Pcmcia Cards; Formatting Pcmcia Cards; Sram Cards; Non-Ata Flash - Symbol PDT 7200 Series Product Reference Manual

Terminal Configuration: Setting Up PCMCIA Cards

PCMCIA Cards

PCMCIA cards supplement the terminal's on-board flash or RAM, and provide additional
I/O devices. There are many options regarding the type of card and format to use. For a
discussion of PCMCIA card options, refer to Chapter 5, Terminal Configuration Issues.

Formatting PCMCIA Cards

SRAM Cards

SRAM cards can be FAT-file formatted on the PDT 7200 terminal using the DOS format
command.

Non-ATA Flash

Non-ATA flash cards are inexpensive, fast, nonvolatile, read only, and block erasable. We
currently have no means of formatting these cards for use on the PDT 7200. FAT-file
formatting using DOS format and CardSoft does not work on Non-ATA flash cards because
DOS assumes that the card is a read/writable floppy, and these cards are not randomly
writable. If an external method of FAT formatting non-ATA flash cards is available (some
non-CardSoft PC card slots do support this), then CardSoft treats the card as if it were a
write-protected SRAM.

ATA Cards

To format an ATA Card, first initialize the card. Use CardSoft and the ATA initialization
program ATAINIT, provided with CardSoft. For more information, refer to the CardSoft 3.1
User Guide.
Once initialized, format the card using CardSoft and DOS format. Refer to the CardSoft 3.1
User's Guide for information on formatting the card.

Moving Files to the PCMCIA Card

Once the cards are formatted, move or copy files to them as you would to any removable
disk.
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