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- Instructional Manual
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- ConIX(tm) Operating System
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- Shareware Version 0986
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- A powerful user-interface enhancement
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- CP/M(tm)-80 compatible computers.
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- A product of:
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- Computer Helper Industries Inc.
- Post Office Box 680
- Parkchester Station, N.Y. 10462
- Tel. (212) 652-1786
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- ``Helping your computer work better for you!''
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- Notice of Copyright
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- Copyright (C) 1986 Computer Helper Industries Inc. in New York.
- All rights reserved worldwide. No part of this publication may be
- reproduced, copied, photocopied, transcribed, translated into any
- human or computer language, stored in an information retrieval
- system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic,
- mechanical, optical, or otherwise, without the express prior
- written permission of Computer Helper Industries Inc., Post Office
- Box 680, Parkchester Station, New York, 10462, telephone (212)
- 652-1786.
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- Disclaimer
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- Computer Helper Industries Inc. makes no representations and
- provides no warranties with respect to the contents of this
- product, and hereby disclaims any implied warranties,
- merchantability, or fitness for any particular purpose. Any
- statements about this product made by salespersons, either spoken
- or written, do not constitute warranties and should not be relied
- upon by Customer in deciding whether to purchase this product.
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- Furthermore, Computer Helper Industries Inc. reserves the right
- to revise this product and to make changes from time to time to
- the contents of this product without obligation to notify any
- person or organization of such revision or changes, and without
- obligation to supply such revision or changes without payment.
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- Trademark Acknowledgements
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- The following trademarks are hereby acknowledged and may be
- referenced throughout this publication without further notice:
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- CP/M is a trademark of Digital Research Inc.
- UNIX is a trademark of AT&T Bell Laboratories
- WordStar is a trademark of MicroPro International
- dBase II is a trademark of Ashton-Tate
- ConIX, ExpanDisk, and ConIX Library are trademarks of
- Computer Helper Industries Inc.
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- First printing: September 1986
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- ConIX(tm) Shareware License Agreement
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- License below is granted by: for the product:
- Computer Helper Industries Inc. ConIX(tm) Operating System
- Post Office Box 680 Special Shareware Version
- Parkchester Station, NY 10462 Distribution #0986
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- CHI hereby grants a License to the User of this Software package
- to use Software on a trial basis for a period no greater than 6
- months from the date that User acquired Software. During this
- trial period, User may make as many copies of Software as is
- reasonably necessary for usage by User. If after the 6 month
- trial period, User wishes to obtain a License for indefinite use
- of Software, such License can be acquired from CHI for a fee.
- User understands that Software is a commercial product for which
- CHI is entitled to a fee for its usage, and if User does not wish
- to pay CHI said fee, User hereby agrees to cease usage of Software
- after 6-month trial period and agrees to delete all but the
- original copy of Software as obtained by User on the date of this
- License. This License does not include the right for User to
- attempt to in any way decipher or modify the coded machine
- instructions which are part of Software and which are proprietary
- and considered a trade-secret of CHI.
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- Software is provided AS-IS without support or warranty as to
- performance, merchantability, or fitness for any particular
- purpose. Any statements about Software made by CHI or
- Salespersons, spoken or written, do not constitute warranties.
- User is advised to test Software thoroughly before relying upon it
- or using it in connection with any valuable computer data and that
- User frequently utilize backups so as to prevent any significant
- loss of data. The entire risk as to the results and performance
- of Software is assumed by User. CHI shall not be held liable in
- any way for any indirect, special, or consequential damages
- resulting from use of Software.
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- CHI hereby authorizes User to distribute copies of Software to
- other end-user parties on a not-for-profit basis and not in
- connection with any Company or any commercial product or for any
- commercial reasons and provided that Software as distributed is
- retained entirely in its original form as initially received by
- User. Distribution of Software in any other manner is not granted
- by this License except by special arrangement with CHI and with
- the express written permission of an officer of CHI.
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- This License takes effect immediately upon receipt of Software by
- User. If User does not wish to be obligated by the terms of this
- License, user should immediately delete all copies of Software in
- User's possession or pass such copies on to other interested
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- CHI understands that identity of User is unknown to CHI and as
- such CHI is not capable of enforcing this License under normal
- circumstances. User should therefore feel morally as well as
- legally obligated to abide by the terms of this License as
- provided above and to the extent as is required by State, Local,
- and Federal laws, and Copyright laws of the United States as
- Software is a Copyrighted proprietary product of CHI.
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- CONTENTS
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- Chapter 1. Foreword
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- The Implementation, About the Manual, The Distribution Files
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- Chapter 2. Getting Started
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- Installing ConIX, Loading ConIX from CP/M, Notes
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- Chapter 3. The Command Line
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- The System Prompt, Changing the Default Directory, The Warm
- Boot, Command Line Editing, Entering Commands, Executing a
- Program in Memory (!), Aborting Command Execution, Multiple
- Commands Per Line, Command Arguments, Backslash (Non-
- Interpret) Character, Forced Case Mapping, Control
- Characters, Data Type Conversions
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- Chapter 4. Memory Management
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- Management Levels, ConIX System Memory Map, Memory Usage
- Rules, Notes
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- Chapter 5. Files
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- User Areas, Standard CP/M Filenames, Standard ConIX
- Filenames, Automatic File and Extension Searching, ExpanDisk
- Drive Management, Notes
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- Chapter 6. Variables
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- Disk-Based Variables, Hexadecimal Variables, Memory
- Variables, Filename Expansion, Programmable Function Keys,
- Programmable Character Keys, Notes
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- Chapter 7. Redirection
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- Input File Redirection, Console Output File Redirection,
- Printer Output File Redirection, Print Spooling, Multiple
- Redirections, Pipe Redirection, Disabling Redirection
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- Chapter 8. Utility Commands
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- Set Disk Variables, Get/Set File Attributes, Convert Binary
- to Decimal, Print Bottom Address of ConIX, Print BDOS Top
- Address, Exit to CP/M, Convert ASCII to Hex, Output Clear
- Screen Sequence, Copy a Disk File, Convert Decimal to Binary,
- Delete Files with Confirmation, List Directory, Print
- Arguments, Erase Files, Examine Memory, Execute Arguments,
- Fill Memory with a Constant, Find File in Search Path, Empty
- the Print Spooler, Convert Hex to ASCII, Input Data From a
- Port, Find String, Log-In a Drive, Copy Memory, Enter ConIX
- Options, Output Data to a Port, Read a File into Memory,
- Rename a Disk File, Reset Disks, Search for a Byte in Memory,
- Read Text with Editing, Print Top Address of ConIX, List File
- Contents, List Files Through User Areas, Write Protect Disks,
- Write Memory to a File, Print Exit Status, Modify Memory,
- Command Name Conflicts
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