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Doc. # 020-43667-01
Rev. 8 June 1995
TRACERIST MODEL 200
RELEASE NOTES
Since the user manual and addendum were printed, two new features
have been added to the TracerlST Mode1200, and an important internal
change has been made in the way certain masters are read in.
DMF Format Support
The Model 200 now supports duplication of Microsoft's "D:tv1F"
distribution format. No operator action is required; the Model 200
automatically recognizes and duplicates D:tv1F masters.
8 rvm of memory (two 4MB SIMMs) are required to duplicate the D:tv1F .
fonnat on the Model 200. Contact Trace Customer Support for further
, infonnation on upgrading your memory .
Resume
You may now quit a running copy or compare job to do maintenance,
and resume the job afterward without losing your Pass!Fail counts, so
long as you don ' t tum off the unit's Ale power. To resume a job, press
the OPTION key, then select RESUME. The last job run will start up
again with Pass!Fail counts intact.
MagnetiC Index placement in master image
Previously, whenever a standard IBM-type .MFM master was read in,
the image made of that master would contain a "magnetic index" field , a
standard (though functionally obsolete) element in virtually all IBM­
type MFM formats . However, the Trace Series 3000 duplication
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system, in its defaull HyperTrace setup, does not include magnetic
index on copies. To increase cross-verification compatibility between
these systems, therefore, the Model 200 now relies on the presence or
absence on the master diskette of a magnetic index field to determine
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