PCPro 3 – 1998
User Guide
© 1992-1998 Aleph One Limited
Issue 7, October 1998
You are forbidden to reproduce, transmit, broadcast or copy any part of the whole of this Product, or its accompanying documentation, beyond the terms of the soft-ware license for which you have paid, without the prior written consent of the copyright holder.
This Product and its documentation are supplied on an as is basis and no warranty as to their suitability for any particular purpose is either expressed or implied. Aleph One Limited will not accept any claim for damages howsoever arising as a result of use or failure of this product. Your statutory rights are not affected.
Specifically, PC Cards supported by PCPro 3 are not intended for use in any medi-cal appliance, device, or system in which the failure of the product might reason-ably be expected to result in personal injury.
PCPro 3 was created by Laurie van Someren, Alex van Someren and Nicko van Someren (project management), Ian Harvey, Wookey, Matthew Bloch, Robin Watts, Dave Knell, Sean Sollé, and Andreas Walter, (programming), Paul Rob-inson (technical support) and the army of testers, to whom we are very grateful.
The Gemini chip was designed by Future Technology Devices International Ltd. All trademarks acknowledged with thanks.
Aleph One Limited, The Old Courthouse, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB5 9BA.
Tel. 01223 811679
Fax. 01223 812713
Email support@aleph1.co.uk
Web http://www.aleph1.co.uk/
1 Welcome 7
1.1 Late-breaking information 7
1.2 Registering your software 7
1.3 Scope of this user guide 7
1.4 What to do now 8
2 Introduction 9
2.1 What is an emulator? 9
2.2 What does PCPro 3 do? 9
2.3 Terminology 10
2.4 Hard drive sharing 11
2.5 Sharing other resources 11
3 Setting up 14
3.1 Toolbox modules 14
3.2 The !InstallPC application 14
3.3 Different installation types 15
3.4 Network Links installation 15
3.5 Additions to !Boot 15
3.6 The registration code 17
3.7 What now? 17
4 Configuration 19
4.1 Version numbering 19
4.2 The main !PCConfig window 20
4.3 Disc setup 20
4.4 Memory 22
4.5 Printing 23
4.6 Serial port 24
4.7 Network Links 24
4.8 Display options 25
4.9 SCSI 26
4.10 Floppies 28
4.11 Advanced configuration 29
4.12 Managing multiple configura-tions 29
5 Using the !PC application 31
5.1 Making a boot disc 31
5.2 Starting !PC 31
5.3 The BIOS startup banners 32
5.4 !PC’s front-end 33
Freeze 34
Direct Serial 34
Direct Parallel 34
Turbodriver 34
Video Information window 34
Reset 34
5.5 Other options 36
5.6 Video emulation 37
5.7 Transferring files to and from partitions 38
5.8 Editing DOS text files 38
6 Installing operating systems and drivers 40
6.1 How is the boot disc used? 40
6.2 General OS installation issues 40
6.3 Installing from CD-ROM 41
6.4 Installing the Windows 95 / 98 display driver 42
6.5 Installing the Windows 95 / 98 sound driver 43
6.6 Installing the Windows 95 / 98 CD-ROM driver 44
6.7 Installing the Windows 95 / 98 SCSI (ASPI) driver 44
7 Tips for using PCPro 46
7.1 How big should I make my hard drive partition? 46
7.2 A more cunning partitioning strategy 46
7.3 Extending your partition files 47
8 Troubleshooting 49
8.1 Errors before !PC starts up 49
8.2 Errors before !PC boots 50
8.3 Errors during booting 50
8.4 Common cries of distress 51
9 The PC Card itself 54
9.1 Installing the PC Card 54
9.2 Heat and power issues 54
10 Technical details 55
10.1 The PCBits folder 55
10.2 PC Video modes supported 56
10.3 Device data flow 58
10.4 Levels of emulation 60
11 Advanced configuration 62
11.1 Cache settings 62
11.2 ASIC write buffer disable 62
11.3 Video retrace emulation 63
11.4 Bus mouse emulation 63
11.5 Network card emulation 63
11.6 Floppy drive sizes 64
11.7 Shared memory 64
11.8 Convert memory on mode changes 64
12 Recommended support software 65
12.1 Win95FS 65
12.2 FPEPC 65
12.3 PC Exchange 65
12.4 PCSoundPro 2 66
12.5 MidiSynth 66
12.6 LongFilenames 2 66
12.7 ARMEdit 66
12.8 Caldera OpenDOS 66
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