Quickdata Quikstop-15 User manual

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QUIKSTOR OPERATORS MANUAL

MODEL

QS-15

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Rev 3

2/84

Table

of

Contents

1. INTRODUCTION (YELLOW)

1-

Warranty

&:

General

Information

2-

License

Agreement

4-

Purchase

Registration

5-

System

Specifications

6-

Features

7-

Price

Sheet/

Order

Blank

8-

Preview

9-

General

System

Considerations

10-

Quick Check -Booting

Quikstor

2.

HARDWARE INSTALLATION (BLUE)

1-

H89

Hardware

Installation

2-

Port Definitions

and

Configurations

3-

Any SASI

Interface

Card

4-

H/Z Z67, Magnolia 77320 SASI

Card

4-

.

Final

Check

and

Assembly

6-

H8

Hardware

Installation

3.

SET-UP

&

PARTITION:

AN INTRODUCTION (RED)

1-

Winchester Concepts

1-

Partitions

2-

Cluster

Size

3-

XBCPART

5-

XBCPART.COM

Partition

Installation

with

Sample

Screens

4. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION: HDOS SOFTWARE

(GREEN)

1-

Preparation

of

System Disk

2-

DVDDKGEN -Optimize

the

winchester

3- XBCPART.ABS

4- DKXBC.DVD HDOS

Driver

5. CP/M SOFTWARE INSTALLATION: XEBIOS (ORANGE)

1-

Product

description,

Introduction

2-

Installation

-Making Floppy Xebios System Disk

4-

Supplied

Utility

Programs

9-

Patching

XEBIOS

11-

Notes

on

4MHz

Operation

11- .

In

Case

of

Difficulty

.

14

-

Suggested

Enhancements

15

~

...

Putting

CP/M on

Quikstor

.

A. APPENDIX . (BLUE) .

1-

Q

&:

A on

Quikstor

Winchester

Systems

.

3-

.

..

Precautions

. .

..

.

B.

DIAGNOSTICS

(RED)

1-

Diagnostic

CP/M

Software

3-

Problem

Log

C.

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WARRANTY

de

GENERAL INFORMATION

Dear Customer:

Thank you for your purchase

of

our QUIKSTOR winchester unit.

We

value your business and look

forward

to

serving you again.

We

back all our products all

the

way, and we will not leave you

stranded when looking for support or advise. Our reputation has grown mainly

by

word

of

mouth.

We

do

very

little

advertising -we don't have to.

We

have a reputation

to

protect

and live up to,

and will continue to give you all needed support to

get

you going and

to

keep you going.

Any

questions, feel free

to

write or call during our normal business hours:

lOAM

to

5PM

M-Thu,

lOAM

to

3PM

Friday. Nights and Sundays as we are available.

Upon

receiving this order, inspect

the

shipping container and

the

contents.

If

any damage

is

noted

to

the contents, or any rough handling is noted with the package,

report

it

at

once

to

the

carrier,

and save

the

package and contents with

all

packing materials. This may be necessary for

return and/or

to

settle

insurance claims. To minimize shipping damage we

try

to

ship the

Quikstor units when possible, by Federal Express. Federal costs a

little

more, but they handle

the packages much

better

than

UPS.

They also have a 2 day delivery.

If

you have a problem upon receipt, call us immediately and we'll

let

you know if you should

contact

the carrier,

if

you have not already done so.

lf

problems develop

later

and you must

return

an item be sure

to

call us for advise and

authorization. Then be sure

it

is properly packaged and send

it

insured for

its

value via Federal

if

possible, otherwise

UPS

or

First Class mail.

WARRANTY:

All our hardware products carry a full

90

day parts and labor warranty.

If

you

have a problem during this time period we will either replace

the

merchandise upon

receipt

of

returned merchandise, or

repair

it

and ship out within

48

hours. In most cases, emergency

shipping can

be

scheduled for

24

hour

receipt

from your call.

After

the

90

days we continue

to

offer

full service, support and low repair

rates

when needed.

All software is covered by our one

year

warranty.

Any

defects

in software will be updated

free

during

the

first year period from purchase. Additional future updates will

be

made available

at

nominal charges. Our

software

warranty offers additional coverage which may not be covered in

our subcontractors warranties.

We

will

be

limited

to

coverage only for replacement or updated

software. See License agreement for more information.

No

warranty, service

or

support will

be

offered without registration being properly filled

out

and returned.

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LICENSE

AGREEMENT

Thank you for selecting

the

QUIKSTOR QS-15,

15

megabyte hard disk unit for your H/Z

computer.

We

believe

that

the

QS-15 is an outstanding product

that

will give you years of

trouble free service.

We

appreciate your confidence in Quikdata and our products.

This sheet contains

the

QUIKSTOR limited use Software and Document license agreement and

_ describes our warranty and update policy.

When

you have read this license agreement and have

agreed

to

its terms, please complete and sign the license acknowledgement sheet and return

at

once.

When

this agreement is signed and returned

to

QUIKDATA, INC., this will be the

agreement between

us

governing the use of the

HDOS

and

CP/M

software utilities and drivers

for

the

15 megabyte hard disk drive unit.

Grant

of

License. ·QUIKDATA, INC., hereby grants

to

you and

you

accept

a license to use the

provided software, documentation and any supplied

agreement, for a single individual user only. A company or corporation, for instance, does not

constitute a single user. You agree

that

you will not

transfer

or sub-license your rights under

this agreement, and Quikdata, Inc., reserves the right

to

sell or give licenses

to

use the

QUIKSTOR software and documentation to other persons and firms.

Term. This license agreement is effective from

the

day

you

receive

the

software and

documentation, and continues until you return

to

Quikdata, Inc., the original magnetic medium,

all

copies of the program, and

all

documentation and copies thereof.

Quikdata's Rights. You acknowledge

that

the Materials

are

the

sole and exclusive' property of

Quikdata Computer Services, Inc.

By

accepting this license, you

do

not become the owner of the

Materials, but you do have

the

right

to

use

the

Materials as outlined and limited in this

agreement. You further agree not

to

transfer the Materials in any form to any person without

the

prior

written

consent

of

Quikdata, Inc.

You

will use your best

efforts

and take

all

responsible steps to

protect

the Materials for unauthorized reproduction, publication, disclosure

or

distribution.

Your Agreement.

You

agree

not to copy'the Materials received

from

Quikdata, Inc., in whole

or

in part, except for backup or archive purposes.

No

more than five (5) copies may be in

existence under this license agreement

at

any time.

Limited Warranty. Quikdata, Inc. warrants

the

magnetic diskette on which

the

QUIKSTOR

files are recorded, as well

as

related printed materials,

to

be free from

detects

in materials or

faUlty workmanship, in normal use and service for a period of irlnety

(90)

. days from

the

effective

day

of

this agreements.

If,

(luring this period, a

defect

in the diskette should appear,

the

diskette may be returned

to

Quikdata, Inc., for replacement without charge, provided

that

you have returned your limited use acknowledgement

sheet.

( -)...

EXCEPT FOR THE WARRANTY DESCRIBED IN THIS PARAGRAPH, THERE ARE

NO

WARRANTIES

EXPRF.8SED

OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED

WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS

FOR

A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND

ALL SUCH WARRANTIES ARE EXPRESSLY AND SPECIFICALLY disclaimed.

Liability. You

agree

that

regardless

of

the

form

of

any claim, Quikdata's liability

for

any

damages

to

you or

to

any

other

parts

shall not

exceed

the

license

fe~

paid for

the

materials.

IN

NO

EVENT SHALL QUIKDATA, INC.,

BE

RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INDIRECl' OR

CONSEQUENTIAL

DAMAGES

OR

LOST PROFITS, EVEN

IF

QUIKDATA

HAS

BEEN

ADVISED

OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

SOME

STATES

DO

NOT

ALLOW

THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY

FOR

INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR

EXCLUSION

MAY

NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Updates.

If

the

version

of

QUIKSTOR

software

that

you have received contains any 'bugs' we

will work on them and include

repair

any known 'bugs' in

the

of

the

software,

which

you will receive free

of

charge during

the

first

year

period.

After

this time, you will

be

notified

of

any

software

updates, which will be made available

to

you

at

a modest charge. All_

updates

which

are

provided

to

you shall become

part

of

the

Materials and be governed

by

the

terms

of

this license agreement.

Governing Law. This License Agreement is

to

be

governed by and

interpreted

in

accordance

with

the

laws

of

the

State

of

Wisconsin.

If

any provision

of

this license agreement

in

any

way

contravenes the Laws

of

the

State

or

jurisdiction in which this license agreement is

to

be

performed, such provisions shall be deemed

to

be

deleted

and,

if

any

term

of

this

license

agreement shall be declared by final ajudication

to

be

legal or

contrary

to

public policy,

it

shall

not

affect

the

validity

of

any

other

term or provision

of

this license agreement.

Attorney's

Fees. Failure

to

uphold

the

terms

of

this agreement will

result

in Quikdata

Computer Services, Inc.,

to

take

any and

all

legal

action

necessary. In addition,

the

software

authors, Dean Gibson

of

UltiMeth Corporation, and

Ray

Livingston

of

Livingston' Logic Labs,

have claims on

the

software

they

produced and

have

full rights

to

pursue any copyright

violations with Quikdata,

Inc.,

or

individually.

If

any

legal

action is brought

by

either

party

to

this license agreement

against

the

other

party

regarding

the

subject

matter

of

this

license

agreement,

the

prevailing

party

shall

be

entitled

to

recover,

in addition

to

any

other

relief,

reasonable

attorney's

fees

and

expenses.

Whole Agreement.

This.

license

agreement

constitutes

the

entire

software,

document and

Materials license agreement between you and Quikdata, Inc.

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QUIKSTOR

15-MEG

SUBSYSTEM

SPECIFICATIONS

Our

15

megabyte (formatted) hard disk subsystems

are

adaptable

to

either

the

Heath/Zenith

H8

or

H89

computer systems. Please

note

that

any winchester

hard

drive

unit

is

very

delicate.

The

drive technology uses .a "flying"

head

which never makes

contact

with

the

disk

surface,

but

floats slightly above

the

surface.

Never

subject

this

unit

to

any

type

of

shock or rough handling.

When

the

unit

is in

operation,

it

must be level and on a hard rigid

surface.

It

must

not

be

subject

to

any vibrations,

i.e.

don't

knock

the

unit while in

operation,

or

you could damage

the

hard disk

surface.

Drive

unit

comes complete with

cabinet,

fan, power supply,

cable,

drive

controller

and

all

else

needed for

host

computer

interface

-

software

and

computer

host

adapter

card

extra.

HARD DRIVE UNIT: Tandon

TM503

5

1/4"

rigid disk drive

or

equivalent

ROTATION SPEED: 3600

RPM

HEAD POSITIONING: Split band open loop

rotary

positioning system

TRACK TO TRACK STEP TIME: 2 milliseconds plus 15

ms

head

settling

time

Heads positioned

to

track

000

at

power up

START/STOP: 15 seconds maximum

to

reach

operating

speed

from power on

15 seconds for disk

to

stop

rotating

after

power down

Solenoid

operated

mechanical brake provided

for

rapid

spindle

deceleration

and

to

preclude

possibility

of

head

or

disk damage during shipping

CAPACITY: 19.14

MB

unformatted

(15

MB

formatted)

per

drive

3.19

MB

unformatted

per

surface

10.4

KB

per

track

PLATTERS: .3

ACI'IVE DATA SURFACES: 6

TRACK DENSITY: 345 TPI

CYLINDERS: 306

TRACKS: 1836

READ/WRITE HEADS: 6

MEDIA: 3

lubricated

5

1/4"

platters

providing 6

recording

surfaces

SECTOR

SIZE:

256/512

bytes

-

setup

for 256

bytes

RELIABILITY: 11000 power-on hours

COMPONENT LIFE: 5

Years

No

Preventative

maintenance required

POWER REQUIREMENTS:

5V

1.2A max; 12V 5A motor

start

(12 seconds),

2A

max running

CONTROLLER INTERFACE CARD: S1410 Xebec

controller

HOST ADAPTER CARD:

H89

-

MMS

77320 SASI, H67

Heath

card;

H8

-H37/67

Heath

card

OPERATING CPU'S: H89 Z80, 2 or

4MHZ;

H8

Z80 Required, 2

or

4

MHz

OPERATING SYSTEMS SUPPORTED:

Heath

HDOS

2.0,

Heath

CP/M 2.2.03

PARTITIONS: User

selectable

and definable -supports

both

CP/M

and

HDOS

simultaneously

with· up

to

fifteen

user

definable

partitions

(all

of

which

can

be bootable)

WARRANTY

90

days minimum

all

parts

and labor

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QUIKSTOR -15

MEG

WINNIE

FEATURES

Our QUIKSTOR 15 meg subsystem supports

the

following

features:

15

Megabyte

total

formatted storage,

19

megabyte unformatted

Heath/Zenith

H8

and

H89

computers supported

Version available

to

support Magnolia Microsystems

CP/M

and controller

User defined partitions for both Heath

CP/M

and

HDOS

residing simultaneously

Any standard

Heath

(or Magnolia drive, in

the

case

of

MMS

CP/M

systems) system drive can be

used

to

load/unload and backup

the

hard disk

Both

Heath

HDOS

and Heath

CP/M

software drivers available

. "

Operates with any

Z80

CPU

and supports both 2 and 4

MHz

(MMS

version 2

MHz

only)

HDOS

control port for both

the

H8

and

H89

can

be

set

at

270/274Q (in addition

to

the

standard

170/174Q)

to

allow more system controllers

Full support offered by Quikdata, Inc.

Compact 5" winchester unit operating with minimum power requirements and

heat

dissipation

Subsystem includes drive, cabinet with power supply, fan, cable, Xebec

S1410

controller

Software drivers designed for very fast and

efficient

operation

Interface

to

host system via several host

adapter

cards readily available:

H8

-use Heath H37/67 card -

can

be addressed

at

170 or

270

H89 -use Heath

H67

card, or

MMS

77320 SASI card which also has 3

serial

ports

Lowest cost/megabyte

Highly. reliable

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QUIKSTOR

Price

sheet/

Order

blank

The

15 meg QUIKSTOR

units

are

shipping from

stock,

ready

to

plug

in

and

go. Use

this

order

blank

(or copy)

to

indicate

your

desires.

Check

appropriate

spaces.

ABOUT YOUR SYSTEM

COMPUTER SYSTEM: 0

HS

0 HS9

note:

HS

requires

ZSO

CPU

card

OPERATING SYSTEMS USED: 0 HDOS 0 CP/M 0

MMS

CP/M

CPU SPEED: 0 2

MHz

0 4 MHz

CPU BOARD: 0

Heath

0 Trionyx 0 DG 0 TMSI 0

Other

PRESENT SYSTEM CONTROLLER(S): 0 H17

lOOK

0 H17 400K TfH37-1T1I377s'f-0 H67

o H47 0

MMS

0

Other

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NOTE:

The

MTR90 monitor ROM

or

equivalent

is

required

for

operation

in

the

H89; This

includes

the

Magnolia 444-84B,

the

UltiMeth MTR4K,

the

Kres

Monitor ROM,

or

the

Heath

MTR90.

The

Magnolia 444-S4B ROM

set

is included

if

you

purchase

the

MMS

77320 SASI

interface

card

with

three

serial

ports.

For

the

H8

Heath's

PAM37

ROM

is

required,

which is

supplied

with

the

WH8-37

controller

board

(which

supports

the

hard

disk SASI

interface,

plus

H37 floppy).

o $1495

o $149

o $225

o $149

o $250

o $

25

ABOUT YOUR

ORDER

15 Meg

Winchester

hard

disk subsystem -no

software

or

host

adapter

HDOS

and

CP/M

Hard

disk

driver

software

with

utilities

(package

price)

MMS

77320 SASI

host

adapter

for

H89

with

3

serial

ports

(includes

monitor)

Heath

H67

host

adapter

for

H89 (no

serial

ports)

Heath

H37/67

controller/

SASI

host

adapter

for

HS

(if

available)

Shipping

&::

Handling -

required

for

all

hard

drive

orders

$

_________

Total

(note:

add

WI

5%

sales

tax

for

orders

in

the

state

of

Wisconsin

NOTE:

Please

supply

FEDERAL

servicable

address

where

possible. Add $25

extra

for

AIR

MAIL

shipping

via

US

Postal

Service.

Whenever possible we will ship 2nd

day

Federal.

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PREVIEW

Thank you for your purchase

of

QUIKSTOR, model

Q8-15,

our 15 megabyte

hard

disk system.

If

you

take

your time

to

read through this manual

(at

least

once

before

you

even

do anything -

please!) and follow

the

documentation

step

by

step,

you should have your system up and running

in a relatively

short

time.

This unit was designed from

state

of

the

art

technology, and is made

available

complete with

software

and host

adapter

boards for both

the

H89 and

H8

Heath/Zenith

computers. Installation

is simple and

straight

forward. This unit when installed per documentation should provide the

end user with up

to

fifteen

various user definable partitions, including

both

CP/M and

HDOS.

You

are

able

to

boot from any SYSGENed

partition

(either

HDOS

and/or CP/M), or access the

hard drive

partitions

from any properly

set

up system floppy drive.

NOTE: THE HARD DISK UNIT

USES

WINCHESTER TECHNOLOGY. THE 6 HEADS NEVER

CONTACT THE SURFACE OF THE 3 PLATTERS,

BUT

ACTUALLY "FLY"

ABOVE

THE

SURFACK THE UNIT

MUST

BE RESTING ON A FIRM HARD SURFACE

WHICH

IS

NOT

SUBJECT TO VIBRATIONS OF

ANY

KIND!

IF

THE HARD DISK UNIT IS

BUMPED

OR

JARRED DURING OPERATION CAUSING THE HEADS TO

BANG

OR "CRASH", FATAL

RESULTS

MAY

OCCUR! Keep in mind

that

the

disk is

rotating

at

3600

RPM.

Even when not in

use,

the

unit must

not

be

subject

to

any undue shock or

vibrations~

Now

that

you have decided where

to

set

the

unit up,

the

is

to

connect

-

the

40

SASI

cable

to

the

host

adapter

card

(incorrectly called a controller

card

by some) in your computer.

Installation

of

both hardware and

software

is

covered

in

separate

sections

of

this

manual.

If

you

have any questions during installation or

testing,

feel

free

to

call

or

write.

We've made

the

process

of

installation

as easy as possible, and

have

tried

to

detail

every

step.

It

is possible we

may have missed something.

If

you find something confusing, please call

it

to

our

attention

so we

may

investigate

it

and

update

our manuals.

Please note

that

both

this

documentation and

both

HDOS

and

CP/M

software

are

protected

by

copyright laws

of

the

United

States

of

America. A

great

deal

of

time and money

have

gone into

the development

of

this

package.

You

have purchased this package for a single end user system.

With

this

in mind,

please

keep

the

software and documentation

to

yourself

and

do

not

allow

either

software

or documentation

to

be

copied or distributed in

any

form. Any violation

of

this

will be considered willful infringements

of

U.S. copyright laws which will

result

in prosecution

to

the

full

extent

of

the

law.

We

keep

accurate

records

of

ali

sales

made -

any

software or

docUmentation in

the

hands

of

unauthorized personnel will be able

to

be

traced

back

to

the

original purchasers! .

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GENERAL

SYSTEM

CONSIDERATIONS

This

section

was written for

the

second revision

of

this

manual from things learned from

the

first revision. Quikdata's QUIKSTOR hard disk system is sold

to

work on a

standard

Heath/Zenith

H8

or

H89

computer system.

By

standard,

we mean

the

way

it

comes from

the

factory

either

assembled or in

kit

form.

TLB

ROM

It

is important

to

emphasize

that

the

Terminal Logic Board (TLB) in

the

HI9

and

H89

must have

the

standard

Heath

Terminal

ROM

installed. There

are

many

other

ROMs

on

the

market with various features. The majority

of

them have removed

the

ANSI

code -we

are

using

ANSI

code in our software, thus if

the

main TLB Terminal

ROM

has been changed, you will

not

be able to run

XBCPART

to

partition

your system, nor will you be able

to

get

the

BOOT

partition

table

up.

If

you

have

the

WATZMAN

ROM,

the

ULTRA

ROM,

or probably any

other

ROM,

remove

it

and

re-install

the

stock

Heath

ROM

on

the

TLB.

We

cannot and will not

take

responsibility for any other vendor's incompatibilities.

SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION Make

certain

that

your 2.2.03

CP/M

is properly configured for

both upper and lower case

characters.

Also be

certain

that

your 2.0

HDOS

is configured for both

upper and lower

case

characters.

Additionally, under HDOS, your terminal width must be

set

to

a value

greater

than

80.

It's

best

to

set

this and

leave

it

at

255. This can easily be accomplished

from

the

HDOS

prompt as follows:

SET TT:

WIDTH

255

If

this is

not

done and you have

the

width

set

for

80

characters

or less,

the

partition

table

will

not come up properly, as some lines will

attempt

to

'wrap

around', messing up

the

entire

screen.

CABLE ORIENTATION The ribbon cable used for

the

disk drives and our hard disk unit must

be plugged into

the

controller

card

in

the

proper direction. For

the

H89

systems, pin 1 is always

up. For

the

H8

pin 1 is always

to

the

left.

The pin 1 position

of

the

drive cables

can

be identified

by a

stripe

along

the

ribbon

cable

edge and/or a

dot

or

mark on

the

connector.

4MHZ

OPERATION The Trionyx

H8

CPU

board supports both 2 and 4

MHz

operation with a

simple jumper change or via

software.

If

you use

the

jumper method, you will boot

at

either

2

or

4

MHz

depending on

the

jumper. I placed a switch on

my

H8's

left

side which is connected

to

the

Trionyx

CPU

speed

selector

whereby throwing

the

switch

up will cause

the

H8

to

boot

at

2 MHz,

and throwing

the

switch down will cause

the

H8

to

boot

at

4

MHz.

The software provided with

your hard disk system will

operate

and boot

at

both 2 and 4

MHz

with

the

proper systems.

For

the

H89, if you wish

to

BOOT

at

4

MHz,

you will require a monitor

ROM

such

as

the

UltiMeth MTR-4K or

the

Kres equivalent. In addition,

the

CPU

board must have been modified

to

support

4MHz

operation. The

easiest

4MHz

modification

to

use is booting

at

2MHz

and switching

to

4MHz

after

boot. This

can

easily be accomplished by

the

Kres 2/4

MHz

H89

modification.

Presently,

the

only technically sound modification on

the

market

as

of this writing is

the

Kres

2/4

MHz

board.

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QUICK CHECK

All QUIKSTOR winchester units shipped have

the

CP/M XEBIOS files

already

PIpped

onto

the

first

CP/M

partition.

As

the

unit

arrives

it

will

already

be

partitioned

either

according

to

our

'standard'

which is 10 megabytes on 2

CP/M

partitions

and 5 megabytes on 4 HDOS

partitions,

or

according

to

what you

indicated

when placing your

order.

The

HDOS

partitions

(if desired) will all

have

been

INITialized and SYSGEN

ed,

so you

can

install

the host

adapter

card

in your computer, plug in

the

system, configure your

CPU

DIP

switch

if necessary, install new monitor

ROM

if

required, and BOOT

directly

off

of

HDOS. Like

the

CP/M

partition,

the

HDOS

partitions

will have

all

distribution files

already

PIPped onto

them.

The following shows the

default

partition

assignment unless

otherwise

specified:

PARTITION

#

NAME

START SIZE

CYL CYL SIZE

MEGS

o------dP~-o--------f------iOo----5-Me~-

1

CP/M

1 101 100 5 Megs

2

HDOS

0 201

25

1.2 Megs

3

HDOS

1 226

25

1.2

Megs

4

HDOS

2 251

25

1.2 Megs

5

HDOS

3 276

25

1.2

Megs

BOOTING QUIKSTOR

Whether you

repartition

the

drive or not, BOOTing is

the

same. Boot

off

the

H67

device will

cause

the

partition/boot

table

to

appear. Simply

enter

the

partition

number you :want

to

BOOT

from, and

hit

the 'BLUE' key. The system will now boot

the

desired

partition.

Remember, under

HDOS you must

type

SPACES

the

first

time through

after

SYSGENing

the

partition.

Under

CP/M

you may also have

to

type

SPACES

if

you

are

set

for

auto

CONFIGUR

the

first

time through.

These conveniences have

been

provided

to

allow you

to

quickly bring up your

unit

and

see

it

operate.

You may

at

any

time

change

any

or

all

of

the

partitions; INIT or FORMAT, and

SYSGEN those you

want

BOOTable and you'll

be

all

set

to

go.

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H89 HARDWARE INSTALLATION

There is not much involved in installing

the

host adapter

card

in

the

H89

computer.

Be

sure the

power is turned

off

and

the

computer is unplugged from

the

electrical

outlet.

Remove

the

top

cover and remove the accessory mounting bracket from

the

right

side

of

the

CPU

board.

If

you

do

not

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

to

obtain

the

Heath

H89

to

H90

power supply upgrade

kit

and install

it.

This will provide

heat

sinks

on

all the

regulators of

the

power supply heatsink, and replace 5 volt regulator

U101

with a 78H05 heavy

duty regulator.

In addition,

if

you

do

not have a

MONITOR

90

or equivalent monitor

ROM

in your H89, remove

the

CPU

board and install

the

MONITOR

at

this time. The known MONITOR

ROM

equivalents

at

this time are the Heath MTR90,

the

UltiMeth

MTR4K,

and

the

MagnOlia

444-84B, as summarized

in

the

table below. Thus

if

you purchased

the

Magnolia SASI 77320 controller you will have

received the Magnolia Microsystems equivalent

to

the

Heath

MTR90

ROM

set.

MONITOR

ROM

PART

NUMBER

U516

-SECONDARY

ADDRESS DECODER

HEATH

MTR-90 444-84 or

444-142

UltiMeth

MAGNOLIA

KRES

MTR-4K

444-84B

KMR-100

444-83

The monitor

ROM

is located

at

U518. The Heath MTR-90 is a

4K

ROM,

either

PIN 444-84, or

444-142.

If

you

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

444-40 this will have

to

be

replaced. In addition, you will need

to

have

the

associated secondary address decoder IC, 444-

83, located

at

U516.

If

you already have

the

Heath

MTR-90,

the

UltiMeth

4K'

ROM,

or

the

Magnolia 444-84B

ROM

installed, you will already have

the

proper

IC

installed.

Please note

that

the

MTR90

or equivalent

ROM

is a

4K

ROM

which installs

at

location U518.

If

you have this

ROM

or

are

installing

it,

you will no longer need a

ROM

located

at

U519, as this

was

part

of

the

old "split"

2K

set.

If

U519

presently contains a

ROM

you probably

do

not have

the

correct

monitor

ROM

set

and

it

must be replaced.

If

you have

the

MTR-90

set

or

equivalent,

you

can remove

U519

as

it

is

no

longer used.

If

you must install a new

ROM

set,

refer

to

the

Heath, Magnolia, or UltiMeth documentation for

complete documentation instructions on

the

ROM

installation. This is a simple procedure and

only requires some

ROM

and jumper changes.

Before

testing

the system, be

certain

that

you have followed all instructions exactly. Double

check all your work

to

be

sure everything is

correct.

Assuming

that

this is all

correct

and you

have the proper monitor

ROM

set

installed, replace

the

CPU

board and see if

the

unit still gives

two beeps on power up.

If

not,

turn

the

unit

off

at

once!

Go

back and again check all your

installation and be sure everything is

correct,

i.e., jumpers in

the

proper places,

ROM

pins

properly

seated

(be

certain

no pins

are

bent under

the

ROMs,

and

the

ROMs

are

properly

orientated with

the

pin 1 marking).

Once

proper

operation

of

the

monitor is

verified

by

two

beeps

at

power up,

all

you need

to

do is

install

the

SASI

card,

of which

there

are

currently

two

choices:

the

Heath

H67

card

or

the

Magnolia 77320

card.

The

Heath

H67

card

will give you

the

standard

SASI bus

interface

that

you require, and

that's

it.

The Magnolia 77320

card

will give you

the

standard

SASI

interface

plus

three

serial

ports

identical

to

the

Heath

3

port

serial

I/O

card.

This is

the

one

to

use

if

your

right

hand

slots

of

the

H89

are

full

or

getting

full,

as

you

can

then

have

the

77320

serving

both functions;

the

SASI

interface

and

the

serial

interface.

This will allow you

to

pull

out

your

present

three

port

serial

board

to

recover

a space.

PORT DEFINITIONS AND CONFIGURATIONS

The

ports

chosen

for

operation

of

your disk

controller

and SASI

adapter

card

most

be

properly

set

up

for

each

device. This is accomplished on switch SW501 on

the

H89

CPU

board. This

status

switch

defines

1) which

controller

board is on

port

7CH, 2) which

controller

board is on 78H, 3)

which BOOT device will

be

the

default

device, and

various

other

information. The

switch

settings

may vary, depending on

the

monitor

ROM

you

are

using,

and

the

disk

controller

card

you

are

using. Please

refer

to

the

installation

instructions

for

the

monitor

ROM

you

are

using and

properly

set

SW501

for

the

system you have.

If

you have

purchased

the

Magnolia 77320 SASI

board, you will have

received

in

the

package

the

MAGNOLIA

MICROSYSTEMS

MONITOR

EPROM

444-84B manual which defines

these

settings.

More on

this

in a

bit.

You must have

at

least

one disk

controller

card

and

drive

installed

in addition

to

the

QUIKSTOR

Winchester -you

have

to

be

able

to

load and unload

data

and

software

to

and from

the

hard

disk.

There

are

only two

ports

you

can

use

on

the

H89

at

one

time

for disk controllers and

the

SASI

adapter

card.

Port

7CH (174

Octal)

and

port

78H (170Q).

Refer

to

the

table

below

for

port

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

octal.

CONTROLLER CARD PORT(S) REMAINING PORT

FOR HARD DISK

----------------------------------------------------------

H17 (H88-1)

H37

H47

MMS77316

7CH(174Q)

78H (170Q)

7CH

(174Q)

78H (170Q)

38H (070Q)

78H (170Q)

7CH

(174Q)

78H (170Q)

7CH

(174Q)

78H (170Q) and

7CH

(174Q)

( )

If

you

have

the

H17 (H88-1) 5" HARD

SECrOR

CONTROLLER,

the

associated

port

must

always

be

set

to

7C Hex (174 Octal), leaving

port

78H (170Q) available for

the

SASI

card.

()

If

you

have

the

H37

5"

SOFT SECl'OR CONTROLLER,

the

associated

port

must always

be

set

to

78H (170Q),

leaving

port

7CH

(174Q) available

for

the

SASI

card.

( )

If

you

have

the

H47 8n SOFT SECl'OR CONTROLLER,

the

associated

port

may

be

either

78H

(170Q),

or

7CH (174Q). The

other

port

will

be

left

for

the

SASI card.

( )

If

you

have

the

Magnolia 77316 DD SOFT SECI'OR CONTROLLER, you

can

still

have

the

SASI

card

at

one

port

and

either

the

H17, H37 or

H47

card

installed

(most logical choice is H17

since

the

77316

cannot

emulate

it),

since

the

Magnolia

card

uses

its

own special

port.

In

this

i - 1

event, you should be using

the

software

that

came with

the

MMS

77320

card

and probably should

not be reading this!

Whichever combo you have, be sure

to

note

it

and write

it

down,

as

you will need to know

the

ports for

setting

up the

software

and partitions. Check

off

the

space

before

the

configuration

you

are

using as

listed

above so you will be able

to

refer

to

it

later.

Then write

it

in

the

following space.·

DISK

CONTROLLER PORT

SASI

HOST

ADAPTER PORT

------

--------

----------

SW501

SWITCH

SETTING

O()

1( )

2(

) 3( ) 4( )

5(

)

6(

)

7(

) -

enter

1 for

ON

or 0 for OFF.

ANY

SASI INTERFACE CARD

Whether you use

the

Heath Z67 or Magnolia 77320 card, both have a

default

dip switch. This

determines the

default

BOOT

partition

when BOOTing

the

hard disk.

If

the

switch is

set

to

any

value

other

than

15 (and

this

is not recommended for

the

H8

as you

have

no way of

entering

partition "command strings"

to

boot

off

different

partitions) you will automatically

BOOT

from

that

partition (i.e. 0

to

14)

if

you do

not

enter

a "command string"

to

the

monitor

ROM

when

booting. For the

H89

computer, please

refer

to

your Monitor

ROM

documentation as

to

how

to

enter

a "command string";

the

. "command

string",

if present, contains an explicit boot

partition

number.

Normally you want

to

set

the

dip switches

located

on

the

SASI

interface

card

to

the

rear

of

the

computer for

either

card.

For

the

Magnolia

card,

the

switches would be

ON

(or 1); for

the

H/Z

Z67

card the switch

settings

would be OFF (or 0). This will cause

the

boot menu

to

come

up

every time and allow you

to

choose your

partition.

In addition, either

card

has a jumper arrangement for

selecting

the

port

address of the card.

This must be

set

for

the

SASI address

as

determined in

the

above steps and by

the

monitor

ROM.

The

SASI

card can plug

into

either

of

the

two

left

bus positions

at

the

right

side

of

the computer

in most cases. The

left

slot

is P504 and P510,

the

center

is P505 and P511, and

the

right which

should not normally be used is P506 and P512. NOTE when using

the

H/Z

Z67

card

for address

7C:

Per page 9 in

the

Heath

documentation for

the

Z67

card, note

that

if

you wish

to

use

their

Z67

card

for port

7CH

(174Q),

it

must be plugged in

the

right hand

slot

(P506 and P512), and

jumper

the

Z67

for

7C

on both FLPY and

DKS

jumpers.

If

that

slot is occupied,

it

can be placed

in one

of

the other two slots,

if

FLPY is jumped for 78H and

DKS

is jumped for

7CH.

If

you have

a Magnolia card, you

need

not

worry about this.

The SASI

40

pin ribbon

cable

connecting

the

QUIKSTOR hard drive SUb-system plugs into the

SASI

card

with pin 1

(stripe

or marked edge

of

cable)

to

the

top of

the

system. Before plugging

this cable in, be

certain

the

system works and you have gone through

the

FINAL

CHECK

&.

ASSEMBL

Y instructions in

this

section.

Next we'll look

at

the

two

different

host

adapters

and describe any

differences

and special

features

and settings.

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HEATH/ZENITH H/Z67 INTERFACE CARD

Position

the

interface

card so

it

is lying

flat

in front of you, component side up,

40

SASI

connector

to

the right, and bus edge connectors

to

the

left.

All positions will be referenced to

this layout.

If

you

are

using

the

H/Z

67

SASI

interface

card,

set

the

J4 (ODD/EVEN)

to

the

ODD

(right) position. Set

the

RESET jumper (32US

4US)

to

the

32US (right) position. Near the

edge connector you'll find a

set

of

jumpers. J1

DSK

is for

the

Winchester -this

selects

the

SASI

address. To

select

7CH,

position

it

to

the

right,

to

select

78H, position

it

to

the

left.

The next

jumper, J2

FLPY

should be in

the

same position as

the

J1

DSK

jumper. The

set

is

the

INT

jumper for

setting

interrupts. Position this jumper

on

the

right most connector in

the

4-5

position. The

left

row has nothing installed. For

BOOT

partition

table

upon

BOOT,

set

the

dip

switches

on

this board toward

the

left

(bus edge connector).

If you ordered

the

card

from

us

it

will be properly

set

up

for your system when

it

is shipped.

MAGNOLIA 77320 SASI/SERIAL CARD

NOTE:

If

you purchased

the

77320, you will have a box

of

goodies. All you

are

concerned with

for this particular system is

the

SASI

interface

documentation,

the

MONITOR

EPROM

444-84B

documentation,

the

Monitor

ROM

package and

the

interface

card

itself.

The

rest

of

the

documentation and software should be

put

away.

You

may want this should you ever convert to

the Magnolia 77316 double density controller package. Then you can run this system using

the

supplied Magnolia software for

CP/M

only, which will properly

interface

to

the 77316 Magnolia

double density controller.

If

you purchased

the

Magnolia card, remove your Heath serial I/O

card

and note the position of

the cables

attached

to

it

and mark them

if

necessary. You will find four

interrupt

jumpers: DTE,

DCE,

DCE-LP, and SASI. Set the

DTE

(modem port 330,

the

DCE

(auxiliary port 320), and

the

DCE-LP (line

printer

port 340)

to

correspond

to

the

Heath

card

you removed.

Set

the

SASI

interrupt jumper

to

the

OFF position. Next

set

the

SASI

port address jumpers

to

either

7C

or

78

as determined in a previous step, depending on

the

disk controller

card

you

are

using and

the

monitor

ROM

installed

on

your

CPU

board. .

Now

install the I/O lines

on

the appropriate connectors as shown

on

page 6

of

the

Magnolia

MMS

77320

SASI-bus INTERFACE manual included with

yOur

77320 SASI

interface

card

set.

When

the card is installed, replace

the

top

accessory bracket to hold

the

cards

in place, and

after

going through

the

FINAL

CHECK,

plug tl]e QUIKSTOR

40

pin Winchester cable into

the

40

male connector on

the

card, with

the

stripe

or mark facing up.

If

you do not already have a MTR-90 or equivalent

ROM

set,

you can follow

the

supplied

Magnolia documentation and install and

test

the

Magnolia monitor

ROM

set.

If

you already have

MTR-90 or equivalent

ROM

set

installed, simply store both

the

Magnolia

EPROM

documentation

and monitor

ROMs

away for possible

future

use.

FINAL

CHECK

c\:

ASSEMBLY

Before powering up

the

computer, double

check

an

work

that

was done. In particular, pay

attention

to

any jumper positions

to

be

sure

they

are

correct.

Check

that

any installed

ROMs

are

positioned with pin 1 in

the

proper place, and

that

the

ROMs

are

inserted properly in

the

IC

sockets -

not

offset

by a position,

or

having a pin

bent

out

or

under.

Be

certain

that

the

interface board is properly positioned and not plugged in one position

up

or down from what

it

should be. Failure

to

spot this 'before turning on

the

computer

can

damage

the

ROM,

interface

card and/or the computer.

For the initial check, do

not

have the

40

SASI

cable plugged into

the

interface

card.

If

you

.2

-y

are

certain

all installation is

correct,

power up

the

computer and be sure everything works as

before, i.e., you

get

two "beeps" on power up.

If

it

does not, immediately turn off the computer

and check all work.

If

it

does, plug

the

40

pin SASI

interface

cable with position 1 (marked end

of cable) into the interface card. Again, be

certain

that

this plug is not a position up or down on

the male connector. Install

the

computer top -you

are

all finished with

the

H89

SASI

installation.

Be

sure to have the winchester llilit on a firm hard

surface

that

will not be subject

to

vibrations

(bumping table, having printer on

table,

etc.).

I have mine on

the

floor llilder

the

desk which

the

computer is located on.

Now

proceed

to

the

software installation.

H8 HARDWARE INSTALLATION

The

only

board

presently

available

to

support

any

hard

disk

on

the

HS

is

the

WHS-37

card.

This

card

contains

both

a 5"

soft

sector

H37

compatible

floppy

controller

interface,

and a

standard

SASI

interface

bus. Since

this

card

has

both

interfaces

built

in,

and

CP/M only

supports

two

devices,

I assume 99%

of

the

users

will only

have

this

card

installed

-

not

the

H47

or

H17.

To

use

this

interface

card

with

the

HS

computer,

a Z80 CPU must

be

used.

Any

ZSO

should

work

-

since

I

have

used

the

Trionyx

ZSO

card

and

the

Heath

ZSO

card,

and

my

HS

systems

are

up

and

running

with

theses

cards, I am

in

the

position

to

support

the

Heath

and

Trionyx

ZSO

CPU

cards

only. I will

try

to

support

all

configurations,

but

since

I do

not

have

them,

it

may

be

a

trick.

The

only

difference

should be

because

of

different

monitor

ROMs used. With

the

WHS-37

card

you

also

get

the

PAM-37 PAnel Monitor ROM

set,

which should

be

installed

on

the

CPU

you

are

using.

Disregard

the

CPU board

manufacturers

instructions

for

CPU

status

switch

settings

and

follow

the

PAM-37

documentation

instead.

NOTE:

The

Trionyx CPU

card

status

switch

SW3

is

equivalent

to

the

Heath

CPU

port

status

switch

with

a

few

exceptions.

1)

Heath

labels

their

switch

0 through 7, while Trionyx

labels

theirs

1

through

S. Thus

Heath's

0 position

corresponds

to

Trionyx's

1 position,

etc.

Also

Heath's

switch

ON (1)

and

OFF

(0)

is

opposite

Trionyx

switch

labeling.

Therefore

if

the

PAM-37

documentation

says

set

the

Heath

CPU positions 0

and

1

to

00,

you would

set

Trionyx 1 and 2

to

11,

etc.

Follow

all

preparation

and

installation

instructions

in

the

Heath

instruction

manual for

the

Z-67

interface,

WH-S-37.

For

the

HS

you

must

set

all

dip

switch

positions

on

the

WH-S-37

card

to

the

left

position

in

order

to

get

the

BOOT

partition

table

when BOOTing your

system.

Follow

the

included PAM-37

documentation

for

setting

your

switch

settings

for

default

ports

and

port

assignments. Also,

if

a Z80 CPU

other

than

the

Heath

ZSO

CPU

is

being

used,

check

that

it

is

properly

set

up

and

configured

according

to

the

ZSO

vendor's

settings

(except

for

the

PAM-37

monitor ROM).

If

in

doubt,

call

the

vendor.

Please

note

that

if

the

H17

card

is

being

used,

it

must

be

set

to

port

7C (174Q),

and

the

SASI

(Z67)

must

be

set

to

78C (170Q).

If

you

have

the

H37

card

only,

the

Z67

interface

must

be

set

at

"1

0"

(port

174Q, 7CH),

and

the

Z37

interface

portion

must

be

set

at

"0

O!!

(port

170Q, 78B),

as

outliried in

the

PAM-37 manual. You will also

need

to

set

the

default

BOOT

device

per

PAM-

37

instructions

(SW3

on CPU

board).

Below is a

tabl

e summary

of

the

port

s.

CONTROLLER CARD PORT(S)

H17 7CH (174Q)

WHS-37 '37

part

78H (170Q)

H47 7SH

(170Q)'

REMAINING PORT

FOR

HARD DISK

7SH (170Q)

7CH (174Q)

Make a

note

of

the

controllers

and

port

assignments

as

you

will

need

thes

e

later.

DISK CONTROLLER PORT

Z67 SASI CONTROLLER WHS-37

PORT

This is

basically

all

you

need

to

do,

as

the

15 meg

winchester

unit plugs

directly

in,

just

as

the

Z67 would

have

done.

Please

proceed

to

software

installation

for your

system.

:2.

-

6"

SET-UP

&:

PARTITION: AN INTRODUCTION

This package

is

the result

of

considerable

effort

·expended in various phases for an easy to use

winchester hardware package for

the

H8

and

H89

H/Z computer system, including hardware

interfacing, software interfacing and documentation. The unit can be

set

up

with the Heath

HDOS

operating system,

the

Heath

CP/M

operating system,

or

both.

We

are

presently working

on

an

HDOS

interface for those using the Magnolia Microsystems version

of

CP/M

with their double

density 77316 controller,

to

allow both

the

Magnolia

CP/M

(or

CP/M+)

and

Heath's

HDOS

to

reside

on

the same hard disk (expected

to

be out 2nd

quarter

'84). Both 2 and 4

MHz

CPU's are

supported

by

this package. The units

are

all

tested,

initialized, and

set

up

at

our labs for

standard partitions (to be

later

explained) prior.

to

shipping. Ports

are

set

up

and all else,

so

getting

your hard disk

up

the

first

time should be painless. This will help in you

getting

up

a

'standard' system in a short period

of

time, and with

little

effort.

You

can

at

any time change

the

partitions.

WINCHESTER CONCEPTS

Like a floppy, a Winchester disk consists of a round surface(s) coated with a magnetic oxide

material which can be magnitized.

While

a floppy drive allows you

to

insert and remove the

media,

the

Winchester is a sealed unit enclosed in a chamber within your hard drive cabinet. The

Winchester's storage capacity

greatly

exceeds

that

of

any floppy disks. Because

of

this,

it

is

divided into

separate

storage

areas

called 'partitions'.

The software and

data

on

a

'partition'

can be accessed similarly

to

that

stored on a floppy. For

most

practical

purposes, a single Winchester partition

can

be thought

of

as

a floppy disk as far

as software storage is concerned. -

There

are

a few differences. The Winchester's rigid

platter

cannot be removed like a floppy disk

can. The Winchester is also much faster and more reliable than a floppy. Where

t~e

Floppy disk

is a fixed size (per diskette and controller),

the

Winchester's partitions can be

set

by the user

during

the

PARTitioning.

You

can

BOOT

off a floppy, you can also

BOOT

off

of any SYSGENed

partition

on

the

Winchester.

When

your system is properly

set

up, you will be able

to

continue

to

BOOT

off

any

of your floppy drives, and also any of the Winchester partitions -

the

default device specified

by

the

CPU

switch setting.

You

can assign your

SASI

HOST

ADAPTER card switch

setting

to

boot a

'default'

partition, or

by

setting

the

switch

setting

to

'15',

the

BOOT

PARTITION menu will

always come

up

and give you

the

choice

of

BOOT

partition.

PARTITIONS

What's all this talk about partitions? Don't

let

the

term

scare

you.

When

you work with floppy

drives, you have lOOK,

50

OK,

or perhaps a

maximum

size

of

about 1 megabyte. With relatively

small sizes such as this, you don't have

to

worry about size management

of

files, or too many

files

to

fit

on

the

directory.

When

you have a Winchester

of

15

megabytes or so,

it's

very large

compared

to

a floppy.

If

you had only one

15

meg Winchester partition you could

not

have more

than one operating system.

When

your directory would become "full" you may

still

have

13

megs

left

on

the

disk, but too bad -as

far

as

the

directory is concerned,

the

disk is

full.

Want

to

think

about backing

up

one 15 meg surface?

The

partition

utility

XBCPART

(HDOS and

CP/M

versions included), divides the physical Tandon

Winchester disk

into

up

to

15

user

partitions

or "logical drives" for

the

selected

operating

system(s) you have chosen under XBCPART. The unit is already

set

up

as

follows unless

another

scheme was specified upon ordering

the

unit:

PARTITION #

o

1

2

3

4

5

OPERATING

SYSTEM

CP/M-A:

CP/M-B:

HDOS-SYO:

HDOS-SY1:

HDOS-SY2:

HDOS'-SY3:

SIZE

4.8

Megs

4.8

Megs

1.2 Megs

1.2

Megs

Besides

these

logical "drives", you

can

further

have up

to

15 USER

NUMBERS

or User

areas

under

CP/M

to

further

sub-divide

the

CP/M

partitions. Consult your

CP/M

manual for additional

information on user numbers.

CLUSTER SIZE

Depending on

the

size

of

the

partitions,

there

is always a 'minimum

size'

for a file

to

occupy,

known as a

cluster

under

HDOS.

A cluster is a group

of

sectors

which is the smallest

size

available for a file. This value varies depending on

the

'disk' size. For instance, on a

SS

SD

lOOK

disk,

the

cluster

size

would be two

sectors.

On

a very

large

partition,

the

cluster size may be

more

than

20

sectors.

This means,

if

you have a one

sector

file, although

it

will only occupy one

physical

sector

on

the

hard drive,

the

directory

logs

it

off

as

twenty

sectors

for instance.

If

you

do, for instance, a CAT SY1:/ALL, you will

see

the

actual

disk

sectors

taken by

each

file. A

CAT

SY1:, for instance, will show you

the

same files, but with

their

actual

file size.

When

HDOS

is assigned

to

over

50

cylinders for a

partition,

the

CAT command may show an incomplete

space

remaining. This is becuase only 4 digits were

allocated

when

HDOS

was designed and 5 digits

are

needed

to

show

the

free

sectors on a large

partition.

It's

no big deal,

but

you should be

aware

of

this. Once

there

are

a few files on

the

disk,

the

number will drop down below 9999, which will

then

accurately

be displayed.

When

checking

the

size

on

an

empty partition, you may

see

something like 8734, which is really 18734. Some examples

of

HDOS

cluster siz·es

are

listed:

CYLINDER SIZE

100

75

50

25

20

APPROX

MEGABYTES

5

3 3/4

2 1/2

1

1/4

1

CL

USTER SIZE

76

58

38

20

16

CP/M

also has a limitation of a maximum number

of

directory

entries

which depends on

the

size

of

the

partition,

and allows

up

to

8 megabytes per

partition

(not

true

for CP/M+). The

HDOS

directory depends on

the

size

selected,

but

at

1.2 Megabytes,

the

cluster

size is

20

sectors.

Listed below

are

cluster

sizes and

directory

sizes for CP/M:

o

to

255K

=1K minimum per file

256K

to

2 megabytes =

2K

minimum per file

2 megabytes

to

8 megabytes =

4K

minimum per file

o

to

255K

partition

=

64

maximum

directory

entries

256K

to

512K

partition

=128 maximum

directory

entri

es

512K

to 2 Megabyte

partition

=

256

maximum

directory

entries

2 Megabyte

to

8 Megabyte

partition

=

512

maximum

directory

entries

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