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From: dale@pro-colony.UUCP (System Operator)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: PC Transporter
Message-ID: <8712070656.AA16505@crash.cts.com>
Date: Sun, 6-Dec-87 23:23:13 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec  6 23:23:13 1987
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My experiance with PC Transporter.
 
First, my system setup:
 
      Slot            Enhanced Apple //e
      Aux.        RamWorks III 1 meg
       1          Serial Pro (clock/serial card)
       2          DataLink Modem
       3          TransWarp
       4          PC Transporter & 1 5.25" 360k drive
       5          Apple UniDisk 3.5
       6          Disk ][ Interface
       7          Sider ][ 20 Meg w/ROM from ATS
 
Installing the board:
 
Ok, to install the PC Transporter (PCT for short) in my //e I had to first
plug a piggyback cable onto my keyboard cable (not needed if you are using the
option IBM keyboard), this was a little tricky as I already have a numeric
keyboard piggybacked on to it.  You need to make sure that this cable is
plugged in all the way or you could have problems booting up your machine.
The next cable to install is the speaker cable.  In order to get IBM audio
through the Apple speaker you must unplug the Apple speaker cable from the
motherboard and plug it into the PCT.  There is then a cable that goes from
the speaker jack on the motherboard to the PCT.  The last cable to install is
the drive cable.  This has a DB19 connector that goes into the back panel of
the //e and plugs onto the back of the PCT.
 
 
Getting it running:
 
To get the PCT running, you must boot up the supplied (ProDOS) disk (it comes
with both 3.5" and Apple 5.25").  There is a ProDOS system file that runs to
'turn the PCT on'.  At this point you get the PCT title screen and it will
then atempt to find a MS-DOS system disk.  At this point you can press the
space bar a couple of times, this will stop the boot procedure and take you to
the PCT menu.  Options on this menu are:
 
         Display the Keyboard map (it detects what machine you are running)
         Assign Drivers
         Exit menu and return to MS-DOS
         Re-Boot PCT (you must do this after changing drivers)
         Exit to ProDOS
 
The first time you run the software it does an auto-configuration.  It looks
for the cards it can identify and loads the drivers for those cards.
You can also manually install the drivers. ie: mouse driver, printer card
drivers, clock drivers, etc.  You can also assign the drives to anything from
A to E.  It supports 5 MS-DOS drives at a time.   At this time you can set up
a MS-DOS hard disk section on your hard disk.  To do this, you must change
your hard disk volume in the drive section to the ProDOS volume you want used
for MS-DOS.  If this ProDOS file does not already exist, it will prompt you
for the size you want the MS-DOS 'hard disk' to be and it will create it. 
>From there, you need to boot into MS-DOS (not supplied) and use FDISK (not
supplied) to format the 'hard disk'.  
 
Once you have MS-DOS installed on your hard disk you can boot into MS-DOS
right from a ProDOS program selector or by running the file 'AEPC.SYSTEM' from
BASIC.
 
Using PCT under ProDOS:
 
The PCT acts as an Apple II Memory Expansion card under ProDOS.  There is
about 12k of overhead used by the card for emulation.  So with a 768k (640k
IBM mode) board, you get about 755k of /RAMdisk.  AppleWorks v1.3 & 2.0 will
also use the card for extra desktop (no expansion software is provided like
with the RamFactor card).  You can also use the 360k IBM drive and the
Platinum 3.5" Apple drive as ProDOS disks with the PCT. 
 
Final note:
 
I tried to send a few replies to people that sent me e-mail, but I have gotten
all of them back.  Anybody have any suggestions as to why?!?  I replied to the
'Reply to:' header in the message, but apparently I didn't get something
right.  I am a member of the ProLine Network and don't have a whole lot of
experience using AARP or UUCP networks.  Any help would be appreciated.
 
                                                 dale

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