Novaterm 9.6 User's Guide
enhancement hardware as a special device.) When you enter a device
number for any of the above options, Novaterm checks to see if that
device is actually connected. If it is not, the device number is not
changed.
For the Program device, Upload device, and Download
device, typing a letter B in place of the device number directs these
functions to Novaterm's buffer. In this case, the drive/partition value
specifies the buffer subdirectory number to use.
4.7.2.2 Associated disk commands
Each option may also have a disk command associated with it. These
commands are listed to the right of the device numbers. Novaterm
always executes the corresponding disk command before switching to
the device. For instance, if you had the disk command for the
Download device set to i0, Novaterm would send the i0
command to that device (which would initialize the drive) before
downloading a file.
The most practical use for these associated disk commands is to allow
operations to use different subdirectories or partitions on a single
drive that allowed it, such as a 1581, a RAMLink/RAMDrive, or a
CMD hard drive.
For instance, suppose you have a RAMLink/RAMDrive which
occupies device 16, and you have four subdirectories set aside for
Novaterm on partition #2:
//novaterm
//novaterm/uploads
//novaterm/downloads
//novaterm/buffer
You would like to have uploads come from the uploads directory,
downloads go to the downloads directory, and buffer files saved to
the directory called buffer. To set this up, you would specify
change-directory commands for the associated disk commands. The
device settings would appear as follows:
Program drv : 16,2 >cd//novaterm
Upload drv : 16,2 >cd//novaterm/uploads
Download drv : 16,2 >cd//novaterm/downloads
Buffer drv : 16,2 >cd//novaterm/buffer
Printer dev : 4,7
4.7.2.3 Printer device