Specifications

DOS version 3.2 (or later) is required for operation with SO-track (720K) mini- or micro-
floppy drives. DOS version
3.3 (or later) is needed for use with 1.44 megabyte microfloppies,
and with
the optional Ampro Solid State Disk support utilities. DOS version 3 or later is
required for
SCSI bard disk usage under the board's ROM-BIOS and SCSI support software.
In addition, support for
hard disks larger than 32 megabytes is available under DR-DOS
version 3.4 (or later), or under MS-DOS or PC-DOS versions 4.0 (or later).
3.2.1 Configuration Options
A wide degree of system configurability is available through options provided by: (1) the
DOS operating system and its drivers and utilities; (2) the Ampro Little BoardlPC Utilities;
and (3)
the Ampro SCSI Utilities.
The
conftgUfation options include:
• Console selection and setup
• Parallel and Serial port selection and setup
• Modem interface
• A variety of floppy disk drives
• A SCSI bard disk drive
Examples
of how a typical system can be configured for many of these options are given in
later
in this chapter.
The following section briefly summarizes the features of the software included
in the Ampro
Little
Board/PC utilities and drivers. Appendix A contains detailed program descriptions.
3.2.2 Uttle Board/PC Utilities OvervIew
The following drivers and utilities are contained on the Little Board/PC Utilities diskette at
this time. Actual utility names and descriptions may vary. in which case appropriate "DOC"
flies are included on the diskettes. Each of these programs are described in Appendix A of
this manual (alphabetically arranged).
• CONDRVR.SYS -- Allows serial display/keyboard devices connected to the non-stand-
ard
V 40 serial port to be used as the DOS console device.
• PRNDRVR.SYS -- Remaps the DOS parallel printer function to the non-standard V40
serial port.
• SElWAIT -- Sets CPU wait states for memory (three regions) and I/O access cycles,
and for DMA and refresh operations. Two batch flies, SLOW.BAT and TURBO.BAT,
are provided as a convenient means of switching between
the 4.77 MHz CPU emulation
mode and the 7.14
MHz CPU speed.
• SCSI-ID -- SCSI Initiator ID test. Allows testing of the SCSI Initiator ID of the board
on which the utility runs. Results testable from within batch flies.
• SCSICOMP
-- SCSI device block compare utility.
• SCSICOP¥ -- SCSI device block copy utility.
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