ICS Advent AOB16/16, Product Manual

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Manual Number: 00650-010-6 Page 1
Chapter 1: Installation
Backing up the Disk
The software provided with the AOBx/16 is in DOS, diskette format. You should make back-up
copies for everyday use and place your original master diskette in a safe location. You may make
as many back-up copies as needed.
The easiest way to make a back-up copy is to use the DOS DISKCOPY utility. First, use the DOS
command FORMAT/S to format a new diskette and then copy files from the master diskette.
In a single-drive system, the command is: DISKCOPY A: A:
You will need to swap disks as requested by the system.
In a two-disk system, the command is: DISKCOPY A: B:
This will copy the contents of the master disk in drive A to the back-up disk in drive B.
Hard Disk Installation
The files contained on the master diskette may also be copied onto your hard disk. To do this
perform the following:
1. Place the master diskette into a floppy drive.
2. Change the active drive to the drive that has the master diskette installed. For example, if the
diskette is the A drive, type A:
3. Type INSTALL and follow the screen prompts.
Files contained on the disk are stored in separate directories as follows:
ROOT DIRECTORY: Contains the FINDBASE PROGRAM that will help you to decide
what base address to use with the card. Also contains the
DA16SET.EXE setup and calibration program.
PSAMPLES: Contains Pascal samples and the Pascal-linkable driver.
CSAMPLES: Contains “C” samples and the “C”-linkable driver.
BSAMPLES: Contains the BASIC and QuickBASIC samples as well as the
binary and linkable drivers.
VBACCESS: VisualBASIC utility driver that includes PEEK and POKE
statements for reading and writing RAM as well as INPORT and
OUTPORT for reading and writing I/O. The driver is in the form
of a DLL and allows you to access hardware as if the language was
designed for it when you use VisualBASIC for Windows.