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- A Device Driver for Hewlett-Packard HP 150 MS-DOS Diskettes
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- HP150.SYS
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- A Device Driver for Hewlett-Packard HP 150 MS-DOS Diskettes
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- Copyright 1989, Sydex
- All Rights Reserved
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- Version 1.0 January, 1989
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- Sydex
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- 153 North Murphy Ave.
- Sunnyvale, CA 94086
- (408) 739-4866
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- NOTICE
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- THIS IS NOT FREE SOFTWARE! If you paid a "public
- domain" vendor for this program, you paid for the serv-
- ice of copying the program, and not for the program it-
- self. Rest assured that nothing ever gets to the
- originators of this product from such a sale. You may
- evaluate this product, but if you make use of it, you
- must register your copy.
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- We offer several inducements to you for registering.
- First of all, you receive the most up-to-date copy of
- the program that we have without the advertising copy
- embedded. You also receive support for HP150.SYS--which
- can be quite valuable at times. And finally, we include
- a few utilities not included in the evaluation package.
- Make no mistake however--we do not "cripple" our evalua-
- tion software--our sample programs are fully functional
- and complete.
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- REGISTRATION INFORMATION
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- The non-commercial single-user registration fee for
- HP150.SYS is $20.00 US. The commercial and multisystem
- site fee is $150.00 for HP150.SYS.
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- Send a check or company P.O. for the appropriate amount
- to:
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- SYDEX
- 153 North Murphy Ave.
- Sunnyvale, CA 94086
- (408) 739-4866
- Major Credit Cards Accepted
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- Please indicate what product you are ordering and if you
- have a requirement for 3.5" media. We normally ship
- 5.25" 360K diskettes, but we will furnish 3.5" 720K
- media upon request. Orders placed outside of the U.S.
- and Canada should include an additional $5.00 for air-
- mail. We can accept U.S. funds only, please.
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- DISTRIBUTION NOTICE
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- This is "user-supported" software. You are hereby
- granted a license by Sydex to distribute this evaluation
- copy of HP150.SYS and its documentation, subject to the
- following conditions:
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- 1. HP150.SYS may be distributed freely without charge
- in evaluation form only.
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- 2. HP150.SYS may not be sold, licensed, or a fee
- charged for its use. If a fee is charged in con-
- nection with HP150.SYS, it must cover the cost of
- copying or dissemination only. Such charges must
- be clearly identified as such by the originating
- party. Under no circumstances may the purchaser be
- given the impression that he is buying HP150.SYS
- itself.
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- 3. HP150.SYS must be presented as a complete unit, in-
- cluding this documentation. HP150.SYS's documen-
- tation may be not amended or altered in any way.
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- 4. In granting you the right to distribute the evalua-
- tion form of HP150.SYS, Sydex does not acknowledge
- you as the owner of HP150.SYS in any form.
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- Any other use or distribution of HP150.SYS is expressly
- forbidden without the written consent of SYDEX.
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- ________________________________________________________________
- "HP 150" and "HP" is a trademark of Hewlett-Packard Corporation.
- "IBM", "PC DOS" and "Personal System/2" are trademarks of Inter-
- national Business Machines Corporation. "MS-DOS" is a trademark
- of Microsoft Corporation.
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- What is HP150.SYS?
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- HP150.SYS is a device driver which supports reading and writing
- of MS-DOS diskettes from Hewlett-Packard Corporation's HP 150
- series computers on PC XT- or AT-compatible machines. Under DOS
- 3.2, the utilities FORMAT, DISKCOPY and DISKCOMP are supported,
- as well as normal DOS read and write operations.
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- To use HP150.SYS, your computer must be PC AT-, XT- or IBM Per-
- sonal System/2 compatible. Computers such as the Tandy 2000 or
- the Zenith Z-150 are not suitable because of their relative in-
- compatibility. Further, your computer must be equipped with a
- 3.5" 720K or 1.44M diskette drive. To read and write HP 150
- 5.25" diskettes, your computer must be equipped with high-density
- 1.2 Megabyte drive or a 5.25" "quad" density drive, such as the
- Teac 55F. The diskette adapter on your computer must match the
- diskette drive characteristics. That is, a high-density drive
- must be used with a high-density adapter. Many manufacturers,
- such as Western Digital, produce high-density diskette adapters
- for XT-style computers, and these may be used successfully with
- HP150.SYS. Currently, we support only the first (or primary)
- diskette adapter in a system.
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- And finally, your computer needs to be running PC-DOS or MS-DOS
- Version 2.0 or later. DOS 3.2 or later is preferable, but not
- required. Version 2 DOS users may find that some HP150.SYS func-
- tions, such as formatting, are not supported.
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- Installing and Using HP150.SYS
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- Installation of HP150.SYS is straightforward. First, find the
- file CONFIG.SYS in the root directory of the disk that your com-
- puter boots (loads DOS) from. It may be possible that you do not
- have a CONFIG.SYS file, in which case the next few steps will
- create one. If you are unfamiliar with the CONFIG.SYS file, take
- time out now and read the section in your DOS manual dealing with
- it, and in particular, the DEVICE= statement.
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- You'll need to add a line to CONFIG.SYS of the following general
- form:
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- DEVICE=HP150.SYS /D:unit /F:format
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- This can be done with the program EDLIN which is supplied with
- DOS, or with a text editor of your choosing. If you use a word-
- processing editor, make sure that you indicate that CONFIG.SYS is
- a nondocument file. If you didn't find a CONFIG.SYS, the above
- line will be the only line in the file which is created.
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- The value of "unit" can range from 0 to 3 and represents the
- physical diskette unit to be used to read and write the HP 150
- diskettes. If this unit is normally called A: on your computer,
- then the value of unit is 0; if B:, then unit is 1. External
- drives are generally units 2 and 3.
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- The value of "format" depends on the type of diskette drive that
- you're using. If it's a high-density 1.2 megabyte unit, then the
- value of "format" is 1. If you're using a 3.5" drive or a "quad"
- density drive, such as the Teac 55F, then "format" is 2.
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- If "/D:unit" is omitted in the configuration line, "unit" is as-
- sumed to be 1. If "/F:format" is omitted, "format" is assumed to
- be 1 also.
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- The last step is to copy the file HP150.SYS into the root direc-
- tory of your system or "boot" drive. Finally, re-boot your com-
- puter. If your computer is configured with a version of DOS 3,
- the following message will be displayed:
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- HP 150 diskette driver, Copyright 1989, Sydex
- All Rights Reserved.
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- HP 150 DOS diskette unit x is accessible as drive y:
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- The letters x and y will take on values which depend on the con-
- figuration of your computer.
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- If your computer is configured with a version of DOS 2, the fol-
- lowing message will be displayed:
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- HP 150 diskette driver, Copyright 1989, Sydex
- All Rights Reserved.
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- HP150 DOS diskette unit x installed.
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- In this case, the drive letter which is used to read HP 150 dis-
- kettes will generally be one greater than the last drive letter
- in use before you modified CONFIG.SYS. For example, if drive C:
- was the last drive on your computer, HP150.SYS will use drive
- letter D:.
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- As an example of the whole process described above, suppose that
- we wished to add HP150.SYS to a PC-AT "clone" which has one 3.5"
- diskette drive and a hard disk. Our CONFIG.SYS file on drive C:
- might look like this after we modified it using EDLIN:
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- FILES = 30
- BUFFERS = 10
- DEVICE = HP150.SYS /D:0 /F:2 (This line is added)
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- We then copy HP150.SYS to drive C:...
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- COPY /B A:HP150.SYS C:\
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- We then press the keys Ctrl, Alt and Del simultaneously to
- "reboot" our computer. After the rebooting process has com-
- pleted, the following message is displayed:
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- HP 150 diskette driver, Copyright 1989, Sydex
- All Rights Reserved.
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- HP 150 DOS diskette unit 0 is accessible as drive D:
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- We then find that HP 150 diskettes placed in our A: drive can be
- read and written if we refer to that drive as drive D:.
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- FINAL COMMENTS...
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- HP150.SYS was written in response to inquiries from customers who
- had our CP/M diskette transfer package, but who had no way to
- easily handle the HP 150 DOS diskettes. We hope that this situa-
- tion is now remedied. If you experience problems in getting
- HP150.SYS to work for you, or if you have questions about any
- Sydex product, please give us a call.
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- Other Sydex Products
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- CON->FORMAT--Concurrent "background" diskette formatter.
- Features "pop-up" operation and "hot key" activation.
- You've got to see it to believe. Supports all current DOS
- formats. $15.00 ($50.00 site) registration fee.
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- 22DISK--Transfer files, format, examine and erase files on
- "foreign" CP/M diskettes on your PC. Includes tips on sup-
- porting 8" and 5.25" single-density diskettes. Contains
- definitions for over 200 different formats. $25.00 ($100.00
- site) registration fee.
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- 22NICE--A CP/M 2.2 emulation package. Supports the NEC
- V-series chips or performs emulation by software for both
- the 8080 and Z80 processors. Includes terminal emulation
- and diskette handling for common CP/M systems. Includes
- 22DISK. $40.00 ($150.00 site) registration fee.
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- ANADISK--The compleat diskette utility. Nothing like it
- anywhere else; scan, edit, repair and copy just about any
- kind of diskette. $25.00 ($150.00 site) registration fee.
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- TELEDISK--Turn any diskette into a compressed data file and
- vice-versa. Allows you to send and receive entire diskettes
- via modem. Even works with some "copy-protected" diskettes.
- $20.00 ($150.00 site) registration fee.
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- COPYQM--Cheap diskette duplicator. Format, copy and verify
- multiple diskettes from a single master. Implements "no
- keyboard" interaction mode and drive "round robin" servic-
- ing. Supports all standard DOS formats. $15.00 ($50.00
- site) registration fee.
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- FORMATQM--Mass diskette formatter - format a box of dis-
- kettes at a single sitting. Implements "no keyboard" inter-
- action mode and drive "round robin" servicing. Supports all
- standard DOS formats. $10.00 ($40.00 site) registration
- fee.
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