ÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉ ÉÉÉ ÉÉÉ ÉÉÉ ÚÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÂÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄ¿ Â Â ÚÄ¿ Â ÚÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÂÄ¿ ÉÉÉ ÉÉÉ ³ ³ ³ ³ Á ³ ÃÄÄÄÙ ³ ³ þþþ ³ ³ ³ ÃÄ ³ ÉÉÉ ÉÉÉ ÀÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÙ Á Á Á ÀÄÄÄÙ Á ÀÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÙ Á ÉÉÉ ÉÉÉ ÉÉÉ ÉÉÉ ÚÄÄ¿ ¿ ÚÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄ¿ Ú ¿ Â Â Â Â ÚÄÄ¿ ÉÉÉ ÉÉÉ ÚÄÄÙ ³ Ä´ Ä Ä´ ³ ³ ÃÄÄ¿ Ä ³ ÀÄÄÅ ÀÄÄÅ ³ ÉÉÉ ÉÉÉ ÀÄÄÙ Á ÀÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÙ Á Á Á Á ÉÉÉ ÉÉÉ ÉÉÉ ÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉ Compliments of The P e r S t o r S u p p o r t B o a r d FidoNet 1:102/523 AlterNet 7:401/523 SOFTWARE The following is just a partial list of software programs, networking packages, and operating systems which ARE compatible with the Perstor 8 bit controllers: Double DOS Wordstar First Publisher Concurrent DOS Word Perfect Crosstalk Norton Utilities Microsoft Word 10 Net Mace Utilities Deskview PC Slave Fastback RBase Novell Netware 86 Xtree Fastcopy 3COM SNAP V-Opt Gateway V-Cache Armour Systems ARCnet Copy II PC Lotus 1-2-3 Direct Access PKXARC Harvard Graphics DBASE3 and DBASE3 Plus At present, however, there are a few software packages that pose some problems when used with the Perstor 8 bit controllers. The following are details and possible remedies for software incompatibilities we have encountered: 1. MS-DOS has a partition bug. You should use PC-DOS for parti- tioning and then continue with MS-DOS 3.2 2. MS-DOS 3.31 allows you to make the entire drive bootable. However it enlarges the sector size, so the software that checks the file allocation table will fail. 3. Some software programs that access the standard ports 1F0 through 1F7 directly, programs that check the C-MOS for drive types, and programs which do not go through a BIOS call are not compatible with the PS180 8 bit Controller. Generally, however, these software packages do have the ability to work if a software switch is used. 4. With PC-MOS you must specify in the CONFIG.SYS file the exact area of memory available. You must make sure that the state ment does not interfere with any other addressed cards. 5. The Sperry IT (AT compatible) with the PS180-8AT Controller installed will not format floppy diskettes with the Sperry software. We suggest PC TOOLS or other software to format floppy diskettes. 6. The PS2WP program on the Perstor diskette will clear all partitions from the drive. It is a good idea to use this on all drives before low-level formatting (PS2FMT). 7. If you are using PC-DOS 3.3, we recommend that you scan the drive for defects two times. 8. Spinwrite software by Gibson Research works with the XT9-1.05 or AT9-1.07 BIOS only. 9. If you are using the Amiga 2000 operating system, you will need to install an Amiga 2088 Bridgeboard for the PS180 8 bit Controller to work. The PS180 should be installed on the "IBM compatible" side of the Bridgeboard. Follow the instructions in both the Perstor Owner's Manual and the Amiga 2088 Bridgeboard manual. In addition, the following software programs are NOT compatible with the Perstor 8 bit controllers at this time but are under evaluation: Unix Operating System Novell Netware 286 Xenix Operating System Concurrent DOS version 1 Pick Operating System OS/2