Corvus systems Trs-80 ii User manual

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**-*

CORVUSSYSTEMS

* *

DISK

SYSTEM

INSTALLATION GUIDE

TRS-80® MODEL

II

COMPUTERS

PART NO.: 7100-03173

DOCUMENT NO.: TR2/10-11/1.1

RELEASE DATE: November, 1982

TRS-BO®

is a registered

trademark

of

Radio Shack Corporation.

TABLE

OF

CONTENTS

Scope......

... ...

.

...

....

.....

.........................

1

Conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

..

3

Chapter

1:

Hardware

Setup.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

..

5

Chapter

2:

Initialization for CP/M®

........................

11

CP

1M is a registered

trademark

of Digital Research Corp.

III

SCOPE

This

guide

is

designed

to take

you

step

by

step

through

the

procedures

to install

and

initialize

your

Corvus

disk system

for TRS-80

Model

II

computers

.

This

guide

details

only

the

installation

and

initialization

procedures

.

It

does

not

contain explicit explanations

or

descriptions

of

the

Corvus

disk

system

and

software.

Further

information

concerning

your

Corvus

disk

system

and

associated software

can

be

found

in

the

CORVUS

SYSTEMS USER GUIDE FOR

CP/M

COMPUTERS.

1

CONVENTIONS

The

word

"Type"

is

used

throughout

this

guide

to

mean

that

two

or

more

characters

are

to

be

entered

at

the

computer

keyboard.

The

form of a

"Type"

statement

is

as follows:

Type RUN SYSGEN

(ENTER

I

Keytop

symbols

such

as

ISPACE I within

or

at

the

end

of

a

statement

to

be

typed

represent

a single

typewriter

key

to

be

pressed.

When

a

keytop

symbol is used,

press

the

key

to

which

it refers.

The

word

"Press"

is

used

throughout

this

guide

to

mean

that a single letter,

number,

or

symbol is to

be

entered

at

the

computer

keyboard. Examples:

Press Y

Press

r-I

E--N--TE

......

R-.I

3

HARDWARE SETUP 1

To

use

your

Corvus

disk

system

with

a TRS-80

Model

II

computer,

the

following

minimum

hardware

and

software

is required:

D TRS-80

Model

II

computer

with

64K RAM

DOne

8" floppy diskette drive

D

Corvus

Hard

Disk

System

for TRS-80

Model

II

computer

with CORVUS T2-H UTILITIES diskettes

D

CP/M

Version 2.2 diskette

IRS-SO

Model

II

Computer

System

with

Corvus

Disk System

5

1.

Power

off all equipment.

2. Place

the

disk

unit

on

a flat surface,

on

its base. Be

sure

the

disk drive

has

adequate

ventilation. Also,

protect

the

disk

from

strong

electronic fields

by

not

placing

power

cords

or

other

electro-magentic field generating

equipment

on

top

of

the

drive container.

Since

the

Corvus

disk system is a precision

instrument,

it

must

be

handled

carefully.

The

disk drive

must

not

be

operated

when

the

unit

is

upside

down

or

at

an

incline.

To

ensure

cool

running

equipment,

the

air flow slots

located

at

the

rear

of

the

drive container

should

not

be

blocked

. Also, avoid

putting

the

unit

in

a sealed

container

(such

as

in

a box

or

drawer).

Connects

to

Video

Recorder

Connects

to

Video

Remote

rol

Connects

to

Interface

to

Add·on

Air

Flow

Slots

Drive

(if

a y)

DRIVE

~

:1

---

-

III

Mirror

Dip

Switches

Power

SWitch

Connects

to

AC

Cable

Drive

Cabinet

Back

Panel

6

Indicator Lights

-.------,---,

Switches

Drive

Cabinet

Front

Panel

3. Flip all of

the

red

drive

controller

switches to

the

left,

which

is

the

normal

position for

each

of

them.

Approximately

two

inches

(5

em)

below

the

indicator

lights,

the

front

panel

protrudes

slightly.

The

four switches

are

located directly

beneath

the

lights,

and

up

under

the

lip

of

the

protrusion.

,

!,

..

!,

,,,!

,,

,

LSI·11

MUX

FORMAT

RESET

Switches

and

Lights

4. Verify that

the

voltage setting for

the

drive

matches

the

local voltage (100v, 120v, 220v,

or

240v). The

drive

works

with

50

or

60

Hertz

power

in

any

of

the

voltage settings.

The

voltage setting, fuse,

and

local voltage

must

match.

Any

type of mismatch

here

causes

damage

to the drive hardware.

7

The AC

power

cord

connector

and

fuse

are

found

at

the

bottom

right of

the

back

panel

on

all drive models.

To change

the

voltage selection, flip

the

small circuit

board

and

install

the

proper

fuse as follows:

Voltage

Selection

and

Fuses

D Slide

open

the

clear plastic cover door,

pull

the

fuse-pull

lever to

the

left,

and

remove

the

fuse.

D Use long-nose

pliers

to carefully

pull

the

voltage circuit

board

out

of

the

fuse housing. To select

the

proper

operating

voltage, position

the

circuit

board

so

that

the

desired

voltage displays

on

the

top

left side of

the

board.

Push

the

board

firmly into

the

slot.

D Do

not

re-insert

the

fuse

you

removed

if

you

have

chosen

a different voltage setting from

the

one

you

received with

the

drive. Select

the

correct slow

blow

fuse

using

the

following table:

Disk Drives:

100

or

120 volt 2.0

amp

220

or

240 volt 1.0

amp

D To

return

the

fuse to its receptacle,

push

the

fuse-pull lever

to

the

right

and

insert

a fuse into

the

holder. Slide

the

clear

plastic

cover

door

to

the

right

to

expose

the

AC

power

cord

connector

.

8

5.

Connect

the

34

flat cable to

the

disk

drive

port

labelled

PROCESSOR

on

the

rear

bezel.

The

cable

must

exit

downward,

with

the

red

stripe

on

the

right,

as

you

look

directly at

the

rear

of

the

drive. (Note

that

this

cable

must

not

be

coiled

because

coiling increases signal distortion.)

6. Remove

the

screws securing

the

top

of

your

TRS-80

Model

II

computer

and

remove

the

cover.

7. Remove

the

expansion

plug

cover from

the

lower

rear

area

of

your

Model

II

and

replace

the

cover

plate

with

the

one

supplied

with

your

Corvus

interface card. You will notice a

notch

at

the

bottom

of

the

cover plate to

allow

for

the

exit

of

the

Corvus

flat cable. Secure

the

cover

plate

to

the

Model

II after

you

have

routed

the

flat cable

through

the

expansion

port

area.

View

of TRS-80

Model

II

Computer

Showing

Corvus

Interface

Card

with

Cable

on

Left

Side

of

Card

Cage.

9

8. Insert

the

Corvus interface card into

any

available

peripheral

slot

in

the

TRS-80

Model

II

card

cage.

Component

side of

the

card

should

face same direction as

the

other

cards.

9.

Connect

the

free

end

of

the

flat cable

to

the

interface card.

The

stripe

should

be

on

the

bottom

when

the

card is

in

the

card

cage.

10.

Carefully slide

the

top

of

the

computer

back

on

and

replace

the

screws.

11.

Tum

on

the

computer.

12.

Connect

the

AC

power

cord

to

the

disk

unit

and

to a

power

receptacle.

Tum

on

the

drive.

After approximately 40 seconds,

the

READY light

should

be

on,

the

BUSY

and

FAULT lights

should

be

off,

indicating

that

the

disk system is ready.

The

power

switch is located

in

the

lower

right

hand

comer

of

the

back panel.

If

the

disk system

does

not

become

ready

after

one

minute,

then

flip

the

RESET switch,

which

is

the

rightmost

switch

on

the

front of

the

drive cabinet.

13.

If

the

drive

is

not

ready

after

you

have

flipped

the

RESET

switch,

see

the

"Troubleshooting" section of

the

CORVUS

SYSTEMS' USER GUIDE FOR

CP

1M COMPUTERS.

10

INITIALIZA

TION 2

FOR

CP/M

This

procedure

will create

CP

1M areas

on

the

Corvus

drive.

The floppy drives

use

volume

A:

and

B:,

volumes

from

C:

on

are

on

the

hard

drive.

After initialization is

completed

it

will

be

necessary

to

run

the

CLINK

program

on

each

computer

each

time

it

is

turned

on. The CLINK

program

you

run

depends

upon

the

model

drive

being

used.

For

the

Model 6

run

CLINK2FV

For

the

Model 11

run

CLINK2TN

For

the

Model 20

run

CLINK2TW

Before initializing

your

Corvus

disk, copies of

the

Corvus

TRS-80 Model

II

Utility diskettes

should

be

made,

using

the

PIP

command.

1. Place

the

CP

1M Ver 2.2 diskette

in

the

diskette drive.

2.

Turn

on

your

computer.

The

screen

displays:

CPIM

for

TRS-SO Model

II

64K

Version 2.2

3.

On

TRS-80 Model II

computers

with

a single floppy

diskette drive,

you

will

have

to

let

the

computer

know

that

the

CORVUS T2-H UTILITIES diskettes are single-sided,

single-density format. This is

done

in

a

number

of different

ways

depending

on

the

CP

1M software used. See

the

specific instructions for

the

CP

1M system for

your

computer. For example,

with

the

Lifeboat

version

of

CP

1M,

you

will

need

to

run

a

program

called ONEDRIVE. First,

11

type DIR I

ENTER

I to display

the

directory

and

make

sure

that

you

have

this program. Next, type ONEDRIVE

I

ENTER

I .

The

screen

displays:

CP/M

now

set

for

a

single

physical

drive

Logical

drives

A,

B,

C

or

0 may

be

used.

CP/M

will

prompt

you

to

insert

proper

diskette

4.

Make a

copy

of

your

CP/M

boot

diskette. Use

the

copy

of

the

CP/M

boot

diskette,

and

store

the

original master

in

a

safe place.

5. We

need

to

make

a 63K version of

CP/M.

This is usually

done

with

a combination of

the

programs

MOVCPM.COM

and

SYSGEN.COM. However,

some

companies

may

supply

a special utility

that

combines

these

functions.

For

example, Pickles

and

Trout

provide

a utility,

RESIZER.COM,

that

performs

this dual function.

Consult

your

CP/M

manuals

if necessary. The example

here

assumes

that

MOVCPM.COM

and

SYSGEN.

COM

are available.

Type

MOVCPM

63 * IRETURN I .

The

screen

displays:

Constructing

63K

System

New

system

in

memory

at

9DDH (Sysgen image)

Is

ready

for

"SYSGEN"

or

"SAVE

45

CPM63.CDM"

A>_

6. Type SYSGEN IRETURN I .

The

screen

displays:

SYSGEN VER

2.0

SOURCE DRIVE

NAME

(OR RETURN TO SKIP):

12

7. Press IRETURN I .

The screen displays:

DESTINATION DRIVE

NAME

[OR RETURN

TO

REBOOT):

8. Press A.

The screen displays:

DESTINATION ON

A,

THEN TYPE RETURN

9. Press IRETURN I .

The screen displays:

FUNCTION COMPLETE

DESTINATION DRIVE

NAME

[OR RETURN

TO

REBOOT):

10. Depress the I RESETI switch

on

the front of

the

TRS-80

Model

II

to reboot

your

computer

system.

The screen displays:

CPM

for

TRS-SO Model

II

63K

Version 2.2

The 63K system will

have

booted.

11.

Type

B I

ENTER

I

The screen displays:

Mount

B:

on

drive

.

then

<CR>

12.

Insert

the

diskette labeled CORVUS T2-H UTIUTIES

VOL

1 OF 4 into floppy drive

and

close

the

door.

,

13. Press IENTER I

The screen displays:

B>

13

14. Type

PUTGET

I ENTERI

The screen displays:

---

CORVUS PUT/GET ROUTINE

---

(VERSION 1.4S/TT)

PUT,

GET,

OR FILL

(P/G/F)

15. Press F

The screen displays:

DRIVE#(1-4)?

_

16. Press 1

The screen displays:

HEX BYTE

TO

FILL DISC WITH? _

17. Type E5 I ENTERI

The screen displays:

STARTING DISC

ADDRESS?_

18. Type 2320 I

ENTER

I

The screen displays:

NUMBER

OF

SECTORS?_

19. Type 64 I

ENTER

I

The

screen

displays:

PUT,

GET,

OR FILL

(P/G/F)

20. Press F

The

screen

displays:

DRIVE#(1-4)?

_

21. Press 1

The screen displays:

HEX BYTE

TO

FILL DISC

WITH?

_

14

22. Type

E5

I ENTER I

The

screen

displays:

--------------------_

...

__

..

,,-

STARTING DISC

ADDRESS?_

23. The starting

address

of the directory for drive

D:

varies

with

the

model

of the Corvus

hard

disk.

For a Model 6 Type 24272 I ENTER I

For a Model

11

Type 48592 I ENTER I

For a Model

20

Type 49380 I ENTER I

The

screen

displays:

NUMBER

OF

SECTORS?

__

24. Type 64 I ENTER I

The

screen

displays:

PUT,

GET,

OR

FILL (PIGIF)

25. If a

Model

6

or

Model

11

drive is

being

initialized skip to

Step 30.

If

a Model 20 drive is

being

initialized, drive

E:

must

be

initialized.

Press F

The

screen

displays:

DRIVE#(1-4)?

_

26. Press 1

The

screen

displays:

HEX BYTE

TO

FILL DISC

WITH?_

27. Type E5 I ENTERI

The

screen

displays:

STARTING DISC

ADDRESS?_

28. Type 96440 I ENTER I

The

screen

displays:

NUMBER

OF

SECTORS?_

15

29.

Type

64 1

ENTER

1

The

screen

displays:

PUT,

GET,

OR

FILL

(P/G/F)

30. Exit

the

PUTGET

program

by

holding

down

the

<CTRL>

key

and

pressing

C.

The

screen

displays:

31.

The

disk is

now

initialized.

The

Corvus

link

may

now

be

installed.

The

link is installed

by

running

a program.

The

name

of

the

program

depends

on

the

model

drive

being

linked.

For

the

Model

6 type CLINK7FV .1

ENTER

1

For

the

Model

11 type CLINK7TN 1

ENTER

1

For

the

Model

20 type CLINK7TW 1

ENTER

1

The

screen

displays:

---

CORVUS LINK INSTALLEO

---

The

software

setup

has

now

been

completed.

The

Corvus

hard

disk is

now

initialized for

use

with a TRS-80

Model

II

computer

and

the

Corvus

link

has

been

installed.

Testing

the

Drive

The

procedure

described

below

is a simple test of

the

Corvus

drive.

Note

that

all

standard

CP

1M

commands

can

be

used

with

the

Corvus

drive.

1.

Type

A:PIP C:=B:*.DOC 1ENTER I

The

screen

displays:

COPYING-

INDEX.oOC

CERROR.DOC

CDIAGNOS.DOC

16

2. Type

C:

I

ENTER

I

The

screen

displays:

C>

_

3. Type DIR I

ENTER

I

The

screen

displays:

C:INDEX

DOC: CERROR DOC: CDIAGNOS DOC

C>_

4. Type ERA

*.*

IENTERI

The

screen

displays:

ALL

(Y/N)?_

5. Type Y IENTER I

The

screen

displays:

The

drive

is

now

ready

to

use

.

The

hardware

has

been

set

up

and

the

drive initialized.

The

Co

rvus

link has

been

installed.

The

hardware

and

software

has

been

quickly

tested

by

transfer of files from a floppy to

the

Corvus

hard

disk. Files

may

now

be

copied

to

the

hard

disk from

floppies

using

the

PIP

program.

Remember

that

the

appropriate

CLINK2

program

must

be

run

each

time

each

computer

is

powered

on.

17

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