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. added documentation for right mouse context menu (eg. for Eject, Send to CiderPress). Fixes #258. . added documentation for using Open-Apple key to boot from floppy instead of hard disk. . renamed harddisk to hard disk
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emulated floppy drives 1 and 2. This can also be done during emulation by <a href="toolbar.html">using the toolbar</a> or using the F3/F4 keys. Diskettes can be swapped by pressing F5 during emulation. You can also eject images from this menu.</p>
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emulated floppy drives 1 and 2. This can also be done during emulation by <a href="toolbar.html">using the toolbar</a> or using the F3/F4 keys. Diskettes can be swapped by pressing F5 during emulation. You can also eject images from this menu.</p>
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<h3>Harddisk Controller Settings:</h3>
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<h3>Hard disk Controller Settings:</h3>
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<p><strong>Enable harddisk in slot 7:</strong><br>
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<p><strong>Enable hard disk controller in slot 7:</strong><br>
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A harddisk interface card can be plugged in to slot-7 by checking this
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A hard disk controller (or interface) card can be plugged in to slot 7 by checking this box.
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box. You can connect two harddisks to this card by selecting .hdv files
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See <a href="ddi-harddisk.html">Hard disk Images</a> for more details.
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on your PC. Each harddisk can have a maximum capacity of 32MB.
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</p>
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<p>On booting, the Apple will <span style="text-decoration: underline;">always</span> attempt to autoboot from slot-7
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first. If the harddisk card is unplugged (not enabled) the Apple will then
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attempt to boot from slot-6 (this has the Disk][ floppy interface card in it). To boot a
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floppy disk with the harddisk card enabled, you can issue PR#6 from an AppleSoft
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prompt.</p>
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<p>You can download sample .hdv images from Asimov (eg. <a href="ftp://public.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/" target="_blank">ftp://public.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/images/utility/misc/hardpc.zip</a>).</p>
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<p><strong>HDD 1/2 drop-down menus:</strong><br>
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<p><strong>HDD 1/2 drop-down menus:</strong><br>
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These menus allow you to select harddisk images (.hdv files) to
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These menus allow you to select harddisk images (eg. .hdv files) to
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connect to the emulated hard drive controller. You can also unplug images from this menu.</p>
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connect to the emulated harddisk controller card. You can also unplug images from this menu.</p>
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<strong>Harddisk warnings:</strong>
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<li>Unchecking <em>enable
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harddisk in slot 7</em> while the emulator is running would be
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like physically unplugging the harddisk card on an Apple that is
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powered on.
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This can lead to a corrupt .hdv image if the Apple is writing to the
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harddisk when it is unplugged! </li>
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<li>Also, exiting AppleWin while writing to the harddisk can
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have the same effect. </li>
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<li>The harddisk state is currently <span style="text-decoration: underline;">not</span> saved
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in the save-state
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image. </li>
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<li>Copy][+ v7.1 locks up when trying to calculate how many
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free blocks are available when running a catalog. This is a bug in
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Copy][+ which is fixed in later versions.</li>
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</ul>
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<strong>Path to CiderPress:</strong><br>
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<strong>Path to CiderPress:</strong><br>
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Use this to specify where CiderPress is installed.<br>
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Use this to specify where CiderPress is installed.<br>
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The right button context menu on either of the drive icons allows you to open CiderPress with the image in the drive.
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The right mouse button context menu on either of the drive icons allows you to open CiderPress with the image in the drive.
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</body>
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</body>
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</html>
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<body style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: verdana;" alink="#008000" link="#008000" vlink="#008000">
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<h2 style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">Harddisk
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<h2 style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">Hard Disk Images</h2>
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Images</h2>
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<hr size="4">
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<hr size="4">
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<p style="font-weight: bold;">Overview:</p>
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<p style="font-weight: bold;">Overview:</p>
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<p>A harddisk interface card can
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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.
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be plugged in to slot-7 via
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Just check <span style="font-style: italic;">Enable hard disk controller in slot 7</span>.</p>
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the AppleWin Configuration tab labelled Disk. Just
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check enable
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harddisk in slot 7.</p>
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<p>There is provision to connect
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<p>There is provision to connect two hard disks to this card.
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two harddisks to this card.
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This is done by using .hdv files on your PC.
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This is done by using .hdv files on your PC. Each harddisk can have a
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Each hard disk can have a maximum capacity of 32MB.</p>
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maximum
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capacity of 32MB.</p>
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<p>On booting, the Apple will <span style="text-decoration: underline;">always</span>
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<p>On booting, the Apple will <span style="text-decoration: underline;">always</span>
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attempt to
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attempt to
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autoboot from slot-7 first. If the harddisk card is unplugged (not
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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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enabled) then
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the Apple will then attempt to boot from slot-6 (with the Disk][
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the Apple will then attempt to boot from slot 6 (with the Disk][
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interface card
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interface card in it).</p>
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in it). To boot a floppy disk with the harddisk card enabled, you can
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issue PR#6
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<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
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from an AppleSoft prompt.</p>
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issue PR#6 from an AppleSoft prompt.</p>
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<p>You can download sample .hdv
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<p>You can download sample .hdv
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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>
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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>
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<li>Unchecking <span style="font-style: italic;">enable
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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
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harddisk in slot 7</span> whilst the Apple is running will
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physically unplugging the hard disk card. This can lead to a corrupt
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physically unplugging the harddisk card. This can lead to a corrupt
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.hdv image if the Apple is writing to the hard disk when it is unplugged!</li>
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.hdv image if the Apple is writing to the harddisk when it is unplugged!</li>
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<li>Equally, exiting AppleWin
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<li>Equally, exiting AppleWin
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can have the same affect.</li>
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can have the same affect.</li>
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<li>The harddisk state is not
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currently saved in the save-state image.</li>
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<li>Copy][+ v7.1 locks up when
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<li>Copy][+ v7.1 locks up when
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trying to calculate how many free blocks are available when running a
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trying to calculate how many free blocks are available when running a
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catalog. This is a bug in Copy][+ which is fixed in later versions.</li>
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catalog. This is a bug in Copy][+ which is fixed in later versions.</li>
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<li><a href="ddi-formats.html">Disk
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<li><a href="ddi-formats.html">Disk
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Image Formats</a></li>
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Image Formats</a></li>
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<li><a href="ddi-harddisk.html">Harddisk images</a></li>
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<li><a href="ddi-harddisk.html">Hard Disk Images</a></li>
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<td><img style="width: 46px; height: 46px;" alt="Drive 1:" src="img/tb-drv1.png"></td>
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<td><img style="width: 46px; height: 46px;" alt="Drive 1:" src="img/tb-drv1.png"></td>
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<td><strong>F3 --
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<td><strong>F3 --
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Drive 1:</strong><br>
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Drive 1:</strong><br>
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Selects a disk image file for drive 1.</td>
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Selects a disk image file for drive 1.<br>
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Use the right mouse button for a context menu to "Eject", "Read / Write", "Read only" or "Send to CiderPress".</td>
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<td><img style="width: 46px; height: 46px;" alt="Drive 2:" src="img/tb-drv2.png"></td>
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<td><img style="width: 46px; height: 46px;" alt="Drive 2:" src="img/tb-drv2.png"></td>
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<td><strong>F4 --
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<td><strong>F4 --
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Drive 2:</strong><br>
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Drive 2:</strong><br>
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Selects a disk image file for drive 2.</td>
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Selects a disk image file for drive 2.<br>
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Use the right mouse button for a context menu to "Eject", "Read / Write", "Read only" or "Send to CiderPress".</td>
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<td><img style="width: 46px; height: 46px;" alt="Swap Disks" src="img/tb-drvswp.png"></td>
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