DTR-1 Interlink Information From: "D.Manchester" Newsgroups: comp.sys.pen Subject: DTR-1 BACKUPS TO PC WITH INTERLINK Date: 22 Sep 1995 06:01:07 GMT DAUPHIN DTR-1 SAMPLE CONFIGURATIONS INCLUDING INTERLINK: BACKING-UP TO YOUR DESKTOP PC Supplied by D.Manchester and G.Donahue Madrigal Development Company email Vead@Q.CONTINUUM.NET Purpose: show the differences between normal and interlinked configurations for the DAUPHIN DTR-1. 1. SYSTEM DESCRIPTION & OBJECTIVE 2. NORMAL OPERATIONS 3. INTERLINK OPERATIONS 4. BACKING UP TO YOUR DESKTOP PC 1. SYSTEM DESCRIPTION HARDWARE SPECS: Cyrix-486slc-25, 40 MB drive, 6 MB memory SOFTWARE SPECS: MS DOS 6.22, Windows 3.1 & WinPen 1.0 DISK SETUP: Compressed drive assigned to C: using DOS 6.22 DRVSPACE program. Uncompressed volume on the drive is designated H: OBJECTIVE OF THIS CONFIGURATION Have the machine offer a chance to exit to DOS before starting Windows. Keep a log of startup events as they happen: If the User chooses to start Windows, start Windows. If the User chooses to exit to DOS, exit to DOS. If the User ignores the chance, start Windows. If Windows exits normally, note the event in the log. If the User exits to DOS, display the log of startup events and current environment settings. 2. NORMAL OPERATIONS AUTOEXEC.BAT C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE @ECHO C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE installed >c:\bootlog.txt @ECHO OFF PROMPT madrigal develops$_$p$_Thou Art God... @echo PROMPT set to %PROMPT%>>c:\bootlog.txt SET DIRCMD=/OGN @echo DIRCMD set to %DIRCMD%>>c:\bootlog.txt PATH C:\DOS;C:\WINWORD;C:\WINDOWS;C:\DAUPHIN;C:\UT;C:\BAT;c:\pkz PATH %PATH%;c:\pb3; PATH %PATH%;c:\temp @echo PATH set to %PATH%>>c:\bootlog.txt SET TEMP=C:\TEMP @echo TEMP set to %TEMP%>>c:\bootlog.txt C:\DAUPHIN\KVTMOUSE.COM /2 @echo C:\DAUPHIN\KVTMOUSE.COM /2 installed! >>c:\bootlog.txt C:\DAUPHIN\MCONFIG @echo C:\DAUPHIN\MCONFIG installed to wake modem!>>c:\bootlog.txt :call dauphin :@echo C:\DAUPHIN\DAUPHIN.BAT has set speed to 25 MHz!>>c:\bootlog.txt C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE @echo C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE installed & running!%>>c:\bootlog.txt sa rev :CHOICE choice /t:y,5 Would You Like to run Windows now? IF ERRORLEVEL 2 GOTO EXIT :RUNWIN WIN @echo MS-WINDOWS 3.1 with PEN EXTENSIONS 1.0 has run >>c:\bootlog.txt @echo and exited successfully at least once! >>c:\bootlog.txt GOTO END :EXIT @ECHO STARTUP INFORMATION @TYPE C:\BOOTLOG.TXT @ECHO . @ECHO CURRENT ENVIRONMENT STRINGS @SET :END CONFIG.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE X=E800-EFFF /V DOS=HIGH FILES=40 REM BUFFERS=20 STACKS=9,256 DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\DRVSPACE.SYS /MOVE DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS BUFFERS=15,0 SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS\ /p BOOTLOG.TXT Since windows has been run, and exited before writing this, my Bootlog.txt file looks like this... C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE installed PROMPT set to madrigal develops$_$p$_Thou Art God... DIRCMD set to /OGN PATH set to C:\DOS;C:\WINWORD;C:\WINDOWS;C:\DAUPHIN;C:\UT;C:\BAT;;C:\TEMP TEMP set to C:\TEMP C:\DAUPHIN\KVTMOUSE.COM /2 installed! C:\DAUPHIN\MCONFIG installed to wake modem! C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE installed & running! MS-WINDOWS 3.1 with PEN EXTENSIONS 1.0 has run and exited successfully at least once! 3. INTERLINK OPERATIONS The point of interlink is to copy files back and forth between computers. To do this, the INTERLINK software must be loaded into memory when the computer starts-up. So a device driver, \DOS\INTERLINK.EXE, must be installed by Config.sys, and the DTR-1 must be told to use the serial port for COM 1 instead of the modem. This is done in the Autoexec.bat file. The line added to the config.sys file should be near the top. device=c:\dos\interlnk.exe /com:1 /v Here, the /com:1 specifies the port, and the /v tells INTERLINK to use a variable speed as necessary (a good idea when trying to link two machines that run at different speeds). I have used this to back-up my files to a 90 Mhz Pentium box, and it works. SWAPPING FILES FOR INTERLINK To keep track of which startup files are which, these batch files will do it. I called them linksw.bat and unlinksw.bat. TO CHANGE FROM NORMAL TO INTERLINKED rem LINKSW.BAT copy autoexec.bat *.tmp copy config.sys *.tmp copy autoexec.lnk *.bat copy config.lnk *.sys echo Startup Files Set to InterSvr-Interlnk Configuration. echo Reboot now and Run InterSvr or Interlnk! TO CHANGE FROM INTERLINKED BACK TO NORMAL rem UNLINKSW.BAT copy autoexec.tmp *.bat copy config.tmp *.sys echo Startup Files Reset to Normal Configuration. echo Reboot now. AUTOEXEC.BAT FOR INTERLINK C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE @ECHO C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE installed >c:\bootlog.txt @ECHO OFF PROMPT madrigal develops$_$p$_Thou Art God... @echo PROMPT set to %PROMPT%>>c:\bootlog.txt SET DIRCMD=/OGN @echo DIRCMD set to %DIRCMD%>>c:\bootlog.txt PATH C:\DOS;C:\WINWORD;C:\WINDOWS;C:\DAUPHIN;C:\UT;C:\BAT; PATH %PATH%;c:\temp @echo PATH set to %PATH%>>c:\bootlog.txt SET TEMP=C:\TEMP @echo TEMP set to %TEMP%>>c:\bootlog.txt C:\DAUPHIN\KVTMOUSE.COM /2 @echo C:\DAUPHIN\KVTMOUSE.COM /2 installed! >>c:\bootlog.txt C:\DAUPHIN\MCONFIG @echo C:\DAUPHIN\MCONFIG installed to wake modem!>>c:\bootlog.txt :call dauphin :@echo C:\DAUPHIN\DAUPHIN.BAT has set speed to 25 MHz!>>c:\bootlog.txt rem INTERLINK STUFF .............................. ECHO SETTING COM 1 TO SERIAL PORT C:\DAUPHIN\SERIAL C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE @echo C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE installed & running!%>>c:\bootlog.txt sa rev :CHOICE choice /t:y,5 Would You Like to run Windows now? IF ERRORLEVEL 2 GOTO EXIT :RUNWIN WIN @echo MS-WINDOWS 3.1 with PEN EXTENSIONS 1.0 has run >>c:\bootlog.txt @echo and exited successfully at least once! >>c:\bootlog.txt GOTO END :EXIT @ECHO STARTUP INFORMATION @TYPE C:\BOOTLOG.TXT @ECHO . @ECHO CURRENT ENVIRONMENT STRINGS @SET :END CONFIG.SYS FOR INTERLINK The only difference is the added first line. device=c:\dos\interlnk.exe /com:1 /v DEVICE=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DOS=HIGH FILES=40 REM BUFFERS=20 STACKS=9,256 DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\DRVSPACE.SYS /MOVE DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS BUFFERS=10,0 SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS\ /p BACKING-UP TO YOUR DESKTOP PC To back up the DTR-1 to your PC, first run LINKSW.BAT, above on BOTH machines and reboot BOTH machines with a serial cable connecting them. Start the INTERLINK program by entering the appropriate INTERSRVR commands (see DOS 6.22 online HELP for INTERLINK.EXE INTERSRVR commands. Once the INTERSRVR is running, copy your files. ..hope this is useful...I didn't get much encouragement from dauphin's new management...with the attitude I saw (eg. not honoring existing warranties) I don't think they'll sell many new ones...dcm -30- © 1996 By Toby Reed / toby@eskimo.com