ECHO 1.0 DOCUMENTATION ------------------------ CHANGING PARAMETERS -------- ---------- - 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 --------- ----------- 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 ------ -------- 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 ----- ----- 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 ------- -------- 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. .NP TROUBLE SHOOTING ------- -------- 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.