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