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GETTINÇ STARTED.
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The natural human inclination is to start using products
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before wading through the instructions. We understand that and
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have developed some rather simple steps to provide initial ZSDOS
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capabilities rather painlessly. This will provide the inducement
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to read the appropriate sections of the manual for a complete
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customized installation. Merely follow the steps listed here,
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then read the manual at your liesure to learn how to tailor the
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ZSDOS system to you particular needs and desires. These instruc
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tions cite the relevant paragraphs in the manual in case a more
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detailed description is desired.
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1® LOADINÇ THÅ DOS These steps are written around the full-
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featured ZSDOS version of the Operating System to demonstrate all
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of the power, and provide procedures for systems already using
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either type of Time Stamping supported by ZSDOS. It is recom
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mended that these steps be followed initially, followed by a
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later installation with ZDDOS if either a minimal memory configu
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ration is desired, or only DateStamper-type File Stamping is
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desired. The differences between ZSDOS and ZDDOS are briefly
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described in Section 1 of the manual.
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A. DO YOU OPERATE UNDER NZ-COM? (3.1.2)
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If No, Go To Step B.
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If Yes,
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Rename ZSDOS.ZRL to NZDOS.ZRL and replace your
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existing NZDOS.ZRL with this new file. Reinstall
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NZCOM and load the system.
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Go to Step 2.
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B. DO YOU HAVE Plu*Perfect Systems' JETLDR? (3.1.3)
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If No, Go To Step C.
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If Yes,
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Type:
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JETLDR ZSDOS.ZRL
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Go to Step 2.
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C. ARE YOU USING AN SB-180/FX-180 with XBIOS? (3.1.4)
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If No, Go To Step D.
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If Yes,
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Enter SYSBLD with your current system model.
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Select Menu 1.1, and change the DOS name to
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ZSDOS.ZRL. Exit SYSBLD, and "XBOOT" the new image.
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Go to Step 2.
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D. YOU ARE INSTALLING TO A BOOTABLE SYSTEM IMAGE. (3.1.1)
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(1) Create a system image file with MOVCPM, MOVZSYS or
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whatever facility you computer uses (ONEAC ON!
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image is already in this form). Save the moved
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system image to a disk file remembering the name.
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(2) Call the ZSDOS Installation tool in absolute mode
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(3.1.1.1) with:
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INSTALOS /A
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Read in the image created above, and select option
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2 to replace the DOS. Load the ZSDOS.ZRL file and
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answer 'N' (No) to the prompt asking whether to
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configure default options. Select menu option 4 to
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exit the program and save the new image.
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(3) Install the new image on your system boot tracks
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with the SYSGEN utility provided with your computer.
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WARNING: PERFORM THIS STEP ON A WORKING DISK, NOT A
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MASTER DISK. Reboot your system from this disk and
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you will be operating under ZSDOS.
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2. You should have completed installation of one of the forms in
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step 1 at this point, and have ZSDOS up and running. To see what
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Time Stamps can do for your system, two files have been pre-
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configured on the distribution disk. LDTIMD.COM is an RSX form
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of DateStamper with the Relative clock. LDTIMP.COM is an RSX form
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of P2DOS stamping also with the Relative clock. If you are
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unfamiliar with the two methods, a brief comparison is:
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Stamp Method Advantages Disadvantages
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------------ ---------- -------------
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DateStamper(tm) Wide acceptance Slight Time penalty
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Uses Only 1 Dir Stamp file can be
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entry erased
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Offers Last Access
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stamp
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P2DOS (CP/M Plus) Fast Uses 1/4 of Dir
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Entries
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If you do NOT want Date/Time Stamp or clock support, go to
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Step 3, otherwise activate one of the two programs by entering
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either LDTIMD or LDTIMP (see LDTIM, 3.2.3). Then Set the clock
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using TD.COM (4.6).
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To see the effect of stamping, prepare a disk for stamping with
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PUTDS.COM (3.2.4) if you selected LDTIMD, or INITDIR.COM (3.2.5)
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if you selected LDTIMP. Copy or edit some files and note the
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effect with ZXD (4.11). You will probably want to tailor the
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stamping to your system clock or other parameters now, so please
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read Section 3 of the manual for details.
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3. FINAL TOUCHES. After you have completed whichever of the above
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steps you elected, we recommend highly that you read at least
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Sections 1 and 2 of the manual to learn the power that ZSDOS can
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bring to 8-bit computers. Learn to use the tools provided with
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the ZSDOS distribution package to customize the Operating System
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to your own requirements and desires. All tools listed below
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operate equally well under ZSDOS and ZDDOS unless specifically
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noted. Briefly, the tools are:
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COPY - Copy single or groups of files between disk drives
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and/or user areas preserving date/time stamps (Modification of
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ZCPR tool MCOPY). (4.1)
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DATSWEEP (ZDDOS or ZSDOS with DateStamper only) -
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Plu*Perfect's full-featured screen-oriented disk and file utility
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(4.2).
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FILEATTR - Display/Set attributes of individual or groups of
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files. (4.3)
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FILEDATE (ZDDOS or ZSDOS with DateStamper only) - Full fea
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tured Disk directory lister that permits elaborate selective
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listing based on DateStamper-style Date/Time files. (4.4)
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INITDIR - Initialize a disk directory for P2DOS (CP/M Plus)
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type Date/Time Stamping. (3.2.5)
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PUTDS - Initialize a disk for DateStamper type Date/Time
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Stamping (licensed Plu*Perfect utility). (3.2.4)
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RELOG - Resets Hard Disk Login vectors. Primarily for use
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in more elaborate Hard Disk systems which swap logical Hard
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Drives, or use removeable-media, but are defined as Fixed Drives.
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(4.5)
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TD - Display/Set an installed clock via ZSDOS/ZDDOS. (4.6)
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ZCAL - Display a brief calendar of current or any desired
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month. (4.7)
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ZCNFG - Configuration utility to set defaults, such as US or
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European date displays, in COPY, FILEATTR, FILEDATE, TD, and ZXD.
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ZPATH (ZSDOS only) - Permits setting the Internal DOS path
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as well as a ZCPR3 path (Modification of ZCPR tool PATH). (4.9)
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ZSCONFIG - Basic configuration program for both ZSDOS and
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ZDDOS. Operates in both interactive and command-line driven
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modes wih the latter being ideal for customizing the System from
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a STARTUP file under ZCPR3 environments. Options vary between
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ZSDOS and ZDDOS. (4.10)
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ZXD - Directory lister for DateStamper and/or P2DOS (CP/M
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Plus) Date/Time stamping methods (Extensive modification of ZCPR
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tool XD III). (4.11)
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