port is used to connect Apple compatible drives to the IIGS The IIGS Control Panel is used to enable or disable this feature The Smart Port is capable of handling multiple drives via the same daisy chain that PC Transporter uses It re maps the drives in this daisy chain so that the first two 5 25 disk drives appear to be plugged into slot 6 the first two Disk 3 5 drives appear to be plugged into slot 5 and any remaining drives appear to be plugged into slot 2 PC Transporter must be told where these drives appear to be residing according to the IIGS Control Panel Next the Control Panel displays the following prompt Specify drive slot number and drive number 8 Type the number of the disk drive and press This is I or 2 in the case of a standard Apple compatible disk controller card 9 Use the
145. oard is not useable with your Apple programs Chapter Seven Keyboard Reference 115 PC Keyboard Emulation Even though an Apple keyboard lacks many of the PC keyboard s special keys PC Transporter is able to use the Apple keyboard for PC software Many of the keys on a PC keyboard are simulated through combinations of Apple keys For example if a PC program requires you to an the FJ key use Cs GJ on the Apple s keyboard Cs k on the IIGS The PC software will not know the difference and you can spare yourself the expense of a PC compatible keyboard Compared to the e the Apple IIGS s keyboard and keypad is IIcs much closer in layout to a PC compatible keyboard Because of this the translation of Apple keystrokes to PC keystrokes is much simpler On this keyboard the keypad keys map directly to the PC compatible s keypad keys The newest Apple e s have a keypad as well The keys on this h keypad are indistinguishable from the equivalent ones toward the top of the keyboard and so PC Transporter can t emulate a PC compatible s keypad with these keys Keys that Are the Same on the Keyboards Most of the keys used in regular typing are the same on both keyboards These are listed below The keys that are not listed below are either covered in the following section or can be found in Chapter Seven Keyboard Reference 116 Part Three PC Transporter Reference IIcs em H E pggggggggdgdg a The
146. oices There are two options for video output when using PC Transporter with the IIGS If you have an Apple RGB monitor such as the Sony monitor sold by Applied Engineering or the AppleColor monitor commonly sold with the IIGS you can use it for both Apple and PC Transporter video using the ColorSwitch Both outputs will have full color capability If you want to use a separate digital CGA compatible monitor with PC Transporter you can connect it directly to the RGB video output of the card but it will work only with PC Transporter video Chapter Two Hardware Installation 41 If you are using a composite monitor with your Apple you may be able to display PC Transporter as well as Apple video on it is currently working on a composite adapter which will connect to the ColorSwitch However we recommend that you use an analog RGB monitor and take advantage of the GS s graphic ability Note The Sony RGB monitor sold by will run both Apple and PC Transporter video and is also a 13 cable ready television Keyboard Choices There are two options for keyboards when using PC Transporter with the Apple IIGS gt Use the Apple s built in keyboard gt Use a PC compatible keyboard attached to PC Transporter If you are going to use the Apple s built in keyboard then you can skip the PC Compatible Keyboard Cable section IIGS RGB adapter cable ColorSwitch le and Plus owners who plan to use the
147. or Graphics Adapter It uses 16K bytes of static RAM as a display buffer and is capable of generating video as follows o 25 lines of 80 column text in 16 colors or 16 levels of grey o 25 lines of 40 column text in 16 colors or 16 levels of grey o 320 x 200 pixels PELs or Picture ELements of graphics in four colors or four levels of grey Chapter Four PC Transporter System and Hardware o 640 x 200 pixels PELs or Picture ELements of graphics in two colors or two levels of grey The color video is directly compatible with CGA compatible digital RGB monitors and can be used with Apples analog RGB monitor for the IIGS when used with the ColorSwitch The monochrome output produces only grey scale output that is compatible with NTSC monochrome video standards The Apple Monitor II and Monitor are monitors capable of displaying this monochrome video We do not recommend that an RF modulator be used with this output The monochrome and color video outputs are available simultaneously an MFM floppy disk controller This controller is capable of reading and writing MFM disk formats with 3 5 80 track DSDD drives 720K bytes capacity and 5 25 40 track DSDD drives 360K bytes capacity It was developed by the designers of PC Transporter to emulate the NEC 765 disk controller that is common to most PC compatibles 0 an 8254 timer circuit This timer has three timing channels one generates timed interrupts to refresh the R
148. our ProDOS disk Note ProDOS must be unlocked for PCINSTALL to function properly Use system utilities to make sure that the ProDOS file is unlocked 1 Run ecrnstatt from the BASIC prompt enter PC INSTALL 2 Presse when the pc INSTALL menu is on the screen then enter the pathname of the ProDOS disk you want to modify e g IOHNS DISK PRODOS Note Make this modification to the file called ProDOS not the P8 or P16 files 3 Press D to set the pathname of the disk containing the drivers e g AEPC AEPC DISKS is the name of the drivers file included with PC Transporter 4 Press A to Add drivers to your ProDOS disk 5 Press w to Write the drivers to the ProDOS file and replace the original ProDOS with the modified ProDOS 6 Press Q to Quit the INSTALL program Note If you notice a file on your modified disk called PRODOT after running PCINSTALL then your ProDOS file PRODOS was locked PRODOT is the actual modified PRODOS file You need to delete the PRODOS file and rename the PRODOT file PRODOS The drivers are now added to your ProDOS disk To remove the drivers from the ProDOS file you must copy an unmodified ProDOS file to that diskette using the ProDOS System Utilities or other copy program This will replace the ProDOS that was modified to include the drivers 96 Part Three PC Transporter Reference CHAPTER SIX MS DOS Reference Once you find yourself in M
149. porter Reference Filenames can contain any alphanumeric characters except space Control characters For example the following are legal MS DOS filenames with extensions ABCDEF TXT 123 WKS MY_DOG RUF MY_CAT R 2 The following are not legal MS DOS filenames ABCD TXT is not a legal character in a filename 123 WKS space is not allowed in a filename MY DOG WILLARD too many characters Note Actually MS DOS will accept the last filename However if you use this name it will be saved on the disk as MY_DOG_W because MS DOS only uses the first eight letters of a filename To specify a file on a particular disk drive type the disk drive name before the filename For example to use the file ABCDEF TXT onthe A disk drive type A ABCDEF TXT Displaying a List of Files At the MS DOS prompt to see a list of files on a disk drive type DIR Eg This displays the files on the default disk drive With DIR you can also Specify a disk other than the one in the default drive For example the following command displays a directory of the files on the disk in drive B DIR B Chapter Six MS DOS Reference 99 Change Directories with the command CHDIR or CD CD will return you to the previous directory CD followed by a subdirectory name will move you to that subdirectory Use awildcard character expression to specify a related group of file
150. porter has has only one disk drive port In order to connect multiple drives to PC Transporter you connect the first drive directly to the disk drive connector which leads from PC Transporter then daisy chain successive drives from the rear of the first You must purchase specially configured drives that have a daisy chain connector built in to them Any TransDrives that you use with PC Transporter must be connected before the Apple 3 5 Drives It doesn t matter however if you connect a 3 5 TransDrive before or after a 5 25 TransDrive The drives are ordered from A through D in the control panel in the order that they are connected in the daisy chain You can use the control panel to change their order as discussed below 126 Part Three PC Transporter Reference Maximum Configuration Disk3 5 UniDisk Dual i I TransDrive Hard Disk Apple w PCT installed Disk3 5 Disk3 5 This drive can double as your ProDOS boot drive and your MS DOS hard disk Minimum Configuration Disk3 5 UniDisk ps Single Hard Disk Apple TransDrive w PCT installed aceon This drive can double as your ProDOS boot drive and your MS DOS hard disk PC Transporter Drive Configuration Examples Connecting Disk Drives Refer to the Step By Step Installation Guide or the QuickS tart Installation Guide for instructions on connecting disk drives to PC Transporter Chapter Eight Disk Drive Reference 127
151. r 10 Part One QuickStart Installation Guide Install PC Transporter Install PC Transporter in the slot of your choice Slot 7 is the easiest but you can use any slot except slot 3 the Memory Expansion slot of the IIGS or the Aux slot in the Plus and e Check the IIGS Control Panel slot settings to avoid conflicts Ics between the use of a card in a slot and the built in I O assigned to that slot Reinstall Existing Cards Reinsert all of your expansion cards taking care to not disturb any of PC Transporter s cabling Reconnect Existing Peripherals Reconnect all of your peripherals Connect PC Transporter s Peripherals You may be able to skip one or more of these steps If you are not using the hardware mentioned in a particular step skip that step For example if you re using the Apple s keyboard instead of a PC compatible keyboard skip that step of the installation PC Compatible Keyboard Connect the male five pin DIN connector on your PC compatible keyboard to the female five pin DIN connector in the Apple s backplane CGA Compatible RGB Monitor Connect the male DB9 connector that leads from your CGA compatible RGB monitor to the female DB9 connector in the Apple s backplane Chapter One QuickStart Installation Guide 11 IIGS RGB Monitor 0 Connect the male DB15 connector that leads from your IGS RGB monitor to the female DB15 connector that you installed in
152. r floppy disk drives to PC Transporter s floppy drive connector You can use floppy drives and hard disks connected to the Apple by configuring them using the Control Panel Now turn to Chapter 3 Software Installation and Configuration for directions on getting your system up and running Chapter Two Hardware Installation 55 PC Transporter 56 Part Two Step by Step Installation Guide CHAPTER THREE Software Installation and Configuration Software Where to Start PC Transporter Software takes you through the steps required to start using the system You can find more complete information on the Control Panel and PC Transporter in Part Three of this manual PC Transporter Reference Make Backup Copies of PC Transporter s Disks Accidents happen with software and diskettes as easily as they happen with hardware sometimes even more easily Never make changes to the master disks Use the ProDOS System Utilities or other copy program to make backup copies of the PC Transporter system disk both sides of the 5 25 disk before you proceed with the Software Installation and Configuration You should also be using a copy of your MS DOS master disk If you re not using a copy the first thing you should do after booting MS DOS is make a copy using the MS DOS COPY instructions 1 Start the PoDOS System Utilities This is the collection of software utilities that allow you to perform maintenance du
153. r more information regarding running programs under MS DOS please refer to Chapter Six MS DOS Reference MS DOS Utilities 181 MSMOUSE SYS This is the portion of code that runs under MS DOS to enable your Apple Mouse either expansion slot or desktop bus to emulate the MicroSoft Bus Mouse MS DOS needs to know how to talk to the Mouse Systems Mouse and this code provides that ability The following steps are necessary to use your mouse with your MS DOS application Also your MS DOS application must be specifically designed to support the mouse Follow the directions in the section Mouse s p 170 to load the proper mouse driver 182 Appendices Appendix D AppleWorks and PC Transporter Transporter Memory as AppleWorks Desktop You can use PC Transporters memory RAMAEPC as expanded desktop for AppleWorks amp version 2 0 on the e and IIGS AppleWorks version 1 3 will also recognize the Transporter memory in a e To use the Transporter s memory as desktop space you must load the Transporter s device drivers onto the ProDOS disk from which you are booting AppleWorks Use the PCINSTALL program described below to load the device drivers If you have other memory cards in your computer you ll need to know the priority AppleWorks gives to these cards AppleWorks will first look for a card in the Memory Expansion slot Auxiliary Slot on a e If there is not one there it will start at
154. r on the other end this connects to PC Transporter Keyboard Adapter Card and Cable 34 Part Two Step By Step Installation Guide I Locate the 26 pin male flat cable connector at location J17 on the Apple s motherboard This connector is located just inside the right side of the case looking from the front towards the back You will see J17 stenciled on the motherboard next to the connector 2 Disconnect the existing flat cable connector from the e s motherboard The other end of this cable is connected to the e s keyboard 3 Connect the existing flat cable connector to the e keyboard adapter card at location J1 The connector is keyed so that it will go in only one way 4 Connect the e keyboard adapter card to the e s motherboard at location J1 FE T LAASI J ee Pre hr Pre e te t te Keyboard Adapter installed The connector is not keyed so make sure you have the board plugged in correctly The ten wire ribbon cable should be leading away from the board towards the II s backplane away from the keyboard If you plug it in wrong your Apple will power up into its diagnostics and its screen will display strange patterns This is a tight fit so be patient A good light source and a set of long fingers can be handy here If long fingers are not available increase patience proportionally Chapter Two Hardware Installation 35 5 Attach the ten pin female flat cab
155. rd Drive Trouble Shooting Cannot access hard drive If you get the message Invalid Drive Specification gt Check the PC Transporter control panel to make sure that your hard disk has the correct name and is ON If you didn t save the configuration to the hard disk volume you ve created the hard disk will be OFF Turn it on by selecting it in the Assign Disk Drives menu Save Configuration then Reboot and Run PC Transporter gt Did you run FDISK If not run it to enable MS DOS to recognize your fixed disk You will then need to FORMAT if you want to boot MS DOS from this disk If your computer wont initially boot ProDOS gt Make sure that your hard disk or 3 5 disk has all the ProDOS system files required to boot gt Is your hard disk or 3 5 drive set as the boot drive Check it in the IIGS Control Panel under the slots option Stops at DISK READ ERROR gt Check the PC Transporter control panel to make sure that your hard disk has the correct name and is ON If you didn t Save Configuration to the hard disk volume you have created the hard disk will be OFF Turn it on by selecting it in the Assign Disk Drives menu Save Configuration then Reboot and Run PC Transporter gt If you have a drive A connected make sure that there is not a disk in it MS DOS will always check the a drive first If it finds something there and can t read it it will stop looking If it finds nothing in A it will look
156. ress Ed After you enter the directory name the Control Panel attempts to automatically update the list of drivers with files in the directory you specified Part Three PC Transporter Reference 1 ssccom etc The files that are listed in the menu can be loaded by typing the number preceding their name F Specify Driver File Use this command to load a file other than one listed This command is similar to Specify Driver Directory You are asked to type in a filename The Control Panel looks for the file with the specified name and if it is found and it contains a device driver the driver is loaded into the menu Assign Configure Devices Menu Assign configure Devices 1 Disk Drives 2 8087 Math Co Processor Not Installed 3 SSC COM1 Handler 4 ImageWriter IT IBM Graphics printer 5 etc depending on number of drivers loaded Each of these menu items allows you to access configuration information for a loaded device driver except for the first and second which will always say Disk Drives and 8087 Math Co P r o ce s so r respectively The remaining configuration menus vary with the device that they are used to configure The disk drive configuration menu is discussed in the reference section Disk Drive Reference The various configuration menus for Apple peripheral cards whose drivers are supplied with PC Transporter are discussed in Chapter Nine Printers and Other Hardware 2 8087 Math Co Proc
157. return to MS DOS because the system will be in an inconsistent state Changing things like this with the Control Panel is the equivalent of pulling a disk drive out of a PC compatible while it is running a program The best thing to do is avoid making these changes until you have quit your MS DOS program Then make your changes in the Control Panel Once you are done choose Reboot and Run PC Transporter to make sure that MS DOS knows about the changes that you have made 4 Reboot and Run PC Transporter Reboots PC Transporter and runs the aEPc SYSTEM program Warning Use this command with caution it clears PC Transporter s memory and restarts MS DOS If you are using a PC program and you have work that is not saved you will Jose this work This command is equivalent to the Control Alt Delete key sequence while running PC Transporter or a PC compatible 5 Quit to ProDOS Turns off PC Transporter and returns to ProDOS The same warnings apply here as with Reboot and Run PC Transporter When you return to PC Transporter its memory has been cleared and it must reboot from scratch It effectively performs the same function as turning off the power Chapter Five PC Transporter Software Note You cannot run other ProDOS applications and PC Transporter at the same time Configure Drivers Menu Configure Drivers Auto Configure Load Device Driver Assign Configure Devices Show Current Configuration S
158. rnal processing instead of letting the computer tell it what to do This drive will not work with and could in fact damage PC Transporter Your computer will not be able to use the TransDrive disk drives unless they are connected before the Apple 3 5 drives 16 Part Two Step By Step Installation Guide We highly recommend that you use a surge protector between your computer and the wall outlet These small inexpensive devices 15 75 depending upon capacity insure that most electrical disturbances are smoothed out Make sure that you use the Apple 3 5 Drive platinum or other dumb drives if you want to run 3 5 disks directly on PC Transporter These drives are commonly sold for use with the IIGS Connect the TransDrive s first in the disk drive daisy chain CHAPTER TWO Hardware Installation Standard Configuration In order to install and use PC Transporter you must have at least the following equipment Apple e or IGS Q Apple ProDOS Atleast 64K of installed Apple I RAM 0 IBM PC DOS version 2 0 or greater 3 3 recommended or Microsoft MS DOS version 2 0 or greater 3 3 recommended These disks are not provided with your PC Transporter If you do not have them already your dealer will most likely carry them Note Some versions of MS DOS are customized for particular IBM work alikes and are not compatible with PC Transporter Use IBM PC DOS or standard
159. rved 6F HDV MS DOS hard disk volume file The pre boot drivers are the floppy disk and RAMDisk drivers that enable ProDOS and other applications to access PC Transporter s disk drives and RAMDisk These are loaded prior to loading ProDOS and are then available to ProDOS The PC Transporter BIOS and driver file type is for the BIOS code that is loaded into the PC Transporter RAM when PC Transporter itself it booted The drivers are drivers configured or created by the Control Panel The PC Transporter device drivers are the portware drives complete with relocation information These have not been loaded by the Portware and so have not been configured by the Control Panel 178 Appendices The MS DOS hard disk volume file is named MSDOSVOL unless otherwise specified by the Control Panel This file normally resides on a hard disk but can exist on any ProDOS volume For further information regarding these files and their functions refer to Chapter Five PC Transporter Software Reference PC Transporter File Types Under ProDOS 179 Appendix C MS DOS Utilities The following utilities are supplied on the MsDOSVOL They are used to enhance the operation of the basic system These are MS DOS programs unlike the ProDOS utilities are run on PC Transporter not on the Apple II The utilities enable PC Transporter to do things that are unique to its dual processor nature These programs run under any version of MS DOS but are
160. s A wildcard is a character which represents any other character or characters For example the following command displays a directory of the files on the default drive with the extension COM The wild card character represents either a filename or an extension So the command means all names all extensions Running a Program To execute run a PC program enter the filename of the program at the prompt The file s extension is not required For example to run the program in the file 123 EXE type 123 Executable machine language programs are contained in disk files with an extension of COM EXE or BAT If you do not list an extension MS DOS will automatically look for one of these three extensions in the priority BAT EXE COM The batch files BAT execute a list of MS DOS commands which you can create The BAT files are described later in this chapter Copying a File To copy a file from one diskette to another use the COPY command COPY requires two arguments the source file and the destination file If the filename is to remain the same as it normally will the destination can be simply the destination file s disk drive name The syntax for copy is COPY SOURCE FIL DEST FIL For example to copy the file A ABCD TXT to the B drive type COPY A ABCD TXT B 100 Part Three PC Transporter Reference If you want to copy to the prompt drive Ex c gt you don t need
161. s The formatting will be successful however and you can use the disk for about 140K of storage UniDisk 3 5 This is the older Apple double sided 3 5 drive originally built for the Apple e It typically has a white case though yours might be somewhat aged and darker by now This drive can be used with MS DOS but it can t read or write MFM disks It must be configured with the Control Panel and left connected to the Apple Unlike the 5 25 disks you need to format the disks in the UniDisk and the Apple 3 5 Drives with MS DOS only The ProDOS formatting will be done automatically when you use the MS DOS format command This is a function of the Smart Port MS DOS files saved to a UniDisk 3 5 are stored with an MS DOS directory structure using GCR encoding The disk looks just like a standard MS DOS disk to PC programs but is actually unique to PC Transporter See the instructions below for configuring the drive with the Control Panel 136 Part Three PC Transporter Reference Apple 3 5 Drives Connected to the Apple Controller The Apple Disk 3 5 Drives platinum can be connected directly to PC Transporter discussed earlier or to the Apple disk drive controller If they are plugged into the Apple controller they behave the same as the UniDisk 3 5 drives which means you must let the Transporter know they are there via the Control Panel and you need to format them under MS DOS only Configuring a ProDOS Drive for MS
162. s PC Transporter s Online Help It displays a list of the keyboard translations for common PC software key combinations and their Apple equivalents If you are using a PC compatible keyboard you won t need to use this If you are using the IIGS or e keyboard PC Transporter will know which one you are using and display the appropriate map The actual maps are given in Chapter Seven Keyboard Reference 2 Configure Drivers Allows you to operate on the Portware file This is the file that contains the device drivers and configuration information This menu item displays the Configure Drivers menu following 3 Exit From Control Panel Run PC Transporter Performs one of two different functions depending on how you got into the Control Panel 86 Part Three PC Transporter Reference If you entered the Control Panel from ProDOS by pressing the spacebar when running the AEPC SYSTEM program PC Transporter is rebooted as if you had turned the power off and then back on again gt If you were running MS DOS or a PC application when you entered the Control Panel you return to PC Transporter without disrupting your work in the PC application that is currently active If you enter the Control Panel while running PC Transporter and do not want to disrupt work that is in progress use this command Important If you have made any changes to any configuration it is best that you not use this option to
163. s the configuration file that is created when you select Save Configuration from the Control Panel PC Transporter uses this to set up the I O and device drivers accordingly If this file is not present in the directory that AEPC SYSTEM is launched from PC Transporter will aut o Configure unless you stop it by pressing the space bar at startup time AEPC DRIVERS This is the default sub directory that contains the device drivers for the various peripheral cards and built in I O devices that can function with PC Transporter When loading device drivers PC Transporter first looks in this directory You are free to specify other directories for device drivers however 0 AEPCKEY GS This binary data file contains the screen image for the HGS keyboard map that can be displayed from the Control Panel When this file is present in the boot directory you can display the map by selecting Display Apple Keyboard Map from the main menu If you are using a GS you can delete the file AEPCKEY 2E 0 AEPCKEY 2E Same as above but for the e keyboard If you re using a e you can delete the file AEPcKEY Gs 0 MSDOSVOL This special file located on the 3 5 disk and on the 5 25 AEPC disk contains several MS DOS files distributed for use with PC Transporter This volume cannot be accessed under ProDOS When you used the moveto command these files were placed in the s
164. s the program The second way is to call the program by itself When you do this the program presents menus to guide the user through the file transfer This is the recommended way until you become familiar with the operation of the program One of the menus is a HELP menu This presents a complete explanation of how to use the utility To learn more about the program run the program and select HELP from the menus For more information regarding running programs under MS DOS please refer to Chapter Six MS DOS Reference Q TRANSFER HLP This is a data file that is used by the HELP command in the TRANSFER program discussed above This file must be present in order to use the HELP command but can be removed if necessary to allow more room on the disk Q LAUNCHER EXE This program like APLCLOCK is also useful at boot time It fetches a pathname from PC Transporters memory and if one exists launches or starts the MS DOS program named in that pathname The pathname is placed in the RAM before PC Transporter is booted This mechanism allows you to select an MS DOS application from a ProDOS program selector such as Catalyst boot PC Transporter and start that application without any user interaction To use this program you simply place its name in the AUTOEXEC BAT file If a pathname is given to it the specified application will be started by LAUNCHER If no pathname exists LAUNCHER Will terminate Fo
165. should be facing away from the power supply The grommet should be at the bottom of the mounting plate Don t over tighten the screws or you might strip the threads 8 Plug the Male DB15 connector into the built in video connector on the Apple s backplane ColorSwitch S DB15 male connector attached Part two Step By Step Installation Guide This is the connector that the IIGS monitor used to be connected to before you started the installation If the male DB15 connector won t reach the built in connector you have either selected the wrong backplane opening or the adapter board is mounted upside down In either case remove the ColorSwitch and start this procedure over again Disk drive cable The disk drive cable is a 19 wire ribbon cable with a female 20 pin flat cable connector on one end and a female DB19 connector on the other Disk Drive Cable This cable enables PC Transporter to access up to two TransDrives in addition to up to two Apple 3 5 Drives 1 Locate an unused medium sized opening in the IIGS s backplane Do not use an opening that one of your existing expansion cards is currently using Chapter Two Hardware Installation 47 2 Secure the male DB19 connector in the backplane as shown below DB19 Connector attached Feed the wires in from the inside so that the flange surrounding the DB19 connector is inside the backplane Use the provided screws to mount the connector onto the backpl
166. ss to the non MS DOS partition Be sure to allocate all the available space displayed in the FD I SK menu to the MS DOS partition of your hard disk 11 Format your hard disk gt Atthe A gt prompt enter FORMAT C S V Ed A should contain your MS DOS system disk C is the location of your hard drive it could also be D or E s tells MS DOS to transfer the system files onto the diskette after it is formatted The system files transferred are invisible and are difficult to transfer later so don t forget this command v allows you to name the MS DOS portion of your ProDOS hard disk Chapter Eight Disk Drive Reference 153 When you use the FORMAT command a warning statement like the one below will appear WARNING ALL DATA ON NON REMOVABLE DISK DRIVE C WILL BE LOST Proceed with Format Y N This means that any MS DOS data on this disk will be lost The ProDOS data will not be touched gt Enter Y to format 11 Once you ve configured the hard disk and run FDISK and FORMAT your ProDOS hard disk or 3 5 disk is ready to have MS DOS files copied to and run from it Boot the Entire PC Transporter System from a Single ProDOS Disk Once you have created a hard disk volume you can set up your hard disk as the boot device for both ProDOS and MS DOS This will save you from having to load an MS DOS system disk into a drive every time you boot the Transporter In fact you could run MS DOS without any drives connec
167. t the bottom of the directory You must have at least 120 000 bytes 120K free to be able to copy all of the AEPC files to your MS DOS disk If you don t have 120K free use the MS DOS DEL command to delete some of the files you don t need until at least 120K are free See Chapter Six MS DOS Reference for instructions on using the DELete command Note You can delete everything from the copy of your MS DOS disk except CONFIG SYS and its two invisible files and still have a bootable system disk Since you re working with a backup copy of MS DOS you can restore any files deleted from your copy using the MS DOS master disk You can also copy the AEPC files to a blank formatted MS DOS disk and use this disk as an MS DOS utilities disk But for the purpose of simplicity we recommend putting it onto your boot disk 3 If you re using two 5 25 floppy disks with both AEPCT and AEPC in the drives or if you are using the 3 5 AEPC disk or a hard disk the AEPC MSDOSVOL hard disk has been automatically set up for you Skip to step 4 If you re using only one Apple 5 25 floppy drive as your ProDOS drive you will need to set up the ProDOS drive to emulate an MS DOS hard drive Chapter Three Software Installation 63 This enables PC Transporter to recognize the AEPC disk as an MS DOS hard volume and allows you to copy the AEPC files to your MS DOS boot disk To do this follow the steps below gt Get to the Control
168. ted to the PC Transporter drive connector In order to boot MS DOS programs from the hard disk volume you will of course need to copy the MS DOS system files required to boot any MS DOS disk to the hard volume You can copy these from your MS DOS boot disk Make sure that these files include the AEPC system files you need for your particular setup To free up space on your hard disk you can take many of the MS DOS files and put them on a separate utilities disk and access that disk only when necessary An example of a useable MS DOS system disk is COMMAND COM ANSI SYS AUTOEXEC BAT MSMOUSE SYS CONFIG SYS APLCLOCK EXE from the AEPC directory This system supports the clock aPLcLock the mouse MSMOUSE SYS and color ANSI SYS 154 Part Three PC Transporter Reference Your ProDOS hard disk is probably already setup to boot ProDOS If not set it up according to the hard disk manual If you have created a hard disk volume on a 3 5 disk you should already have the ProDOS files copied over to it refer to 3 5 ProDOS Disks as Hard Disk Volumes above Set up the disk drive that contains the 3 5 disk as your boot drive Now try booting from the drive If you still have drives connected to the Transporter s drive connector when you boot from the hard drive or the 3 5 drive PC Transporter will look for MS DOS in drive A If you simply remove the disk in drive A before bootin
169. the page number of the section for your computer Those of you who have a e to IIGS upgrade an Apple e Ics which has been upgraded with an Apple IIGS motherboard should follow all the instructions for the IIGS installation The first part of this section introduces you to the different types of cables that PC Transporter uses Once you are familiar with the different types of cables go to the section for your particular model of Apple II and complete the cable installation 24 Part Two Step By Step Installation Guide Set Up for the Installation Because there are a number of cables that you must attach to PC Transporter and these cables are difficult to attach after PC Transporter is installed in its slot you should lay the card on its side inside your Apple s case for easier access The steps below describe the best way of doing this After you have connected all of its cables it is simple to stand the card up inside the case and install it in its slot Warning These steps work only if you have removed all of the cards from the Apple first 1 Touch the power supply to eliminate any static that may be on your body This is very important One static charged touch can seriously damage your board 2 Take PC Transporter out of it s anti static bag Do not touch the card anywhere except along the edges of the card Hold PC Transporter by Its edges only Chapter Two Hardware Installation 25 4 Place th
170. tible RGB monitor to PC Transporter do the following Connect the male DB9 connector that leads from the monitor to the female DB9 connector in the Apple s backplane This is the connector that you installed in the RGB Video Cable section above Connecting an Apple IGS RGB monitor To reconnect a Apple IIGS RGB monitor to PC Transporter do the following Chapter Two Hardware Installation 53 Connect the male DBI5 connector that leads from your monitor to the female DBI5 connector you installed in the Apple s backplane The built in connector should have a cable plugged into it already Connecting a composite monitor Your Apple compatible NTSC composite monitor does not need any special connections to work with PC Transporter all the necessary connections were made inside the Apple s case Regardless of what type of composite monitor you actually have simply reconnect it as it was before Reconnect the composite monitor to the Apple s RCA video jack O Connecting PC compatible disk drive s PC Transporter can work with up to a total of four disk drives up to two TransDrive disk drives and up to two Apple 3 5 Drives such as those for the IIGS Most drives for standard PC compatibles do not have the necessary hardware and internal electronics to be connected in such a manner Because PC Transporter has only one disk drive connector the drives must be daisy chained or plugged into each other Both typ
171. ties on your disks such as copying disks or files erasing and renaming files and formatting disks 2 Use the ProDOS System Utilities to make a backup copy of the PC Transporter system Disk Consult your ProDOS User Manual for help if you don t know how to do this Note You can use your favorite copy method such as clicking and dragging with the Finder instead of System Utilities Chapter Three Software Installation 57 If you re using a single 5 25 ProDOS drive the drive connected directly to your Apple you should copy the AEPCT side the front side of the supplied disk to one backup disk and the AEPC side the back side of the supplied disk to another backup disk If you re using two 5 25 ProDOS drives you should copy the AEPCT side the front side of the supplied disk to one backup disk and the AEPC side the back side of the supplied disk to a separate backup disk This will allow you to put the AEPCT disk in drive 1 and the AEPC disk in drive 2 and avoid flipping the disk Those people using a 3 5 drive can simply copy the 3 5 supplied disk to your backup 3 5 disk and name it AEPC If you have a hard disk copy both sides of the 5 25 disk or the entire 3 5 disk to filename AEPC on your hard disk When you have made the backup copies put the original disks away and work with your copies PC Transporter Software Note If this is the first time you ll run PC Transporter read
172. troller and you write a file to that diskette it is only meaningful to a similar disk drive plugged into the Apple controller in PC Transporter systems This is unique because even though ProDOS is used to write the MS DOS files to the disk it does not have a ProDOS directory structure It retains the MS DOS directory structure while using a GCR disk format The ProDOS system utilities can be used to copy the disk but not to catalog it and other ProDOS applications will be unable to use the disk Still this permits you to use your existing Apple disk drives for storage of data and programs under MS DOS Chapter Eight Disk Drive Reference 135 All Apple 5 25 Drives All Apple 5 25 disk drives are single sided drives designed for GCR encoding These drives are physically incapable of providing as much storage as can a PC compatible single sided 5 25 disk drive PC Transporter can still use these drives to store data and programs however They are configured with the Control Panel in the same way as any other Apple compatible drive Important The MS DOS format command will not function properly with a blank 3 25 diskette in an Apple drive The diskette must be formatted first with ProDOS then with MS DOS The MS DOS format routine will still attempt to write to and read from tracks 35 through 39 which are not present on an Apple 5 25 disk drive This will cause the formatter to indicate BAD BLOCKS are present on these track
173. ubdirectory azrc in the root directory of your MS DOS boot disk These files are described in Appendix C MS DOS Utilities For the latest information on files included in msposvot enter TYPE READ ME at the MS DOS system prompt e g A gt TYPE READ ME This READ ME file is different from the ProDOS READ ME file on the 3 5 azpc disk and the 5 25 azpc u disk Part Three PC Transporter Reference To free up more space on your boot disk or hard disk get rid of the files you don t use with the DEL command under MS DOS For example if you don t have a ProDOS clock you can DEL APLCLOCK EXE If you don t intend to transfer files between MS DOS and ProDOS DEL TRANSFER EXE and TRANSFER HLP See Chapter Six MS DOS Reference for DEL instructions PC Transporter s ProDOS Utilities The PC Transporter ProDOS utilities are included on the 3 5 aEPc disk and on the 5 25 AEPC U disk Q READ ME This is a TXT standard text file that can be loaded into most ProDOS word processors Read this file now if you haven t already It contains some information about any recent changes to the disks and documentation 0 PCTRAM SYSTEM This program tests all the expansion memory on the PC Transporter for PCT s with ZIP chips and those with 256K x 4 chips A graphics screen shows which chips are bad or not present Q GENLPT1 This program is a generic parallel
174. uded in the discussion of those drives Important The Apple cannot boot from a disk drive connected to PC Transporter because there is no boot ROM on the PC Transporter interface card The easiest and fastest way to run PC Transporter is from a RAM drive If you have a RAM drive with your battery backed RamFactor or GS RAM for example take advantage of it The section Using a Hard Disk With PC Transporter tells you how 124 Part Three PC Transporter Reference Using TransDrives and Apple Disk 3 5 Drives You can connect up to four floppy disk drives directly to PC Transporter a single or dual TransDrive daisy chained with up to two Apple 3 5 Drives we ll talk about Apple 3 5 Drives later on You must have at least one TransDrive or one Disk 3 5 drive for normal operation of PC Transporter Normal operation means reading and writing MS DOS format disks from within MS DOS programs and booting MS DOS itself If a disk drive is plugged into the PC Transporter disk controller the Transporter assumes it s a5 25 TransDrive The file format that PC Transporter uses with this drive is completely compatible with disk drives on other PC compatibles This means you can remove the diskette after writing a file to it place the diskette into a drive on another PC compatible and read that file without any special hardware or software This is called media compatibility TransDrive systems use the MFM disk encoding techn
175. upply If peripherals like the monitor are not on yet turn them on too After a moment or two a splash screen appears welcoming you to the world of PC Transporter Then PC Transporter runs a memory test For information about what the memory test s numbers mean see the AE Bios Memory Test section in Chapter Five Then this message is displayed at the bottom of the screen Automatic Configuration in progress That means that your PC Transporter software is configuring the drivers for the card Chapter Three Software Installation 59 After a brief memory test you ll see the following message LOADING FROM DISK At this point PC Transporter is accessing your MS DOS disk You should then get the MS DOS prompt A gt If you do get the prompt go to the section Transferring Files If your MS DOS A drive is a 3 5 drive you will see an approximation of the following message LOADING FROM DISK Non System disk or disk error Replace and strike any key when ready The actual message will vary according to the version of MS DOS you are using If the message above appears refer to the section following for instructions on how to make PC Transporter recognize a 3 5 drive Setting up a 3 5 Drive as the MS DOS boot drive PC Transporter s default boot drive is a 5 25 TransDrive In order to use an Apple 3 5 Drive or a TransDrive 3 5 as your MS DOS boot disk you must first inform PC Transporter that you will be us
176. xplanation If you fully understand the simple direction you can skip the detailed explanation For example 1 Disconnect the 2 pin speaker connector from the Apple s motherboard This cable connects the sound circuitry on the Apple II s motherboard to its built in speaker To disconnect the speaker connector grasp the connector itself not the wires leading to it and pull lightly away from the motherboard The installation section has more than 30 photos and many drawings to help make installation as painless as possible Composite video PC compatible keyboard J5 JT amp J7 ColorSwitch aa f 19 Ile keyboard A J3 adapter J4 PC Transporter disk drive Icons tell you when information is only for a specific model of Apple For instance If you have an Apple PLUS you must connect wire connector 2 to connector A on the Apple s motherboard Note Important messages are preceded by the special symbol at the left Introduction PART ONE QuickStart Installation Guide for those with experience Part One QuickStart Installation Guide 1 CHAPTER ONE QuickStart Installation Guide The QuickStart Installation Guide is designed to work just as the name describes The goal of this section is to quickly guide the experienced Apple II user through the installation of PC Transporter We have skipped certain details with the understanding that people experienced in hardware inst
177. y other ProDOS application and specifying the AEPC SYSTEM pathname and prefix Operation of the system once booted is identical to that of any other PC compatible What and Why is PC Transporter There have been many co processor cards designed and sold for the Apple II family The CP M cards were the most successful of these These cards were useful to a lot of people because they allowed access to more software and the operating system could use the Apple peripherals to perform the various I O tasks that were needed The MS DOS world also has a large amount of software available for it but MS DOS and its applications expect to run on a specific piece of hardware POs and compatibles 72 Part Three PC Transporter Reference What makes a PC compatible compatible is the presence of an 8086 family microprocessor and very specific memory and peripheral locations for all of the memory and peripherals found in the systems These locations are where the software expects to find and communicate with the various peripheral devices The memory map typically consists of up to 640K bytes of RAM available to the operating system and applications a display a disk controller and ROM etc all at well defined addresses These locations are commonly called ports The Theory ot Operation The designers of PC Transporter decided that the best way to implement a PC compatible on an Apple II would be to actually provide the V30 microprocessor
178. yboard is connected with a coiled cord like the one on your telephone handset to the system unit Chapter Two Hardware Installation 23 Remove All Cards PC Transporter requires internal cables and hardware connections In order to make their installation as easy as possible we recommend that you remove all currently installed expansion cards This will ensure plenty of free space inside the case It also avoids the problem of disturbing an existing cable connection and not discovering this until after closing up the case Refer to each expansion cards documentation if you re not sure how to remove it If you no longer have one or more of these manuals be extra careful when removing the card s You may want to draw a diagram and or label each of the cards with its location inside your Apple The information you should record is The number of the Apple s slot containing the card The location and connecting port s of any internal or external connectors associated with the card for example if the card has a cable connector installed in the backplane of your Apple make a note of the location of its backplane connector Connect PC Transporter s Cables This section guides you through the process of installing PC Transporter s internal cables and hardware There are two separate sets of installation instructions one for the Plus and le combined and one for the IIGS See the Table of Contents for

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