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Chapter 4
Disk Mode Enhancements in Version 3
Disk Mode in the K2000 has been greatly enhanced for Version 3. The new features have been
provided to allow more flexibility to organize disk files and their contents. Many powerful
operations are included that can save a lot of time by allowing you to easily specify exactly what
you want to load or save. Examples of this range from organizing related files into directories, to
loading macro lists of files or selected objects from multiple SCSI drives, to setting up programs
to automatically link with samples off of a CD-ROM. Many new disk utility functions have been
added and previously supported functions such as Disk Backup and Delete Files have been
updated.
There are also several new object utility functions that make it easier to work with K2000 objects
once they have been loaded into the on-board RAM.
Lastly, a new degree of compatibility with personal computers and workstations has been made
possible with MS-DOS file system compatibility, sample transfer using the standard audio file
formats AIFF and WAVE, and saving of song files as MIDI Type 0 format.
This chapter will take you through all of these features as well as provide you with all of the
necessary information to get the most out of the Version 3 file system.
Disk Mode Page
The Disk Mode page (accessible by pressing the DISK button) has many new parameters and
information fields. From this you can access all of the new file system features of Version 3.
DiskMode||||Samples:65535K||Memory:747K|
Path|=|\DRUMS\||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(Macro|on)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CurrentDisk:SCSI|4||||||||Startup:Off|||
||||||||||||||||||||||||||Library:Off|||
Direct|Access,|121MB||||||||||||||||||||
TAXMOR|XL3-1001||||1.07|||||||||||||||||
<more|||Load|||Save||Macro||Delete|more>|
Directories
A directory is a file on the disk that lets you group other files together as you might separate
documents using folders in a file cabinet. You can now create directories on K2000 Format SCSI
and floppy disks. You can even create directories within directories, which are also called
subdirectories.
Directories are very useful for organizing your sample, song, and program files. Version 3
provides many operations for setting up and managing the directories on your disks and the
files within them.
Until Version 3, the K2000 would store its files only in the top level or root directory. While this
has all changed with Version 3, the lower-level disk format is still the same as it always was. If
you already have disks formatted on any version of the K2000 Operating System prior to
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