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203 lines
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ECHO 1.0 DOCUMENTATION
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CHANGING PARAMETERS
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-------- ----------
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- THE CURSOR WILL FLASH OVER THE DIGIT
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YOU ARE ABOUT TO CHANGE.
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- TYPING RETURN WILL MOVE THE CURSOR DO
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WN TO THE NEXT PARAMETER.
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- THE TWO ARROW KEYS MOVE THE CURSOR FR
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OM DIGIT TO DIGIT.
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- WHEN YOU GET TO THE FRAME BITS PARAME
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TER THE RETURN KEY WILL START
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THE COPY.
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PARAMETER DEFINITIONS
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--------- -----------
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SOURCE SLOT: RANGE: 1-7 DEFAULT:
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6
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SOURCE DRIVE: RANGE: 1-2 DEFAULT:
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1
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TARGET SLOT: SAME AS SOURCE EXCEPT
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TARGET DISK
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TRACK PHASE: RANGE: 0-2 DEFAULT:0
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DEFINITION: WHEN SET TO 0 ECHO ON
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LY READS WHOLE TRACKS.
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WHEN SET TO 1 ECHO RE
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ADS HALF TRACKS.
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WHEN SET TO 2 (SEE SP
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ECIAL FEATURES) ECHO TRIES TO
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FIGURE OUT WHAT TO
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READ.
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TRACK START: RANGE: 0-23 DEFAULT:
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00
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DEFINITION: FIRST TRACK THAT ECHO
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WILL COPY.
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TRACK END: RANGE: 0-23 DEFAULT:
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22
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DEFINITION: LAST TRACK THAT ECHO
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WILL COPY.
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TRACK COUNT: RANGE: 1-23 DEFAULT:
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1
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DEFINITION: NUMBER TO INCREMENT B
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Y
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EXAMPLE: TRACK 1-12 TRACK COUNT:
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3
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COPY: 1-4-7-10 ETC.
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ENABLE SYNC: RANGE: 0-1 DEFAULT:
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0
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DEFINITION: IF IT'S A 1, ECHO SYN
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CS THE TRACK
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(SEE SPECIAL FEATURES
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)
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ENABLE COUNT: RANGE: 0-1 DEFAULT:
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0
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DEFINITION: IF IT'S A 1 NIBBLE CO
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UNTING IS SELECTED.
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(SEE SPECIAL FEATURES
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)
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FRAME BITS: RANGE: 0-2 DEFAULT: 1
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DEFINITION: THE NUMBER OF '0' BITS
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ECHO WILL WRITE AFTER
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EACH SYNC BYTE. IF
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'0' IS SELECTED ECHO ENABLES
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IT'S LENGTH KILL FEA
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TURE (SEE SPECIAL FEATURES)
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.NP
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ECHO'S MESSAGES
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------ --------
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IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND BOX WHEN COPYIN
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G YOU WILL SEE SOMETHING IN A
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FORMAT LIKE THIS:
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TT SSSS LLLL
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E
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TT = TRACK NUMBER
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SSSS = NUMBER OF SYNC BYTES ON THE
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TRACK
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LLLL = LENGTH OF THE TRACK
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E = ERROR CODE
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THE TWO LONG BOXES ON THE RIGHT HAND SI
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DE ARE THE TRACK INFORMATION
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FIELDS. IN THEM YOU WILL SEE SOMTHIN
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G LIKE THIS:
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TT +NN
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OR
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TT -NN
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TT = TRACK # NN = DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
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SOURCE AND TARGET INFORMATION.
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IN THE PHASE FINDER MODE, THE TWO BOXES
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WILL FORMAT LIKE THIS:
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TT N
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TT = TRACK # N = WHOLE TRACK IF IT'S
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A 0, HALF TRACK IF IT'S A 1
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ERROR CODES
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ERROR 0: ECHO HAD NO PROBLEM COPYING T
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HIS TRACK
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ERROR 1: ECHO COULDN'T DETERMINE LENGT
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H OF TRACK WHEN IT WAS READ.
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> THIS ERROR IS FATAL. IF YO
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U GET IT TRY AGAIN AND HOPE!
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ERROR 2: ECHO COULD NOT DETERMINE THE
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START OF THE TRACK. THE TRACK
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MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN CO
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PIED CORRECTLY
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ERROR 3: IF YOU GET THIS ERROR YOU BET
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TER GET ANOTHER COPY OF ECHO
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1.0 BECAUSE THIS ERROR IS N
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OT BEING USED YET.
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ERROR 4: TARGET DISK IS WRITE PROTECTE
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D
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ERROR 5 ECHO COULD NOT VERIFY THE TRA
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CK THAT IT WROTE. THE TRACK
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MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN CO
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PIED SUCCESSFULLY.
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ERROR 6 TRACK LENGTH IS DIFFERENT THE
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N THE ORIGINAL. THIS ERROR
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ONLY HAPPENS WHEN YOU USE E
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NABLE COUNT. ECHO WILL
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CONTINUE TO WRITE THE TRACK
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UNTIL THE LENGTHS ARE THE
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SAME.
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ERROR 7: ECHO COULDN'T SYNC THE TRACK.
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SPECIAL FEATURES
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PHASE FINDER
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DEFINITION: DISPLAYS A 0 IF IT'S A W
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HOLE TRACK AND A 1 IF IT'S A
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HALF. THIS IS ONLY A STATISTICAL E
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VALUATION AND MAY BE UNRELIABLE.
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SYNC MODE
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DEFINITION: SYNCS THE DISK. IF YOU G
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ET EITHER AN ERROR 2 OR AN
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ERROR 7 THEN ECHO 1.0 CAN'T SYNC THE
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TRACK.
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COUNT MODE
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DEFINITION: ENABLES NIBBLE COUNING.
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TRY NOT TO NIBBLE COUNT UNLESS
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ALL ELSE FAILS.
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LENGTH KILL
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DEFINITION: IF THE FRAME BITS PARA
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METER IS SET TO 0 THEN THE
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LENGTH KILL FEATURE IS IN EFFECT. T
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HIS SHOULD ONLY BE USED IF YOU
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CANNOT OVERCOME THE ERROR 5'S.
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EXIT
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DEFINITION: IF YOU TYPE THE ESC KEY
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FROM ALMOST ANYWHERE IN THE
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PROGRAM IT WILL RETURN YOU TO THE CH
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ANGE PARAMETER MODE.
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.NP
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TROUBLE SHOOTING
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------- --------
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ERROR 0'S: IF THE COPY DOESN'T WORK T
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RY SYNC OR NIBBLE COUNT. IF
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IT STILL DOESN'T WORK TR
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Y 0 OR 2 FRAME BITS.
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ERROR 1'S: TRY READING AGAIN. IF IT H
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APPENS AGAIN TRY ANOTHER
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COPIER. THIS ERROR IS R
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ARE.
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ERROR 2'S: TRY A FEW TIMES - THE CO
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PY MAY STILL WORK.
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ERROR 3'S: IF YOU GET THESE GET ANOTH
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ER COPY OF ECHO.
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ERROR 4'S: THE TARGET DISK IS WRITE P
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ROTECTED.
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ERROR 5'S: TRY SEVERAL TIMES OR SET
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FRAME BITS TO 0.
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ERROR 6'S: IF THE TRACK LENGTH NEVER
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GETS TO 0 TRY SETTING FRAME
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BITS TO 2 AND TRY AGAIN.
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ERROR 7'S: TRY COPYING TRACK 0 PHASE
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0 FIRST. IF ALL ELSE FAILS
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DON'T SYNC THE TRACK.
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