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< h2 style = "color: rgb(0, 128, 0);" > Hard Disk Images< / h2 >
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< p style = "font-weight: bold;" > Overview:< / p >
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< p > A hard disk controller (or interface) card can be plugged in to slot 7 via the AppleWin Configuration tab labelled Disk.
Just check < span style = "font-style: italic;" > Enable hard disk controller in slot 7< / span > .< / p >
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< p > There is provision to connect two hard disks to this card.
This is done by using .hdv files on your PC.
Each hard disk can have a maximum capacity of 32MB.< / p >
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< p > On booting, the Apple will < span style = "text-decoration: underline;" > always< / span >
attempt to
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autoboot from slot 7 first. If the hard disk card is unplugged (not
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enabled) then
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the Apple will then attempt to boot from slot 6 (with the Disk][
interface card in it).< / p >
< p > To boot a floppy disk with the hard disk card enabled, either hold down the Open-Apple key during an Apple II restart or
issue PR#6 from an AppleSoft prompt.< / p >
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< p > You can download sample .hdv
images from Asimov (eg. < a target = "_blank" href = "ftp://public.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/" > ftp://public.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/images/utility/misc/hardpc.zip< / a > ).< / p >
< p style = "font-weight: bold;" > Warnings:< / p >
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< li > Unchecking < span style = "font-style: italic;" > Enable hard disk controller in slot 7< / span > whilst the Apple is running will
physically unplugging the hard disk card. This can lead to a corrupt
.hdv image if the Apple is writing to the hard disk when it is unplugged!< / li >
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< li > Equally, exiting AppleWin
can have the same affect.< / li >
< li > Copy][+ v7.1 locks up when
trying to calculate how many free blocks are available when running a
catalog. This is a bug in Copy][+ which is fixed in later versions.< / li >
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