Applied Engineering Vulcan IIGS User Manual page 6

Whcn you
boot
lile Vulain, you'll be in Itle Finder Refer'
'0
-Apple JIGS System rusk User's Guide- before
culling Tec:b,.lcul Support wltb llues t/orrs ubout tbe
Finder.
nle User's Guide, included wuil your lieS, will
,ell you wh3t
you need 10 know
aboul using the Finder to
copy, eraS<.), and format disks, launch p'ograms and
more.
If you
do
nor have
a copy of
the User"s Guide, see your
Apple dealer
GS/ OS Nolive Mode Driver (GS ond Retrofit
Only)
Included In the System Om'elS foklcr is Vulain's nallve
mode dnver whICh speeds up Vulain's access time
dramalically The drh'er
is described in Ch3pter
2:.
Bock up II
Backup II is Applc's ProDOS b ackup utility for backing
up the Prol>OS partitions. For inSlnJdlons on using
Backup II, rder to Ihe Chapter ').
The Partition Monoge.
Because Prol>OS allows a maximum
of 32:
Meg per drh'c
device, Ihe 20 Meg Vulains arc shipped wuh one
formllned Prol>OS TXlrtulon, the
40
Meg Vulcans are
shippo.'(\ wilh tWO formancd Prol>OS p:lrtllions and the 100
Meg Vulcan~ arc shipped with four formaucd PruooS
partitions.
The Part ition Manager program ( PAII.T MA NAGER) a llows
you to configure the Vulcan in up to 16 dIfferent
scgmen!s Howe,-e r, you don 't need to
St. ...
up a :;eTXIrate
partItion fOf c:leh program Sct up your own partitions
if
yoo wanlto run operating systems Cltler than ProooS
Of
if you wan!
10
resize and add to Ihc existing ProooS
TXlnnions. Any pannion can be SCI up
1 0
run Undef
I'rol>OS, 1>05 3.3, Pascal, or CP/ M n,e Partilion Manager
allows you to resi7.c partitions, formal p.1nnions, activate
partili ons and .select which partilion to boo!
nIC ProOOS 8 versIon providt:d on the Vulcan and the
floppy dISks has been patched to
ano", ProOOS 8 to usc
four Pronos partitions from the Vulcan ioslead of only
two (the Prol>OS rcgriction).
VlACCO
Pork Heodl
The P:uk lleads program
n'IO"CS
the hoIrd drive's
readfwrite heads 10 a "ure' posilion Oil lhe diSk This
pft;.'(!nl5 the heads from bouocing on a piece of the disk
and destroying the dna there. You need to run Park
He~ds
only when you plan 10 move thc Vulcan Of your
compUlCr. Run it just before turning o ff your compUicr
II
Is
included in Ihe Vulcan COA
(sec
Appendi.x
U)
and b
also a sund·alooe program
OIl
the Vulcan
<0-
NOkr
100 Meg
dri~<es
Iu,'c an auto-park feature
which mows the ht.':IW to lhe "safe' position cach
lime you shut down
The Separote Obkl
Ttli' 3 5"
disk inc1ude<l with Ihe Vulcan
TIcs
and retrofil
I~
a backup of the files necessary to boOl
GS/OS ,
II
also
contains the Vulcan's utilities such
liS
lhe nallVC mOOt.'
dnver, Panition Manager, Park Hl':lds, llackup
II,
and
a
m(xMed }>roDOS
8.
The
OJ
25" d,sk is
tl'lO sided, The rront side contal05
Vulcan's l'roOOS
8 ulllilies including
llackup
11,
Partilion
Manager, I'ark
HC:lds,
and I'roDOS patchcr. The back
~Idc
has lhe
1
>05 3.3 system and various DOS 3-3 utlll1k'S
includll'l8 If.'s version of I'ID, which support the VulC",m
( Refer 10 the DOS 33 SCction of Chapter
4.)
The Vulc:on', fon
1l1C Vulain's fan kl'Cp! the power suppl)' and hard
drive cool. If you
h3~'e
scveral powerful cards in
)'Our computcr ho ..... e'-cf, consider a 5Cpar.IIC
cooling fan for your system_
The Power
Supply
n'e Vulcan's builHn power supply replaces your
computef's powcr supply Apphl'(\ EngirlCering dC$iKnt:u
Vulc:.n's po'"Ief supply to
be
both more compact and
more po ..... erful th:ln the one Included with your
computef