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Warranty

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License

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Purchase

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System

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Features

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Price

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General

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HARDWARE INSTALLATION (BLUE)

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Registration

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Considerations

Installation Port Definitions Any SASI

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Table

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Quikstor

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CONSIDERATIONS

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SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION Make both upper and lower case

upper and lower a value from

If

not come up properly, as some lines will CABLE ORIENTATION The ribbon cable used for

be plugged into up. For by

4MHZ

simple jumper change or via

4

MHz Trionyx and throwing your hard disk system will

For UltiMeth MTR-4K or

support

to

Presently,

2/4

greater

the

HDOS

this is

a

4MHz

not

the

stripe

OPERATION The Trionyx

depending on

CPU

the

H89, if you wish

4MHz

after

the

MHz

board.

case

than

prompt as follows:

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done and you have

the

controller

H8

pin 1 is always

along

speed

the

selector

the

switch down will cause

operation. The

boot. This

only technically sound modification on

characters.

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WIDTH

ribbon

software.

jumper. I placed a switch on

whereby throwing

operate

to

the

Kres equivalent. In addition,

can

Additionally, under HDOS, your terminal width must be

best

to

the

card to

the

cable

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easiest

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certain

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255

width

in

left.

edge and/or a

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and boot

4MHz

set

attempt

the

proper direction. For The pin 1 position

CPU

board supports both 2 and 4

If

you use

the

H8

at 4 MHz,

modification

that

certain

leave

for

to

the

switch

to

at

both 2 and 4

you will require a monitor

your 2.2.03

that

it

at

80

characters

'wrap

around', messing up

the

disk drives and our hard disk unit must

dot

or

jumper method, you will boot

my

H8's

up will cause

boot

at 4 MHz.

the

CPU

to

the

market

CP/M

your 2.0

255. This can easily be accomplished

the

of

the

mark on

left

MHz

board must have been modified

use is booting

Kres 2/4

is properly configured for

HDOS

or less,

H89

drive cables

side which is connected

The software provided with

as

is configured for both

the

partition

systems, pin 1 is always

the

connector. MHz

the

H8

with

the

at

2MHz

MHz

of this writing is

set

table

the

entire

can

operation with a

at

to

boot

proper systems.

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and switching

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modification.

screen.

be identified

either 2 or

to

at

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to

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QUICK CHECK

QUIKSTOR winchester units shipped have

All first

CP/M 'standard' according

The

HDOS

install

switch the

CP/M

partition.

As

the

unit

arrives

which is 10 megabytes on 2

to

what you

partitions

the host

adapter

indicated

when placing your

(if desired) will all

card

in your computer, plug in

if necessary, install new monitor

partition,

the

HDOS

partitions

CP/M

ROM

the

it

will

already

partitions

have

been

if

required, and BOOT

will have

CP/M XEBIOS files

and 5 megabytes on 4 HDOS

order.

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all

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PARTITION

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1

2 3 4 5

NAME

CP/M HDOS HDOS HDOS HDOS

1 101 100 5 Megs

0 201

1 226

2 251

3 276

default

partition

START SIZE CYL CYL

25 25 25 25

assignment unless

SIZE MEGS

1.2 Megs

1.2

Megs

1.2 Megs

1.2

Megs

already

be

partitioned

the

system, configure your

either

directly

distribution files

otherwise

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according

ed,

off

of

already

specified:

onto

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to

our

partitions,

so you

CPU

can

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HDOS. Like

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or

Whether you

cause

the

from, and

HDOS you must

you may also have

repartition partition/boot hit

the 'BLUE' key. The system will now boot

type

SPACES

to

type

These conveniences have operate. SYSGEN those you

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at

want

any

BOOTING QUIKSTOR

the

drive or not, BOOTing is

table

the

SPACES

been

time

to

appear. Simply

first

time through

if

you

provided

change

to

any

are

allow you

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or

enter

set

all

be

after

for

of

all

the

same. Boot

the

partition

the

desired

SYSGENing

auto

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to

quickly bring up your

the

partitions; INIT or FORMAT, and

set

to

go.

off

number you :want

partition.

the

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partition.

the

first

device will

to

BOOT

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CP/M

time through.

unit

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There is not much involved in installing power is turned

off

and

the

computer is unplugged from

the

host adapter

cover and remove the accessory mounting bracket from do

not

already have the power supply upgrade in your computer, you may wish

Heath

regulators of

H89

to

H90

power supply upgrade

the

power supply heatsink, and replace 5 volt regulator

kit

and install

duty regulator.

if

you

do

In addition, the

CPU

board and install

not have a

the

this time are the Heath MTR90,

in

the

table below. Thus

if

received the Magnolia Microsystems equivalent

MONITOR

HEATH

MTR-90 444-84 or

MONITOR

the

at

UltiMeth

you purchased

ROM

PART

90

or equivalent monitor

this time. The known MONITOR

MTR4K,

the

Magnolia SASI 77320 controller you will have

to

the

NUMBER

444-142

UltiMeth

MAGNOLIA

KRES

MTR-4K

444-84B KMR-100

card

in

the

H89

computer.

the

electrical

the

right

side

it.

This will provide

outlet.

of

the

U101

ROM

and

the

Heath

U516

MagnOlia

MTR90

- SECONDARY

444-84B, as summarized

ROM

ADDRESS DECODER

444-83

444-83 444-83

444-83

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sure the

CPU

heat

Remove

board.

to

sinks

the

If

obtain

on

all the

top

you

the

with a 78H05 heavy

in your H89, remove

ROM

equivalents

at

set.

ROM

The monitor 444-142.

If

you

is located

have Heath MTR-89 pin 444-62 or MTR-88

replaced. In addition, you will need

83, located

Magnolia 444-84B Please note

you have this

was

part

the

correct

you

can remove

If

you must install a new

at

that

of

the

monitor

U516.

ROM

the

MTR90

ROM

or

old "split"

ROM

U519

If

are

as

at

U518. The Heath MTR-90 is a

to

you already have

installed, you will already have

or equivalent

installing

2K

set

and

it

is

ROM

it,

set.

If

U519

it

must be replaced.

no

longer used.

set,

refer complete documentation instructions on only requires some

Before

testing check all your work have the proper monitor two beeps on power up.

ROM

and jumper changes.

the system, be

to

be

sure everything is

ROM

If

not,

certain

set

installed, replace

turn

the installation and be sure everything is properly

seated

orientated with

(be

certain

the

pin 1 marking).

no pins

are

4K

ROM,

444-40 this will have

have

the

associated secondary address decoder IC, 444-

the

Heath

ROM

is a

you will no longer need a

presently contains a

to

the

Heath, Magnolia, or UltiMeth documentation for

the

ROM

that

you have followed all instructions exactly. Double

correct.

unit

off

correct,

i.e., jumpers in

bent under

MTR-90,

4K

ROM

the

proper

which installs

ROM

If

you have

the

installation. This is a simple procedure and

Assuming

the

CPU

at

once!

that

board and see if

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back and again check all your

the

ROMs,

and

either

UltiMeth

IC

installed.

located

PIN 444-84, or

4K'

at

location U518.

at

you probably

MTR-90

this is all

set

correct

the

unit still gives

proper places,

the

ROMs

ROM,

U519, as this

or

are

to

or

the

do

not have

equivalent,

and you

ROM

pins

properly

be

If

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Magnolia 77320 The

it.

identical

the

interface board

proper

the

Heath

The Magnolia 77320

H89

to

operation

SASI

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to

the

are

full

and

recover

the

of

the

card,

card.

card

Heath 3 port

or

of which

will give you

card

getting

serial

a space.

interface.

full,

monitor is

there

will give you

serial

as

you

verified

are

the

standard

I/O

card.

can

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by

currently

SASI bus

the

standard

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then

have

two

the

to

beeps

SASI

77320

at

choices:

interface

one

to

pull

out

power up,

the

that

use

serving

your

all

you need

Heath

you require, and plus

if

your both functions; present

H67

three

right

three

card

serial

hand

port

to

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the

do is

or

the

that's

ports

SASI

serial

of

PORT

The

ports

set

up switch which

settings

are

using. Please properly board, you will have

EPROM You must have

Winchester - you

disk. There

adapter

summary information. Remember, H is for hex, while Q is for

chosen

for

each defines BOOT device will

may vary, depending on

set

444-84B manual which defines

are

only two

card.

for

operation

device. This is accomplished on switch SW501 on

1) which

refer

SW501

at

least

have

Port

CONTROLLER CARD

controller

to

for

the

received

one disk

to

ports

7CH (174

DEFINITIONS AND CONFIGURATIONS

of

your disk board is on

be

the

default

the

monitor

the

installation

system you have.

in

the

controller

be

able

to

load and unload

you

can

use

on

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and

controller

port

device, and

ROM

instructions

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package

these

settings.

card

and

the

H89

port

78H (170Q).

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and SASI

7CH, 2) which

various

you

are

using,

for

the

you have

the

drive

at

one

purchased

MAGNOLIA

directory

minimum per file

directory

maximum

MEGABYTES

5

3 3/4 2 1/2

1

1/4

1

but

at

1.2 Megabytes,

sizes for CP/M:

entries

directory

maximum

of

directory

entri

partition

es

entries

directory

CL

USTER SIZE

76 58 38 20 16

entries

(not

true

the

entries

which depends on

for CP/M+). The

cluster

size is

the

20

sectors.

size

HDOS

To

calculate the partition

= 6

1 cylinder Therefore, each cylinder will hold

tracks.

Each

size

track

from

the

holds

48K

number of

8K

storage.

allocated

cylinders, note

the

following:

Thus, for the megabytes.

For

the

default

For a rough estimate, simply assume

To

calculate

«#

CYLINDERS) * (# HEADS»/8

Will

give you a value. Take this value, round

that

is

the

file. For example, this unit has 6 heads. The standard

25

cylinders. Therefore:

«25) * (6»/8

Thus as

Under

pertinent disk

set

CP/M,

default

HDOS

the

sector/cluster

number

= 150/8 = 18.75, rounded

up, your

you

can

STATUS

CP/M

partitions

of

sectors

minimum

easily see your pertinent

by

partitions

taken

sectors/HDOS cluster is 20.

using

STAT DSK:

of

100 cylinders, you

of

25

cylinders, you

20

cylinders is equal

size

of

your

HDOS

it

up

to

by each cluster, which is

up

to

20

data

as

the

CP/M

command:

get

1200K

to

one Megabyte.

partitions, use

the

minimum

HDOS

to

partitions

maximum

directory

48000K storage, or 4.8

storage,

the

are

or 1.2 megabytes.

following formula:

sector

set

entries and all the

size for any

up

with a size

of

XBCPART

The ' QUIKSTOR partitioning utility,

XBCPART.ABS menu driven up

a maximum of

Special features were taken into consideration in

powerful,

utility

yet

under

easy

HDOS)

which makes partitioning very easy and user friendly. You

15

partitions and define these in any combinations you desire.

to

use utility. Some of the special

was

written

XBCPART

by Dean Gibson

* User friendly menu-driven utility. *

Set

"standard" partitions for

without much hassle.

CP/M

and

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BOOTable

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This utility initializes

the hard disk.

HDOS FORMATted for CP/M. the

Once the partitions you

and

CP/M.

hard disk partitions you will want

to

select

which partition, 0

if

properly

settable

After

Before you use any partition,

are

options such

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this, you

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you

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as

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can

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to

15,

desire

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host adapter port.

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hard disk, and

the

hard disk from any

that

to

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to

boot from - more on

you want

(named XBCPART.COM under

of

the

programming

features

HDOS

to help

partition

off

the

to

BOOT

UltiMeth Corp.

efforts

of

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the

beginner

of

up

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hard disk, you must also

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out

other

be

INITialized for

this

latter.

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are

to

make this a very

get

to

15

the

partition table on

system drive both under

to

come up, allowing

the

default switches

CP/M

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partitions, each

HDOS

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to

set

up

or

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3 - 3

must be to

set

for

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on the

SASI

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adapter

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time and "knows" where

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each

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card

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the

hard disk,

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hardware

the

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installation

drive

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selects

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the

system

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frequent intervals so if something goes wrong you can load

lOOK

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disk?

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all

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BE

SURE YOU HAVE BACKED UP ANYTHING

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it

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rare

indeed, but could happen.

program, XBCPART.COM, which runs under

the

unit is

default

CP/M

already

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partitions

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unit as shipped, you can skip

set

up

the

system, SYSGEN, and go.

as

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true

if

you

are

to

back up all

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set

the

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the

as

shipped

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partition

cause

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you

partition

load or backup

data

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to

you,

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you want

program and skip

to

the

data

CP/M,

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to

loose

sizes.

hard

disk

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and

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(Note: This discussion applies first installation disk partition

XBCPART

The

XEBEC Port:

mount your system

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program by typing:

first

screen

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Drives:

CP/M

file

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to

both

disk

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disk controller

interface

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CONFIGURATIONS section under HARDWARE INSTALLATION for your

to

your disk drive controller

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hard drive

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8

9

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0

1

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1

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keys when

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for

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document.

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size

CP/M

listings showing file sizes, and

partition

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wait

File?

the

for a

If

the

existing OLDFILE.NEW will

cause character

TYPE TXTFILE.TXT P - will cause

console WITHOUT pausing

SAVE 4 JUNK.COM - will

0100H to

be

to

SAVE

save

USER

be

to

saved

4

JUNK.COM

the

file JUNK.COM.

5 - will

to

The "New Commands"

LIST - works

sent

to

the

system LST:

DFU - specifies

below. The

default

user is normally

. GET - allows a file

certain GET

assembly language debugging operations.

GO

- causes a

command, allows execution

between

the

file JUNK.COM.

S - will

cause

operate

exactly

the

as

like

device.

the

default

to

be loaded

direct

CALL

of

pages. This is

cause 4 PAGES

cause

system prompt

follows:

the

standard

user number

O.

into

to

any

programs which Any program entered in this way can simply to

the

CCP

without doing a warm boot, providing

is

preserved.

JUMP memory location MUST

be

- same as rather

than

by a warm boot.

the

a CALL.

GO

command,

Return

the

.BAK extension on drive B:

the

console

file OLDFILE.NEW already

the

file TXTFILE.TXT

from

the

file TXTFILE.TXT

the

(1024 bytes)

4 SECTORS (512 bytes)

to

TYPE command,

to

in

DIR format

cause

the

file NEWFILE.OLD on drive

be to

console before going

same

effect

of

given by

memory

of

change from

"A)"

except

be

used in command sear:ches discussed

as

it

is ERAsed.

exists

deleted

be

to

on drive C:, you

before renaming

displayed a page

to

the

be

displayed on

the

standard

starting

memory

that

starting

to

"A5>".

the

specified file is

.

any location in memory. This

can

be very useful in

location in memory. This command, along

operate

execute

except

a RET

the

CCP

this command causes a

from any program

at

some address

instruction

is

not

overwritten,

to

return

entered

other

and

direct

with

control

the

this

to

be

at

with

than

directly

CCP

JUMP

command

erased.

at

a

page.

the

CCP.

address

OlOOH

the

0100H.

stack

to

a

Examples:

LIST TXTFILE. TXT - will caused

LST: device. for

DFU 3 -

details.

sets

the

GET 4000 B:ALPHA.BET - causes

memory loca is

located

ted

starting

GO

at

address 4000H.

4000 - causes a CALL

there.

JUMP

4000

- causes a

there.

current

JUMP

the

file TXTFILE. TXT

default

to

user

to

3. See

the

file ALPHA.BET from

location

to

location 4000, beginning execution

4000, beginning execution

the

section

to

be

printed

on

below on command

driveB:

of

to

be loaded

whatever program is

of

whatever program

the

system

searches

into

COMMAND

One

of

the

most useful features

logged onto drive B:, under user 5 and you

B5)

MBASIC

If

MBASIC.COM

the message:

MBASIC?

is located

of

ZCPR

on

your A: drive, or on drive

is

its

SEARCHES

"heirarchical search" capability. Suppose you enter

the

following:

B:

under a

different

user, you will

are

get

which is would have found

search

current

The Suppose we go back

you wish

And

With the command.

the

CCP's way of saying

several

drive under

First: Second: Third:

default

B5-:>

MBASIC.COM

First: Second: Third:

the

standard

places for a

user number can

to

load is on drive A: under user 3. With

DFU 3 MBASIC

When

MBASIC.COM,

would be loaded from drive A: user 3. The search would

CCP,

it

couldn't find

even though

.COM

the

current

On On On

to

the above example. You

Search drive B: under user 5 - Search drive Search drive A: under user 3 - found

you would have

MBASIC

file before giving up, while the standard

user number only.

the

current

the

current

drive A:, under

be

set

with

to

finally loaded, drive A: would be the

MBASIC.COM

it

is

NOT

drive, under drive, under

the

"DFU" command described above.

are

B:

under user 3 -

first

select

on your

on

the

currently

ZCPR

default

logged onto drive B:, under user

drive A:, then switch

the

ZCPR

will

search

current default user number

user number

you could

can't can't

B:

drive. ZCPR, however,

logged drive.

in

user number

enter

take

find

it

find

it

to

default

CCP

will

the

following order:

the

following:

place

user 3,

drive.

ZCPR

search

5.

The file

as

follows:

then

will

the

enter

In most cases, all operations command, you're logged onto when you find this

There locations control partitions which provide an automatic means of patching manually using DDT. To ease

The port selection logic for

as

to

are

currently

0 is already the

be a very convenient

three

the

are

"configuration"

default port address for

loaded automatically on each cold boot. Future updates

take

default

try

to

feature.

the

process, XEPATCH.SUB is supplied.

the

XEBEC

place under user 0, so

user. This means

load a program

PATCHING XEBIOS

bytes

these

within

bytes •.

controller works

the

that

from

drive A:,

the

XEBEC

At

present, however,

S-9

there

you need not worry about what drive

XEBIOS BIOS.SYS files. These

as

is no need

ZCPR

controller, and

follows:

will find

they

to

use

the

DFU

it.

You will

three

the

two

default

to

XEBIOS will

must be patched

1 -

If

the

ALWAYS

system is COLD booted from

be

that

passed

to

the

boot loader by

the

winchester drive,

the

monitor

ROM.

be booted from any port address, with no changes required in

that

however, 174Q),

Refer

may require a modified monitor

to

If

2 -

the

controller will

a.

booting from any

your monitor

system is

be

obtained in one

- In

the

"as-delivered"

ROM

COLD

floppy boot device, and use

floppies

are

booted from

are

booted from

port

provides complete compatibility with ALL

If

the

b be assigned drive can from a ALTPRT is of

the

The

default

is booted. In

to

be

FORCED to

non-Heath

set

two Heath ports.

partition

the

you use XBCPART

to

easier

re-define

MODEB5

the

port

stored

operate

port

when booting from

to

OASH,

but

bytes

set

distribution XEBIOS,

to

configure

partitions

ports

other

ROM,

documentation for

booted from

of

two ways:

state,

the

OTHER remaining

170Q,

bit

174Q,

in

the

in

location

at

the

winchester drive will be assigned

the

winchester drive will

BIOS

ANY

port address. This option

MODEALT is

which

partitions

these

partitions

with XBCPART

than

the

standard

depending on your

ANY

det~ils

floppy drive,

on available boot ports.

XEBIOS will examine

Heath

Heath/Zenith

MODE

byte

ALTPORT in

ANY

set

floppy system. In

to

0, so

will be

are

set

to

0 and 1

to

than

disk systems.

is

set

the

winchester

automatically partitions your

it

is by

the

In

this

the

BIOS or boot loaders. Note,

Heath/Zenith

particular

the

port

the

standard

be

assigned

to

1,

the

BIOS. In

MUST

0 amd

two

default

patching

port

address used will

way,

the

winchester

ports

(170Q and

system configuration.

address

port

port.

for

the

address used by

Therefore,

to

port

174Q.

to

port

170Q. This

winchester will

this

way,

the

winchester

be enabled

the

distribution XEBIOS,

ALWAYS

assigned when

1.

It

is suggested

partitions.

to

defaults

the

It

XEBIOS.

can

XEBEC

the

if

the

If

the

ALWAYS

operate

to

one

system

that

is much

In any be assigned used

When

drive A:. partition is assigned then

To

case,

at

when XEBIOS is booted from floppies, BOTH

to

the

two logical drives corresponding

any time

to

XEBIOS is booted from

If

the boot

default

change any

Be

1 -

partition

sure

of

the

following files

BIOS.SYS XEPATCH.HEX XSUB.COM

change

the

two

the

partition

to

logical drive B:.

0 will

default

(MUST

be

parameters

be XEBIOS)

active

winchester,

IS one

If

of

the

assigned

are

on your A: drive:

to

partitions

the

boot

the

default

boot

partition

to

logical drive B:.

described above, proceed

XEPATCH.SUB

SUBMIT.COM

DDT.COM

STAT.COM

2 - Run XEPATCH.SUB by typing a command line in

SUBMIT defpartO is

defpartl modeflag is altport

XEPATCH defpartO

the

number IN HEX

is

the

number IN

the

is

the

value

alternate

to

port

defpartl

of

default

HEX

of

default

place

in

MODEB5.

address IN HEX.

mode flag

default

the

winchester

to

any

valid

partition

partitions,

is

the altport,

partition partition

Must

be 0 or

partitions

drive. ASSIGNXE may be

is

not

CP/M

one

partitions

ALWAYS

then

the

of

the

as

follows:

a.ssigned

following form:

where:

0 1

1

will

automatically

on

rerpaining

default

partitions,

the

to

logical

default

drive.

Note

that

if

modeflag is 0,

then

altport

~-IO

is ignored, and need not be supplied.

As

an example:

SUBMIT MODEBS,

Invalid partition numbers, or an invalid modeflag will

message, and

A number of 4 computer. Unfortunately, the

consideration has been given

XEPATCH

so

that

XEPATCH

so

that

,

most part,

2 4 1

all

1 8 0 will

ONLY

no

changes will be made

Mhz

conversions have become available in

these

AS

will

set

non-boot accesses

set

partitions 1 and S

the

are

standard

NOTES ON 4

they

vary widely in

poorly

to

any compatibility problems which might arise with existing

Heath

executed

partitions 2

to

the

to

the

anj

winchester will

ports

will · be used.

generate

BIOS.SYS.

MHZ

their

OPERATION

completeness and

"quick and dirty" conversions, and

hardware and software. Because of this, Livingston Logic, been experiencing a large increase in installed these conversions. To

date, down such problems has begun taking NOT

ours! With

at

the

present time,

For this reason, we

the

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it

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to

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NOT

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up a great

take

the

number

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these

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of of

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conversions and clock switching schemes available

to

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following position:

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the

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the

past

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an

several

partitions, and

error

months for

technical

as

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many

other

complaints from customers

partitions,

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clear

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vendors, have

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no

complaints has proved valid. Tracking

fact,

the

problem is

in

all cases.

1 -

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CANNOT

anyone converting

2 -

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CANNOT problems with our products when whether the problem also occurs

For

the

benefit recommend the KRES Engineering conversion competent conversion. All LLL products have conversion. However,

If

you experience any difficulties in

the

following BEFORE requesting assistance:

1 - READ and RE-READ documentation. Be 2 -

Start directions ENOUGH 3 -

the procedure over again

TO

LEAVE OUT OR MODIFY

If

you

are

and

WILL

ANY

of

those who STILL wish

and

system

WILL

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provide

to 4 Mhz

NOT

provide

operated

at 2 Mhz

ANY

assistance,

operation.

ANY

support for . any customer experiencing any

in any system with

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most complete, professional

been

the

above policies STILL apply.

IN

CASE OF DIFFICULTY

setting

ALL

sure

you widerstand EVERYTHING you

DOCUMENTATION, including

FROM

up and running XEBIOS and

THE BEGINNING.

THE LETTER!! DON'T SKIP STEPS!! DON'T

ANY

still

experiencing trouble, have someone else

STEPS!!

someone with more CP/M experience and knowledge.

4 -

If,

at

this point MORE 5 -

TIME!!

If

you've made detail as possible, EXACTLY ·what and

HOW

the

problem manifests

you're

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this

STILL having trouble,

far

and you're STILL having trouble,

the

problem is, any symptoms or problems, EXACTLY

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any 4 Mhz

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Be

VERY SURE

TO

STEP 1

the

configuration of your system is,

and,

hardware or software,

conversion installed,

to 4 Mhz,

as

working with

it's

the

we would strongly

~d

utilities,

Heath/Zenith

doing.

that

ASSUME

try

the

then

if

THAT

procedure, preferably

AND

write

DO

down, in

possible, a bootable disk

technically

the

PLEASE

you follow all

YOU

IT

ALL

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CP/M

KNOW

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as

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WHEN

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have been called upon to provide

or

the

2 - Roughly configured the hardware 3 - In the last year, an increasing number of problems have centered around 4 EVERY case,

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feature

disk driver. 4 -

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other

we

can, within reason,

Our

experience with customer complaints/problems has been:

60%

simply did not

or

no

effort

operating system. This is

30%

the

of the conversion which by

less than

manufacturing problems.

we

are

always happy

the

quality of our products or documentation, as well as any

to

solve any problems which may occur, provided

ALL

take

to

isolate or verify

have problems with hardware,

of

software

problem has been found

1%

have legitimate problems with "bugs", defective distribution media, or

supplied and suggested documentation, has followed all

DO

the time

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nature

any comments or suggestions which our

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existing products.

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us

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a hardware caused malfunction due

makes

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to

provide as much support

We

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the

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Because of the above,

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AFTER the release and we further make any purpose whatsoever. All products are not offer any such updates

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Any

may not

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mayor mayor

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incompatibilities may

warranties as

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the

number

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the

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incorporate

Unfortunately, this

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of

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the

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at

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