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64HDD Features
64HDD supports an extensive range of both CBM DOS
standard and non-standard functions. To help provide the user with
an overview of the functions, not necessarily the syntax, a summary
of these features is outlined below:
Connectivity and Compatibility:
- Standard CBM serial mode support with no
need to have special "drivers" loaded on the CBM computer
- Both X1541 and XE1541
cables are supported
- Serial FastLoader support that uses the standard X-Cable, no
special driver or ROM needed for it to work simple LOAD (Professional
Version Only)
- Parallel cable support for high transfer rates, no special driver
needed for it to work simple LOAD
- Neither the serial or parallel modes interfere with the cartridge
port, so you are free to use 64HDD in conjunction with an REU
or cartridge
- Compatible with the C64, C128, VIC20, C16 and Plus4 computers
- Compatible with the SuperCPU
- Useable with or without other real CBM disk drives and printers
in the daisy chain
- Useable with CBM "networking" boxes such as the Vic-Switch
- 64HDD computer can be networked with other MS-Client machines
using appropriate MS drivers
- 64HDD computer can use any PC mass-storage device including
USB and flash cards (with appropriate DOS drivers)
- GEOS64 Kernal/driver available with freeware download.
- GEOS FastSaver, Pwr-Loader and large 800kb disk support also
available (Professional Version Only)
- JiffyDOS tolerant and compatible with various disk and cartridge
DOS wedge systems (turbo functions should generally be switched
off)
- Configurable to various drive numbers (and multiple drives simultaneously).
Professional version users can have up to 8 devices active
from #0 to #31
- PC specification is minimal (386SX25 or higher), MSDOS (or equivalent).
Professional version FastLoaders will benefit from
having a faster PC, eg 486DX33 or P100, or better
- Any storage device supported by DOS works with 64HDD including
Floppy and Hard Disks, CD-ROMs, RAMDISKs, Zip drives etc. If it
works in DOS, it will work with 64HDD
- Graphical User Interface for configuration, device and partition
/ ShortCut management. The GUI also provides detailed run-time
information. (Professional Version Only)
Disk Functions:
- Support for standard image types such as T64, D64, D71, D81,
D2M and LNX, and also raw PRG, SEQ, USR files
- Support for standard archive types such as ZIP, P00/P01/S00/S01
and N64(Professional Version Only)
- Support for native mode providing unlimited file sizes and structures
stored directly to the MSDOS file system
- Native mode files can support 16.3 character names without special
headers (format is Win95 compatible)
- Directory listing and filtering using wildcards
- Extended directory information such as file count and block
count can be requested
(Professional Version Only)
- Creating, Removing and Changing between directories
- Assigning of "partitions" or short-cuts to disk images
or directories
- Re-assign easy to remember "common names" to the partition table
short-cuts, eg. "My games" instead of "c:\64hdd\games\c64\favourites\disk1.d64"
(Professional Version Only)
- Changing between partitions and other management functions
- File time and date stamping on MSD/LFN files as standard
- File time and date stamping on D64, D71 and D81 disk images
(Professional Version Only)
- Block-Read Error handling to support many low-level disk copy
protection schemes such as Error 20, 21, 23 and so on
- Block read and write commands are supported for disk images
- Special T18 and T&S error modes for providing Block-Read and
Error emulation in the MSD/LFN file system (Professional
Version Only)
- Disk memory maps with support for M-R and M-W, with support
for up to 16 buffers per drive. DOS ROMs are loaded according
to the disk image attached to the device
- "Disk-Flipping" for compatibility with applications
spanning several disks
- Commands to activate new devices "on-the-fly" after
start-up
- Supplied with a large selection of demonstration programs and
utilities
- Simple “ON” and “OFF” commands to control which device numbers
respond and which will not (Professional Version
Only)
- Special CMD drive “compatibility mode” to improve operation
with tools designed for CMD products (Professional
Version Only)
- Transfer of disks from / to D64 disk images (Professional
Version Only)
- Device Number Swapping (Professional Version
Only)
Cross-Platform Functions:
- Copying of files between MSDOS drives with a single command
(great for transferring images or files from PC floppy to your
file system
- "On-the-Fly" ASCII translation between standard and
PETASCII
External Functions:
- Reading and writing of 1581 and FD2000 compatible disks on a
1.44Mb Floppy Disk Drive
- Co-processing on the PC’s CPU possible (for example PKZIP, cross-compilers,
etc can do the job in seconds compared to minutes)
- PC Mouse support for CBM applications via the command channel
- Control of CD-Audio Playback
- Reading and setting of Real Time Clock /Calendar
Graphical User Interface Functions
(Professional version only):
- Various functions can be co-ordinated from the PC keyboard and
mouse
- 64HDD supports hot-keys for shelling to MSDOS, resetting 64HDD
or the C64 (doesn’t work with all cables/CBM computer types),
and for changing certain operational modes (toggle LFN and CMD
modes)
- 64HDD’s GUI provides details about the Track and Sector being
accessed, the filename and path, progress during the data transfer
and error information
- 64GUI can be spawned from the 64HDD screen at the press of a
key. 64GUI allows attachment of new files/paths to devices, the
activation/deactivation of devices and maintenance of the partition
and short-cut tables
- 64CONFIG allows many of the steps needed as part of the installation
and configuration to be automated, and it can make recommendations
about changes needed to your MSDOS system files
- FileManager built-in for copying, renaming, moving and deleting
files, with "Favorites list"
Print Spooling and Emulation
Functions (Professional version only):
- Jobs to devices 4 and 5 can be spooled to the PrintSpooler
- New commands to control jobs on the "PrintQueue"
- 64GUI includes a PrintManager
- "PrintEngines" allow conversion or redirection of
print jobs (eg TXT, HTML)
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