@0 Help For Master Drive The master drive is the source of the diskette image. If the source is a diskette, then the TransCopy software will read the diskette image from the diskette. If the source is a hard drive, then the diskette image will be read from a user selectable file on the hard drive. @1 Help For Duplicate Drive The duplicate drive is the destination for the diskette image. If the destination is a diskette, then the TransCopy software will write the diskette image to the diskette. If the destination is a hard drive, then the diskette image will be written to the user defined file on the hard drive. @2 Help For Tracks To Copy Tracks to copy specifies the tracks and sides of the diskette to be copied. The maximum range of tracks is 0 through 79. In AUTO mode the TransCopy software will select the standard number of tracks and sides for the detected format. Please note that the standard settings may not be correct for all formats and protected disks. When setting parameters, remember that many are interrelated and the setting of one may affect the others. In particular the tracks to copy parameter controls all other copy parameters. Tracks cannot be verified, qualified, or processed in any way if they are not included in the tracks to copy parameter. Tracks are specified as either a single track or a range of tracks separated by a dash. The number of sides is specified by prefixing the track range by an 'A' for single-sided or a 'B' for two-sided. If not specified, the TransCopy software will determine the number of sides automatically. For example, 'B0-39' means to copy tracks 0 thru 39, two-sided. '0-34' means to copy tracks 0 thru 34 with automatic number of sides selection. @3 Help For Tracks To Compress Tracks to compress specifies the tracks and sides of the disk to be compressed. The maximum range of track is 0 through 79. Compression is ON when you enter either ALL, AUTO, or a range and it is OFF when you enter NONE. ALL means full compression with time penalty. AUTO means partial compression without paying time penalty. Tracks are specified as either a single track or a range of tracks separated by a dash. The number of sides is specified by prefixing the track range by an 'A' for single-sided or a 'B' for two-sided. If not specified, the TransCopy software will determine the number of sides automatically. For example, 'B0-39' means to compress tracks 0 thru 39, two-sided. '0-34' means to compress tracks 0 thru 34 with automatic number of sides selection. @4 Help For Qualify Master Qualify master specifies which tracks on the master disk to qualify. Qualification refers to making sure that the track which is read conforms to the specifications for the detected format. This includes making sure that the proper number of sectors are present and that each sector is free of CRC or checksum errors. For example, for an Apple 5.25" format the TransCopy software would check that the track has 16 sectors and that each sector has a proper checksum. Qualify currently supports only IBM MFM formats (360K, 720K, 1.2M and 1.44M) and Apple 3.5 inch formats (400K and 800K) for the Mac and Apple //. As each track of the original disk is qualified, a "Q" will be displayed if it is good, or a "B" will be displayed if it is copied blind. (Blind means it is either bad or qualify has not been selected.) @5 Help For Verify Copy Verify copy specifies tracks to be verified. Read after write verification increases reliability, but at the cost of a 30 percent increase in duplication time. In AUTO mode, all tracks are verified. Please note that verification may destroy some copy protection systems. In general qualification and verification can't be performed on most protected tracks, it is extremely important that you fully test a duplicated diskette on the target machine. This is your only assurance that you have produced an accurate copy. Even though the Option Board with TransCopy software has good qualification and verification capabilities, it cannot always protect against hardware failures such as bad disk drives or faulty memory chips. Because such failures are a very real possibility, it is extremely important that you fully test one or more diskettes from each duplication run. This is especially important when duplicating protected or blind copied diskettes, which in some cases cannot be qualified or verified by the TransCopy software. @6 Help For Retries Per Track Retries per track specifies the number of times the TransCopy software will attempt to rewrite a track after an error is detected. Because transient errors occasionally occur, some number of retries should always be allowed. Without retries, many diskettes would be unnecessarily rejected. The normal number of retries is one. @7 Help For Ignore index Ignore index specifies on which tracks to ignore index. This entry is usually ALL or NONE. Some formats, such as Commodore or Apple, do not use the index hole on the disk. By ignoring index a slightly faster copy can be made. Other formats, such as IBM MFM, require that index not be ignored. Please note that if the target disk is the back side of a 'flippy' disk then Ignore Index must be set to ALL because there is no index present in this case. In AUTO mode the TransCopy software will choose the setting which is appropriate for the detected format. For example, NONE for MFM and ALL for Apple or Commodore. @8 Help For Align to Index Align to Index specifies which tracks need to have their timing relationship to index preserved. This entry is usually NONE and in AUTO mode is set to NONE. The only time this is used is for a copy-protection method called 'synchronized tracks'. @9 Help For Autoloader Drive And Port Autoloader drive and port must be set to NONE if no autoloader is to be used. If an autoloader is to be used, then the autoloader drive letter and the serial port number must be set. If your autoloader is attached to the COM1 serial port, and the drive in the autoloader is drive C, you would need to type C1 at the prompt. After the return key has been pressed, the TransCopy software menu will display C: COM1: after the autoloader drive and port entry. If your computer is a PC or XT, you may have to change the switch settings on the system board to indicate that you now have floppy drives C and D. The PC has two switch blocks, you must set switch block one, which is closest to the center of the system board. The XT has only one switch block. On switch block one set switch 7 ON, and switch 8 OFF, for three diskette drives. Your autoloader will become drive C and your hard drive will become drive D. You may have to change any references to the hard drive because of the change from C to D. The correct switch setting for the IL3 and IL5 autoloaders is 4,5,6 on 1,2,3,7,8 off. The jumpers on J9 may have to be changed between horizontal and vertical to complete serial communications. @A Help For Number of Copies Number of copies specifies the number of copies you wish to make from the currently selected master. You may enter any value from 1 to 9999. A value of 9999 means that the number of copies is unlimited; the program will continue to make copies until stopped by the user. @B Help For Copy-Protected Tracks Copy-Protected Tracks specifies the tracks for which an extended copy-protection analysis should be performed. Since this analysis slows down the read-in process, only the tracks which are known to be copy-protected should be specified. If Copy-Protected Tracks and Tracks to Qualify master are both set to AUTO, then the extended analysis will be performed only on tracks which fail to qualify. @C Help For Window Margins Window Margins specifies the size of the data window used when verifying a target disk. The smaller this value is, the more reliable the disk data must be in order to pass the verify test. Values of 0 through 100 are allowed; however, values less than about 60 will cause most disks to fail. When running in the verify only mode, a value of 10 greater than the selected Window Margin is used. @F Help For Function Keys F1 - Display help message F2 - Starts copy process F4 - Allows user to specify which tracks to copy and other information. F9 - Restores all options to defaults and restarts at top of menu. F10 - Quits to DOS @@ End of help file.