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Documentation for PSTART.DCP Jerry Coffey 9/21/86
This is a starter disk for TI P-system users. It requires 338 sectors of
space to download. After downloading with Fast-Term or equivalent, use the
program DCOPY to restore it to a blank SSSD disk. DCOPY is in program image
format and can be run from E/A option 5 (Run Program File). The resulting
disk will be recognized by either the P-system or TI-DOS (XBasic) since it
contains valid directories for BOTH systems.
Backup the disk by sector copy only. The TI files can be copied
individually under TI-DOS and the P-system files can be T)ransferred using the
F)iler. The pseudofiles "TI-DIR" and "PASCAL" cannot be copied individually
since their parameters have been altered. TI-DIR appears as a BAD file on the
P-system directory and serves to keep the system from overwriting the sectors
reserved for the TI directory. PASCAL is the usual pseudo file name that
appears when a P-system disk is cataloged under TI-DOS. However it does not
occupy the whole disk in this case. The parameters of PASCAL have been fixed
to be consistent with the bitmap which actually controls the allocation of
space. Copying this file will give garbage and deleting it will chew up the
bitmap. LEAVE IT ALONE!
The TI-DOS portion of the disk contains the FairWare utility programs
used to create the disk. They are combined in an XB/AL program called PUTIL.
There is also a LOAD program for XBasic which will print the PUTIL docs, run
the program, or boot the P-system. Other TI files are PROMO2 (a brief
description of the disk) and TEPNEWDOC (a DV80 file covering the new features
of TEP.
Under the P-system the other portion of the disk is accessible. From the
Filer you can transfer any of the following files to standard P-system disks
-- (they are all editable TEXT or executable CODE):
CHECK.CODE
This short Pascal program polls the drives in the P-system to let the
system read any format the hardware can handle. Use to read all formats
from a MYARC controller.
CHECK.TEXT
Source code for Pascal program CHECK.
COPY.CODE
This simple Pascal disk copier will clone ANY TI format disk (including
MYARC 80 track format).
COPY.SRC
Source code for the Pascal program COPY. Program backs up 2880 sector disk
in about 5.7 minutes.
TEP.CODE
Andy Cooper's terminal emulator for ti99/4a running ucsd p-system. Supports
DEC vt52 and xmodem protocol. June 1986 upgrade.
TEPDOC.TEXT
Documentation for original (Sept. 1985 version) of TEP.
DV80P.CODE
This program will read a D/V 80 file from a TI disk and then transfer it to
a TI Pascal disk. It will be given the .TEXT suffix so that it can be
edited or compiled.
SYSTEM.CHARAC
Dave Ramsey's character set for the P-system. Put this DATA file on your
boot disk as SYSTEM.CHARAC to autoload the lower case set. Similar to Paul
Charlton's most recent character set for Fast-Term.
PEEKIN.CODE
This P-system memory reader was written by Dave Ramsey of the MANNERS UG.
Similar to DISKO, it is set up for the TI 40 col screen and complements
PATCH - (the standard memory dump Utility). Addresses must be preceded
by a "mode" indicator i.e. "i" for integer or "h" for hex --> h37D7 etc.
R1/1200PIO.CODE
P/9900 code program sets REMIN/REMOUT to port #1 at 1200, and PRINTER to
PIO. Other parameters suitable for TEP.
R1/300PIO.CODE
P/9900 code program sets REMIN/REMOUT to port #1 at 300, printer to PIO.
Other parameters suitable for TEP.
---- and a few others ----
ENJOY!
Jerry
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