PC TRANSPORTER USER'S MANUAL V1.3 ADDENDUM ========================================== * CHANGES FROM THE PC TRANSPORTER SYSTEM DISK V1.2 to V1.3 * Following is a list of changes that have been made from v1.2 of the PC Transporter Operating System to v1.3. - Improved printing with the ImageWriter II when using v1.3 IW2EMUL driver. - Improved communications data rates and data handling during upload and download. - Improved operation with a wider variety of copy protection. - Improved capability to read a wider range of disks from other MS-DOS based systems. - Will now use up to 750K of available expansion RAM under MS-DOS (up from 360K). p.93-95 Several new ProDOS files have been added to v1.3 of the Transporter disk. Please note these additions in your manual. STARTUP -- This is now a simple selector program to either run the PC Transporter or exit to Basic or ProDOS. READ.ME -- This is the text file you are now reading. PC.TRANSPORTER -- This program turns off auto answer on the DataLink modem, then runs STARTAEPC. This prevents the DataLink 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. PCTRAM.SYSTEM -- This program tests all the expansion memory on the PC Transporter. A graphics screen shows which chips are bad or not present. (PCTRAM.SYSTEM was not included on release 1.1 of PCT System Disk v1.3.) GENLPT1 -- This program is a generic parallel 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 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. 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." All the files are included on the 3.5" PC Transporter disk. If you're using the 5.25" disks, here's where the files are: /AEPCT /AEPC.U /AEPC PRODOS PRODOS MSDOSVOL BASIC.SYSTEM PCINSTALL STARTUP AEPC.DISKS PC.TRANSPORTER ICONS STARTAEPC READ.ME AEPC.SYSTEM GENLPT1 AEPCBIOS BASIC.SYSTEM AEPCKEY.GS PCTRAM.SYSTEM AEPCKEY.2E AEPC.DISKS Because of space limitations on the 5.25" disks, only the PRODOS file on the /AEPC.U disk has the modified ProDOS. To use the PC Transporter drives as ProDOS drives, boot the /AEPC.U disk which is shipped on the back side of the /AEPCT disk. * PC INSTALL NOTE * pp.95, 141, 183 Run PC Install from ProDOS not from MS-DOS. At the basic prompt ( ] ), enter -PCINSTALL. * REMINDERS * --Some versions of MS-DOS were created to recognize the hardware in IBM work-alikes. Therefore, many of these customized MS-DOS operating systems will not work with PC Transporter. Although the new PC Transporter system recognizes several of these customized versions, if the version you have does not work, we suggest that you use either a version of MS-DOS created for use with IBMs or PC-DOS. Either MS-DOS 3.3 or PC-DOS 3.3 is recommended. MS-DOS/PC-DOS 3.2 or higher is required to recognize 3.5" disk drives. --//e Upgraded to IIGS If you have a //e with a IIGS motherboard installed, you will need the IIGS Installation Kit. PC Transporter will recognize an upgraded system and will remap the //e keys without using the //e keyboard adapter cable. The //e map will be displayed from the Main Menu. --Disk Drives Do not connect a UniDisk to PC Transporter's drive connector.