Diskwork guidance 3

Who calls 128 or 256 KByte a RAM disk its own, which would like to surely accomplish starting from and to a Backup. That can be done naturally only on several disks. With DW is copying however very simply it simply all files of the RAM disk marked (RCL from start) and the copying function is started. If the disk is full, there is an error message and DW transferred all already successfully copied files and removed the marking

Now simply the next disk for the Backup is inserted and the copying process is again started. One makes this, until DW copied all files.

DiskWorks overwrites by the way files of same name more imner on the goal disk. Something caution is there required! 

The copying progress becomes in the lowest display line through "." (read operation) and "o" (write operation) indicated.

KIL: With KIL can be deleted (KILl). If files are marked, then these are deleted. In addition DiskWorks asks the user still whether the deletion each files to be confirmed individually is. ' J ' ensures that for each marked file a safety inquiry takes place. ' N ' deletes immediately. MODE breaks off.

If no file is marked, then can be deleted also with Wildcards. For example '*.*' deletes all files on the source drive assembly and unabhangig from the adjusted file mask!

Applies also here: watched out! Deleted is irreparably away!

MSK: the file mask puts firmly (mask). In order to indicate for example all BasicFiles, BAS ' can be entered after operation of ' S ' and/or F4 ' *. Subsequently, files with the ending are only indicated * BAS in the display. In order to delete an existing mask, the enter key must be only pressed. MODE breaks off and changes nothing.

S2: the up-to-date selected source disk indicates. The drive assembly can be changed by ' % ' and/or F5. The selection takes place again over function keys F2 to F6. F2=COM:, F3=X:, F4=Y:, F5=S1:, F6=S2:. MODE breaks off and changes nothing. With COM by SETDEV selected serial haven of the PC-1600 is meant. The transmission parameters stopped in BASIC are likewise taken over.

X: the up-to-date selected goal drive assembly indicates. Through ' & ' and/or F6 can be changed it. See S2: and/or source drive assembly.

Second menu level:

NAM: serves for renaming files. All marked files are indicated either individually and asked for the new name or inquired (if no file is marked) a reNAMe with Wildcards. NAME "* BAK" AS "* OLD" designates all files with the ending ' BAK ' in files with the ending ' OLD '. MODE breaks off on each level of the instruction.

PER: Contactors of files. A file is provided with a writing protection (with DW by '!' behind the file name indicated), then it cannot become geloscht or uberschrieben (of the operating system or DW funktions).

With PRO now the protection of the current file in the display (highest line) can be switched on and/or off.

HEX: Regard from files in the Hex mode (inclusive ASCII). This can be a very useful function one can ' times ' into arbitrary files ' in-see evenly short '. They are indicated in the HexModus. Behind the Hexnumbers the appropriate ASCII indication appears in the display.

If the display is full, DW continues. With any key the next line is indicated (all different are highly pushed a line).

MODE serves also here again for terminating the file announcement.

COM: the communication parameters adjust fur the serial interface. The standard attitude after the start of DiskWorks corresponds to the basic instructions:

SETDEV "COM1:" and

SETCOM"COM1:", 9600, 8, N, 1, X, N

in consequence.

Now the Setcom attitude with the function key menus in this function can be changed arbitrary.

INI: with this function a disk in the drive assembly becomes X: formatted (init instruction of BASIC). DW asks first whether a disk was inserted into X. If niit to ' one answers J ', then becomes in X: enclosed disk merciless formatted (initialize). Thus caution, all data are thereby from the disk killed.

DCP: copies whole disks of drive assembly X: after drive assembly X: (disk CoPy). In addition heachte the initially made notes on the necessary hardware configurations.

DW asks for the start for the function the SOURCE disk , reads a part of the disk into the memory and asks afterwards for the target disk (goal disk). And this so often, until the hole disk was copied (5 times).

The konfig file DW.CFG and DW Macro

Like initially say, a file is necessary named DW.CFG for the enterprise of DW. This file is provided by any text editor (e.g. BASIC with LOAD *, SAVE* or Text+). It contains it of the user to konfigunerende commands and/or command sequences (macros, therefore also the name DWMac)., by DW to be then called .

The file must contain as the first and last indication a little hat ("^" = SHIFT + SPACE). Otherwise DW can fall.

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