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QUICK CHECK
All QUIKSTOR QS-15 Winchester units shipped have the CP/M QSBIOS 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.
All QUIKSTOR QS-33 Winchester units shipped have the CP/M QSBIOS 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 24 megabytes on 4 CP/M partitions and 9 megabytes on 8 HDOS partitions, or
according to what you indicated when placing your order.
ALL UNITS: The HDOS partitions (if desired) will all have been INITialized and the first HDOS
partition SYSGENed, 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 first HDOS partition will have all
distribution files already PIPped onto it.
Before shipping, the entire Winchester surface is tested and any bad sectors are locked out if
needed. If the bad sectors are excessive (more than 5) the unit is rejected and returned to the
factory.
The following shows the default partition assignment unless otherwise specified:
PARTITION START SIZE SIZE
# NAME CYL CYL MEGS
0 CP/M 0 1 100 5 Megs
1 CP/M 1 101 100 5 Megs
2 HDOS 0 201 25 1.2 Megs QS15
3 HDOS 1 226 25 1.2 Megs
4 HDOS 2 251 25 1.2 Megs
5 HDOS 3 276 25 1.2 Megs