The programm FLOPPY81 controls the 3.5'' drive of the PC in such a way that 
disks can be read which are coming from a 1581-drive. The files (GEOS as 
well) can be decoded and saved as ASCII or PCX files. DOS files may be saved 
to the 1581-disk.

The program cannot be started from disk as the programming of the controller 
is changed. It must be copied to the harddisk in order to be executable. The 
files FLOPPY81.EXE, BEF_LIST.FLD, DISK_816.HLP and DISK_816.HLE need to be in 
the same directory. Start with FLOPPY81. The program will then ask wether you 
want the texts in deutsch or in english. Click to the white letter to select. 
Except if your installation went to C:\FLOPPY81 you are then asked to enter 
an existing path for saving files.

The file INSTR16E.TXT is the description and can be printed with
     TYPE INSTR16E.TXT>LPTx  (x = number of the printerport)
If the program does not work inspite of changing the defaults and of 
deactivating all TSRs, the type of the controller used in your PC is not 
fully compatible to the standard controllers. As the programming of the 
controller is the key issue of FLOPPY81 a change to the better is not 
possible.