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- Installing TSX-Lite
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- Installation of TSX-Lite is a simple process which takes about 10
- minutes. The installation process will create the TSX-Lite system
- directory, usually named TSX32SYS, on the destination disk. It
- will extract the TSX-Lite system files from compressed libraries
- and write them into this directory. The TSX kernel program,
- TSX32.SYS, will be copied to the root directory of your C: drive.
- When the installation is complete, your current directory will be
- the TSX-Lite system directory on the destination drive. The TSX
- installation process does not modify AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS.
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- The TSX-Lite operating system coexists peacefully on the same
- computer with DOS. To start TSX-Lite you first boot DOS, then
- change to the TSX-Lite system directory (usually named \TSX32SYS)
- and issue the RUNTSX command.
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- See Section 1.13 on page 8 for information about obtaining
- technical assistance.
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- 1.1 Hardware Requirements
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- TSX-Lite requires a 386 or 486 based system with at least 4 MB of
- memory. VGA and MDA display adapters are supported as well as a
- variety of disk adapters. Disk compression schemes such as
- DoubleSpace and Stacker are not supported.
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- 1.2 Disk Space Requirements
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- After installation, the distributed files in the TSX-Lite system
- directory will occupy approximately 5 Mb. In addition, the kernel
- file, TSX32.SYS (which is always placed in the root of the C drive)
- will require about 1 Mb.
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- However, when you start TSX, a virtual memory "page file" is
- created in the TSX system directory which, by default, occupies 4
- MB of disk space. The name of the page file is PAGEFILE.TSX and
- its size is determined by the TSX system generation parameter
- PGFILSIZ. The page file is used to hold the virtual memory portion
- of programs that are not currently present in main memory. The
- PGFILSIZ parameter is discussed in the TSX-Lite documentation. The
- total required disk space for a running TSX-Lite system is roughly
- 10 megabytes.
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- 1.3 Installation Modes
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- TSX-Lite is distributed both on floppy disks and via electronic
- distribution. In either case, you will run an installation program
- which will:
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- . Create the TSX-Lite directory on your hard disk.
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- . Decompress the TSX-Lite files into that directory.
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- . Ask you a series of questions about your system, and create a
- configuration file based on your answers and what it can
- automatically detect about your system.
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- 1.4 Floppy Disk Installation
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- If you received TSX-Lite on floppy disks, you are ready to start
- the installation. Simply insert Disk #1 in drive A or B and type
- the command
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- x:INSTALL
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- where x is either A or B depending on which diskette drive you are
- using.
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- Now proceed to Section 1.6 which describes the details of the
- installation process.
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- When the installation is finished, the TSX-Lite documentation files
- will be stored in the TSX32SYS directory. To print the
- documentation, simply type PRINT *.DOC after booting TSX-Lite (the
- TSXLITE.DOC manual is about 175 pages long).
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- 1.5 Installation from ZIP Files
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- If you downloaded TSX-Lite from a bulletin board, you should have
- four files with an extension of .ZIP. The first file in the series
- contains the TSX-Lite documentation, and is much smaller than the
- others. You may wish to download this file and read the
- documentation before downloading and installing TSX-Lite.
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- You will have to "unzip" these files before running the
- installation program. To do this, use the PKUNZIP utility program.
- If you do not have a copy of PKUNZIP, you can download it from the
- same bulletin board where you got TSX-Lite. Note, each of the four
- .ZIP files contains a file named FILE_ID.DIZ. These files provide
- descriptive information for bulletin boards but are not used by
- TSX-Lite.
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- To unzip the files, create a temporary directory on your hard disk
- and "CD" to that directory. Now, copy all .ZIP files to that
- directory. Then, type the command
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- PKUNZIP -O *
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- You should now have the following files in the temporary directory
- in addition to the ZIP files:
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- INSTALL.EXE ! The installer program
- TSX-32.001 ! TSX-Lite compressed file #1
- TSX-32.002 ! TSX-Lite compressed file #2
- TSX-32.003 ! TSX-Lite compressed file #3
- TSXLITE.DOC ! The TSX-Lite documentation
- REGISTER.DOC ! TSX-Lite registration information
- INSTALL.DOC ! This file
- READ.ME ! Basic information about TSX-Lite
- FILE_ID.DIZ ! Information file for BBS sysops
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- Now, simply type INSTALL to start the installation program. When
- you have completed the installation, copy the documentation files
- to another directory, or print them out with the TSX command
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- PRINT *.DOC.
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- You may then erase the files in the temporary directory.
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- 1.6 The Installation Program
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- The Install program will display a Main Menu with the following
- options:
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- Install TSX-Lite
- Copy Individual Files
- Exit
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- The first option, Install TSX-Lite, will be highlighted, and is the
- appropriate one for all new systems and system upgrades. Press
- Enter to select this option.
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- If you make an error any time during the installation process and
- wish to exit, simply press Ctrl-X. You may then re-start the
- installation.
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- If this is a new installation, the installation program will check
- the system for adequate memory and disk space, and will check the
- CONFIG.SYS file for possible device driver conflicts. The
- following types of drivers many interfere with TSX-Lite when it
- begins running: Extended memory managers such as QEMM.SYS and
- HIMEM.SYS; disk caching programs such as SMARTDRV.SYS; disk
- compression programs such as DBLDISK.SYS and Stacker.
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- The first question you will be asked is "Does this system contain a
- SCSI host adapter?" If you reply "Y" you will be asked to select
- from a menu the type of SCSI adapter you have. Currently, the
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- Adaptec 1540 SCSI Adapter and compatibles
- Adaptec 1740 EISA SCSI Adapter/Enhanced mode
- Western Digital 7000 SCSI Adapter
- CAM CSA-6000 EISA SCSI Adapter
- PS/2 SCSI Adapter
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- After selecting the adapter from this list, you will be asked the
- IRQ, SCSI ID and I/O address for the adapter.
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- You will now be asked a series of questions to determine whether
- certain detached jobs should be started at system bootup. The jobs
- which may be started are the print spooler and the window print
- facility. Reply "Y" for each job your system will require. These
- selections can be changed later by using the TSGEN program. If in
- doubt about an option the safest choice is "Y".
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- The installation program will now begin extracting files from
- compressed libraries and copying them to your selected hard disk.
- Please do not interrupt this process until it is finished.
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- After all files are copied, you will be asked questions about the
- hard disk configuration on your system. The first question is "How
- many fixed disk drives are in your computer?" When replying to this
- question, include removeable hard disks and CD ROM drives. Also
- include disk partitions which have been created with FDISK. Do NOT
- include disks or partitions which have been formatted with a
- non-DOS operating system or which have been compressed with a file
- compression utility like Stacker or DoubleSpace.
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- Then, for each drive on the system, you will be asked to select a
- disk type from the following list:
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- Standard AT (or IDE)
- PS2 Model 80 adapter
- Unisys SCSI
- All other SCSI controllers
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- If you specify that the drive in question is a SCSI disk, you will
- then be asked to provide the SCSI ID, the SCSI LUN, and whether the
- disk is removable or is a CD ROM.
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- After providing information about all drives on your system, you
- will then be asked to assign drive letters to the drives. The
- drive letters may be the same as those used under DOS, or you may
- use different letters if you wish.
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- The installation process will now create a file named TSX32.GEN in
- your TSX-Lite system directory with information about your
- configuration and choice of options. Then, the TSGEN program will
- run, applying the GEN options to the kernel file, C:\TSX32.SYS.
- The TSX-Lite manual explains how you can use TSGEN to customize and
- optimize TSX-Lite for your needs.
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- The installation procedure checks for the presence of the COM1 and
- COM2 serial ports and defines them as TSX devices TTB0 and TTC0 if
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- they are present. See the TSXLITE.DOC file for information about
- setting up COM3 and COM4 ports.
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- 1.7 Starting TSX-Lite
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- Since TSX-Lite is an operating system and must have full access to
- the computer when it starts running, some TSR programs or DOS
- device drivers may interfere with it. In particular, you should
- remove any of the following programs and/or drivers from your
- CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files and reboot before starting
- TSX-Lite:
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- . Memory managers such as QEMM.SYS and HIMEM.SYS. TSX-Lite has
- its own virtual memory manager built into it.
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- . Disk compression schemes such as Stacker or DoubleSpace. Note:
- TSX-Lite does NOT support disk compression and if you have
- compressed your disks you will need to decompress before
- starting TSX-Lite.
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- . Disk caching programs such as SMARTDRV.SYS.
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- When the installation procedure completes, make sure your current
- directory is the TSX-Lite system directory (normally TSX32SYS) and
- type RUNTSX to start TSX. A screen will appear displaying the
- progress of the bootup process. When system initialization is
- finished (it takes 15 to 30 seconds), you will see the TSX-Lite
- greeting and a system prompt. To return to DOS, type the TSX
- "SHUTDOWN" or "BOOT" commands.
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- If the TSX-Lite start-up process fails, save a copy of your
- CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files, create minimal ones without any
- TSR's or unnecessary device drivers, reboot, and then try to start
- TSX-Lite again. See Section 1.12 for solutions to some possible
- problems.
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- 1.8 Using TSX-Lite
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- When TSX-Lite starts it prints a welcome message and then displays
- a command prompt. At this point you may type TSX commands or run
- your own application programs. You may want to try a few of the
- following commands to get a feeling for the system: "TSXSHELL",
- "HELP", "SYSMON", "FMAN", "SHOW SYSTEM", "SHOW USE", "SHOW
- TERMINALS", "SHOW MEMORY", "SHOW PAGING", "SHOW CACHE", "SHOW
- FILES", "SHOW FSTATUS", "SHOW ERRORS".
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- 1.9 Documentation Files
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- The following documentation files are provided with TSX-Lite. See
- the REGISTER.DOC file for information about purchasing other
- manuals.
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- TSXLITE.DOC -- Reference manual for TSX-Lite.
- REGISTER.DOC -- Registration information and order form.
- INSTALL.DOC -- Installation instructions.
- README.DOC -- Basic introductory information.
- VENDOR.DOC -- Information for vendors.
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- 1.10 System Upgrades
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- The installation program will detect if TSX is already installed on
- the target drive. If so, you will not be asked the questions
- mentioned above and the new files will simply be copied over the
- old ones.
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- Certain files which are considered "user-specific" will not be
- overwritten. These include the GEN file, startup command files,
- etc. A list of these files will appear on the screen (see the
- following section for a complete list). If you wish any of these
- files to be replaced, press Ctrl-X to exit, delete the file(s),
- then restart the installation program.
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- 1.11 Copy Individual Files Installation Option
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- Use this option to copy one or more selected files from the
- distribution disks. Because files are stored on the distribution
- disks in compressed format, they cannot be copied to your system
- with the COPY command.
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- When you select this option, you will be prompted for the name of a
- file to copy. Type the filename and extension only, with no drive
- or directory specification. Press Enter to continue. You will now
- be prompted for another file to copy. You may continue to enter as
- many files as you wish in this way. Wildcard filenames are
- acceptable.
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- Simply press Enter without entering a filename when you are done.
- All files you selected will now be copied to the TSX-Lite directory
- on your system. If you asked for the file TSX32.SYS, it will be
- copied to the root directory on drive C:.
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- Certain files are known by the Installation program to be
- user-modifiable. The Installation program will not copy these
- files to your hard disk if another file with the same name already
- exists. To get a new copy of these files, you must first erase the
- original copy. The files in this category are as follows:
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- START.CMD
- LSTARTUP.CMD
- LSHUTDOWN.CMD
- STARTQUE.CMD
- QINIT.CMD
- E32.INI
- KERMIT.INI
- *.KEY
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- 1.12 Possible Installation Problems
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- 1. During the installation process, a message appears of the form
- "We had a problem reading a file." This indicates a corrupted
- compressed distribution library file. Please obtain a new
- distribution.
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- 2. During the execution of the TSGEN program (immediately after
- the installation program "farewell" screen), an "out of memory"
- message appears. TSGEN requires a substantial amount of DOS
- memory. It cannot use EMS or XMS. Remove all drivers and
- TSR's from your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files, reboot, and
- try again.
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- 3. The TSX boot process fails with a message of the form "error
- opening keyboard monitor." This indicates that TSX is having
- trouble finding its files on the hard disk. Run the TSGEN
- program, select "Set Tuning Parameters", then select "All
- Parameters". Press the letter "S" and scroll down to the
- parameter SYSDEV, then press enter. This parameter tells TSX
- where its files are stored.
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- The disk drive is specified as DHxy: where 'x' indicates the
- disk (a letter) and 'y' indicates a partition on that disk (a
- number). So, for example, the C drive is always DHA0:. The D
- drive may be either DHA1: if it is the 2nd partition on the
- first disk, or DHB0: if it is the 1st partition on the second
- disk. Verify that the SYSDEV parameter contains the correct
- disk name. See the TSX-Lite documentation for more information
- on running the TSGEN program.
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- 4. The boot process fails with a message of the form "Error moving
- data" or "Error allocating memory." This usually indicates a
- conflict with a DOS memory manager or device driver. Try
- removing all such drivers from the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT
- files and rebooting the computer. If the problems persist, try
- running the CMOS setup program for your computer and disabling
- all ROM and video shadowing.
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- 5. The boot process completes successfully and the greeting
- message appears on the screen, but the system appears to be
- "dead." This symptom may occur when TSX has had a problem
- initializing the keyboard. Reboot the computer and run the
- TSGEN program. Select "Set Tuning Parameters", then select
- "Console Keyboard Parameters". Increase the value of KBDELAY1,
- KBDELAY2, KBDELAY3, and KBDELAY4 to 30000 (thirty thousand).
- Exit TSGEN and try running TSX again. See the TSX-Lite
- documentation for more information on running the TSGEN
- program.
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- 6. The screen goes blank after entering the RUNTSX command to
- start TSX. TSX is having a problem with your video adapter.
- Try setting the adapter to its most basic mode and try booting
- again.
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- 1.13 Telephone Support
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- If you need assistance installing TSX-Lite you are welcome to call
- the S&H support team. The fee for this service is $1.50 per minute
- which may be charged to a Visa, MasterCard, or American Express
- credit card. There is a $10.00 minimum charge for each call. The
- S&H support number is 615-327-3670.
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