This is version 1.0 of 'Orion Transfer' (c) 1999 by Pedro Caleiro
<THIS PROGRAM IS SHAREWARE - Read "ORION.DOC"                    >
<It may be distributed freely in its original "orion.lzh" archive>
<No money may be charged for it, except for a nominal copy fee   >

Description:
   This program is meant to transfer files and FULL DISKS track by track
from and back to Amiga computers using an IBM-PC clone and a serial
null-modem cable.

    Features: - Copies files from and to an Amiga.
              - Transfers Amiga disks or tracks from and to .ADF files.
              - Makes copies of the Amiga ROMs into the IBM.
              - Up to 19200bps using the standard "serial.device" on an A500.
              - Up to 115200bps using the "BaudBandit.device" (available on
              AmiNet) on an A500. (Registered versions only)
              - Works with all OSs (That's what I think because I've used OS
              legal programming - no direct hardware access).
              - No need to copy disks to files before transfering them.

Requirements: - A Commodore Amiga computer would be nice :-).
              - A IBM-PC clone would also be nice :-)).
              - Any AmigaDOS version.
              - MS-DOS 3.0 or higher (I'm not sure about Windows 95/98, but
              I advise you to launch them from MS-DOS mode).
              - A working copy of a disk that has a "serial.device" and a CLI
              (Eg: Workbench).
              - A way to put "OrionAm" on the amiga and "ORIONPC.EXE" on the
              PC. (Eg. Twin Express available on AmiNet).
              - Serial null-modem cable (See "orion.doc").

 Limitations: - No serial timeout check.
              - Wildcards not much supported.
              - No checksum check (I've still had no need for it :-))
              - Command line driven.
              - Be sure to enter Amiga filenames correctly or the computers
              will hang.

   Sorry about these limitations, I will release Orion Tranfer v2.0 soon if
I get enough support for this one. That one will have a graphical interface
and much larger .ADF support. Also error correction, etc... (See "orion.doc"
for details about this).

Please send me any material concerning Amiga & PC serial & parallel ports
programming info & help, questions, bug reports or comments to:
   <pedrocaleiro@softhome.net>

License agreement:
   I, the programmer, won't be held responsible for damage that might happen
(until now it never has occured) the use of this program or its contents in
any way. Use the program at your own risk.

 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO METHOD CRC     STAMP          NAME
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[MS-DOS]                   315     995  31.7% -lh5- eef9 Apr 20  1999 order.doc
[MS-DOS]                  2262    5566  40.6% -lh5- 411f Apr 20  1999 orion.doc
[MS-DOS]                 12437   22162  56.1% -lh5- a010 Apr 23  1999 orionpc.exe
[MS-DOS]                  1461    2856  51.2% -lh5- 2b12 Sep  9  1994 orionam
[MS-DOS]                  1324    2816  47.0% -lh5- d188 Apr 22  1999 orion.rea
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
 Total         5 files   17799   34395  51.7%            Apr 26  1999