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THPIED PIPER

Us.r'. Manual Supplement

PIED PIPER is 4 trademark of Semi-TechMicroelectronics Corporation.

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Introduction

The following pages provide you with

an uodate to the PIED PIPER Us~r's Manual. The

information contained here 11sts the most recent

PIED PIPER utilities which have been included 1n

your PIED PIPER Software Package, Release 2.00.

Each utility is listed 1n alphabetical order

for your convenience. Place these pages inside

your PIED PIPER User's Manual for easy reference.

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GENERAL NOTES

Thethe

following not~t1on is used to lndlc~te

utilities C~n be activated:how

- You must enter any words shownletters. These words are keywordsentered exactly as shown.

Inend

capitalmust be

- You must enter any items shown 1n lowercasebold letters. For example you should enter thename of a file when filename 1s shown in thisformat.

- Items in sQuare brackets ((]) are optional. Ifyou want to include optional information, youdo not need to type the brackets. only theinformation inside the brackets.

- You must include all punctuation such ascommas. equal signs, colons, or slashes whereshown.

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CONFIG

Purpose:

Format:

Remarks;

Configures the optional peripheralssuch as Dual RS232C Serial Card.Expansion Floppy Disk Drive. and Mode~

+ RS232C Serial Card.

CONFIG

Refer to the Peripherals Guide fordetails.

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COpy

Purpose:

Formi!lt

Remarks:

Copies the contents of the diskettethe source drive to the diskette indestlni!ltion drive.

COPY [d: 1 [d: 1

The first parameter you specify issource drive. The second parameterthe destination drive.

Inthe

You can specify the Si!lme drives ordifferent drives. If the drives are thesame. i!l single-drive copy operation isperformed. You i!lre prompted to insertthe diskettes at the appropriate timesi!lnd the program will wait for you topress the RETURN key before continuing_

If the drives are different. ill two­drive copy operation is performed. Youare prompted to insert the sourcediskette In the source drive and thedestini!ltion diskette In the destinationdrive.

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COpy

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Example: COpy A: A: S i "9 1e drive copy usingdrive A

COpy A: B: Copy from drive A todrive B

COPY B: A: Copy 1'rom drive B todrive A

COpy B: B: Single drive coPY usingdrive B

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PREPARE

Purpose:

Form~t:

Initializes the diskette in thespecified or default drive to arecording format acceptable to theOperating System; analyzes the entiredisk for any defective sectors; copiesthe system tracks. and copies theoption activation program if present.

PREPARE [d: )[lNl

Remark: YoubeforePIPER.

must format all newthey can be used by

diskettesthe PIED

The "IN" parameter 101111 format thediskette without checking for thepresence of files. This provides thecapability to re-format a diskette thatcontains a bad directory sector. If theprogram st111 detects an error duringthis re-formatting process. thediskette should be discarded.

Example: PREPARE

PREPARE B: IN

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Preparing a new diskettein the current logged-ondrive.Preparing a bad diskettein drive B

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TRANSFER

Purpose: Copiesdiskette

one or more files to anotherusing the same disk drive.

Format:

Remark:

TRANSFER filenemeC.ext)

You must specify the names of the filesyou want to copy. You are prompted toinsert the diskettes at the appropriatetimes and the pr~9ram will wait for youto press the RETURN key beforecontinuing.

Example: TRANSFER * *

TRANSFER '.CQM

TRANSFER STAT.CQM

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Copy all the filesfrom the sourcediskette to thedestination disketteCopy all the fileswith the extensionCOM from the sourcediskette to thedestinationdisketteCopy the fileSTAT.CQM

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TV

Purpose" Activatescharacters

the scr'een1n width.

display for 40

Format: TV

Remark: The computer allows for entry of60 characters. The displayautomatically scroll over to thecharacter position as data isentered.

up towill80t h

bei "9

It is also possible to tab directlyacross to various character positionsby using the FUNCT key together with anumber key:

FUNCT + 7FUNCT + 8FUNeT + 9FUNeT + a

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Left tab 8 charactersRight tab 8 charactersLeft tab 40 charactersRight tab 40 characters

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VERIFY

Purpose: Analyzesdefective

the entiresectors.

diskette for eny

Formllt:

Remark:

VERIFY [d: 1

The number of defective sectors foundis reported at the end of theverification. If an error exists. it 1srecommended that all the files on thediskette be transferred to a newdiskette and reformatted or the baddiskette should be discarded.

Example: VERIFY Analyzes the diskette Inthe currently logged-ondrive.

VERIFY B: Analyzes the diskette Indrive B

VERIFY A: Analyzes the diskette Indrive A

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XOIR

Purpose:

Format:

Displayshaving aPI PER.

XOIR

the directory of adifferent format than

diskettethe PIEO

Remark: You will be prompted to selectdesired format and also to insertdiskette at the appropriate time.program will wait for you to hitRETURN key before continuing.

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XFER

Purpose: Copies one ordiskette having athe PIED PIPERdiskette.

more files from adifferent format thanto a PIED PIPER

Form~t:

Remark:

XFER Cd: Hlleneme[ .ext] [d:]

You must specify the names of the f11esyou want to copy. The second parameterallows for transfering files using twodrives.

You will be prompted to select thedesired format and 'olso to insert thediskette at the appropriate time, theprogram will wait for you to hit theRETURN key before continuing.

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XFER

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Example: XFER -.* Copy all the tilestrom the sourcediskette to thedestinationdiskette using thecurrently logged ondrive

XFER •. COM B: Copy all the fileswith the extensionCOM from the sOurcediskette to thedestinationdiskette 1n drive B

XFER B:STAT.COM A: Copy the fileSTAT.COM from thediskette in drive Bto the diskette 1ndrive A

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Purpose: This sectionre-assigningd,e ..... ice LSi:output 11strelease 2.00software.

describes the method ofthe logical output listto the ..... arious physical

devices supported byor later of PIED PIPER

Format: STAT LST:.physical device name

Remark: TTY: - This is theport andassignment.

parallelis the

printerdefault

LPT: - This 1sconnectedthe Dualthe Modem

for serial printerto Port A of either

RS232C Serial Card or+ RS232C Serial Card.

ULl: - This is for serialconnected to Port B ofRS232C Serial CArd.

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printerthe Dual

.­••Print.r

Example: To direct the l09ic~1 output listdevice to the serial printer connectedto Port A of either the Dual RS232CSerial Card or the Modem + RS232CSerial Card:

STAT LST:=LPT:

To direct the logical output listdevice to the serial printer connectedto Port B of the Dual RS232C SerialCard:

STAT LST: =Ull:

To direct the logical output listdevice to the Parallel printerconnected to the parallel port:

STAT LST:=TTY:

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