User guide

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(1) INITialize an HDOS floppy disk with your present SY floppy driver. As this disk is being built, it
should as much as possible contain the SYSTEM files from the original Heath distribution disks, and
will be hereinafter be referred to as the SYSTEM FLOPPY DISK. Although various SYSCMD type
modifications and other user installed patches and mods may work, they will not be supported. It is
strongly suggested that the first time through you use the standard Heath files wherever
possible to avoid any possible conflicts. After this, when everything is verified to be working
properly and you are familiar with the unit setup, you may want to go back and do this again,
only with your patched or SYSCMD files.
(2) Run SYSGEN/MIN to create an operating system environment on your SYSTEM FLOPPY DISK. When
running SYSGEN, be sure your destination disk is your SYSTEM FLOPPY DISK. Again, use the Heath
distribution files (with exception of the SY: driver perhaps - if you are already using an UltiMeth
driver - if not, you MUST use the Heath driver: no others will be supported).
(3) Copy the following files (using PIP for multi-drive systems, or ONECOPY for single drive systems)
onto the SYSTEM disk from the Heath distribution HDOS disks:
INIT.ABS SYSGEN.ABS FLAGS.ABS
ERRORMSG.SYS SET.ABS
(4) Now BOOT your SYSTEM FLOPPY DISK in your SYO: floppy drive. Remember you will have to type spaces
the first time through to get your system to recognize the console baud rate. Until this is
done, the system will have appeared to have died. Subsequent BOOTs will not require this. If
you do not want to use the DATE, and have the DATE presented at every boot, you can SET HDOS
NODATE. Be certain that the terminal width is set to 255 (SET TT: WIDTH 255). Refer to your HDOS
2.0 manual page 2.45 for more SET options.
(5) The QUIKSTOR distribution disks you received have been distributed to you in the requested
format for the drives and controller you are using on your system. Using either PIP (multiple
drives) or ONECOPY (single drive system) copy the three files present (SASIXUxx.ABS,
DVDDKGEN.ABS and DKSASXV3.DVD) from the QUIKSTOR distribution disk to your SYSTEM FLOPPY DISK.
(6) If you do a CAT (or DIR) on your SYSTEM FLOPPY DISK, you will see the file DKSASXV3.DVD
present. RENAME this file to DK.DVD, since a valid device driver must have only two letters before the
delimiter (period):
RENAME DK.DVD=DKSASXV3.DVD
(7) RESET the computer, and again BOOT off your SYSTEM FLOPPY DISK. This time the DK.DVD hard