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===== NZ-COM Disk for RomWBW =====
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This disk is one of several ready-to-run disks provided with
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RomWBW. It contains NZ-COM, which is an implementation of the
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Z-System. You may also see NZ-COM referred to as ZCPR 3.4. This is
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a powerful replacement for CP/M 2.2 w/ full backward compatibility.
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The disk is bootable as is (the operating system image is already
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embedded in the system tracks) and can be launched from the RomWBW
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Loader prompt. See the Usage and Notes sections below for more
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information on how NZ-COM is loaded.
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The remainder of this document describes the usage and contents of
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this disk. It is highly recommended that you review the "RomWBW
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User Guide.pdf" document found in the Doc directory of the
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RomWBW Distribution.
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The primary documentation for NZ-COM is the "NZCOM Users Manual.pdf"
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document contained in the Doc/CPM directory of the RomWBW distribution.
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This document is a supplement to the primary documentation. Additionally,
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please review the file called RELEASE.NOT on this disk which contains
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a variety of updates regarding the NZ-COM distribution.
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The starting point for the disk content was the final official release of
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NZ-COM which is generally available on the Internet. A minimal
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system generation was done just sufficient to get NZ-COM to run under
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RomWBW. NZ-COM is extremely configurable and far more powerful than
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DRI CP/M. It is almost mandatory that you read the NZ-COM manual to
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use the system effectively.
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== Usage ==
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NZ-COM is not designed to load directly from the boot tracks of a
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disk. Instead, it expects to be loaded from an already running
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OS. This disk has been configured to boot using ZSDOS with a
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PROFILE.SUB command file that automatically loads NZ-COM. So, NZ-COM
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will load completely without any intervention, but you may notice
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that ZSDOS loads first, then ZSDOS loads NZ-COM. This is normal.
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*** TODO: Date stamping ***
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== Notes ==
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NZ-COM is distributed in an unconfigured state. The following was
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done to create a ready-to-run setup for RomWBW:
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- Ran MKZCM and saved default configuration to NZCOM.ZCM and
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NZCOM.ENV.
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- Extract VT100 TCAP from Z3TCAP.LBR and saved it as TCAP.Z3T.
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- Created PROFILE.SUB to launch NZCOM at startup.
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- Original TCSELECT.COM was removed and replaced with a newer version
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from the Z3 files.
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- TCAP.LBR and Z3TCAP.TCP were removed and replaced with
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Z3TCAP.LBR from new TCSELECT distribution.
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- Z3LOC.COM and LBREXT.COM were removed because more recent
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versions are provided from Common files.
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- Replaced ZRDOS with ZSDOS in NZCOM.LBR. The standalone
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ZRDOS.ZRL and ZSDOS.ZRL files were saved.
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- Copied ARUNZ.COM to CMDRUN.COM
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- Moved all configuration files to 14: per ZCPR3 conventions
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- Moved all help and documentation files to 10: per ZCPR3 conventions
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- Moved executables to 15: per ZCPR3 conventions
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- Updated HELP.COM to search for help files in A10: instead of A15:
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- Updated LBRHELP.COM to search for help files in A10: instead of A15:
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- Updated STARTZCM with
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ZPATH /C=A0:,$$:,A15: /D=A0:,A15:
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NZCOM TCAP.Z3T
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- Updated NZCOM.NDR in NZCOM.LBR with new directory names:
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A 0: SYSTEM A 10: HELP A 14: CONFIG A 15: ROOT
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- Moved DOCFILES.LBR to 10:
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- Moved all TCJ files to 10:
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- Added REN, SAVE, and SP commands to ALIAS.CMD
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The following additional customizations were also performed:
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- The following files from the original distribution were removed
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because newer versions are included:
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- COPY.COM
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- CRUNCH.COM
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- LBREXT.COM
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- TCSELECT.COM
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- UNCRUNCH.COM
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- Z3LOC.COM
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- ZCNFG.COM
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While including Z3PLUS disk image the SHOW.COM and HELP.COM
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files were renamed to ZSHOW.COM and ZHELP.COM for consistency
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with Z3PLUS, and ZPM3
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== NZ-COM Files ==
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For a description of the files contained in this disk please see the
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"Rom WBW Disk Catalog.pdf" document contained in the Doc directory
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of the RomWBW distribution.
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-- WBW 7:14 PM 8/17/2024
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