Harddisk Images

Overview:

A harddisk interface card can be plugged in to slot-7 via the AppleWin Configuration tab labelled Disk. Just check enable harddisk in slot 7.

There is provision to connect two harddisks to this card. This is done by using .hdv files on your PC. Each harddisk can have a maximum capacity of 32MB.

On booting, the Apple will always attempt to autoboot from slot-7 first. If the harddisk card is unplugged (not enabled) then the Apple will then attempt to boot from slot-6 (with the Disk][ interface card in it). To boot a floppy disk with the harddisk card enabled, you can issue PR#6 from an AppleSoft prompt.

You can download sample .hdv images from Asimov (eg. ftp://public.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/images/utility/misc/hardpc.zip).

Warnings:

• Unchecking enable harddisk in slot 7 whilst the Apple is running will physically unplugging the harddisk card. This can lead to a corrupt .hdv image if the Apple is writing to the harddisk when it is unplugged!
• Equally, exiting AppleWin can have the same affect.
• The harddisk state is not currently saved in the save-state image.
• 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.