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Sydex
HP150.SYS and HP150II.SYS
Two Device Drivers for Hewlett-Packard HP 150 MS-DOS Diskettes
Sydex
P.O. Box 5700
Eugene, OR 97405
Voice: (503) 683-6033
FAX: (503) 683-1622
HP150.SYS and HP150II.SYS
Two Device Drivers for Hewlett-Packard HP 150 MS-DOS Diskettes
Copyright 1990, Sydex
All Rights Reserved
Version 2.0 June, 1990
Sydex
P.O. Box 5700
Eugene, OR 97405
Voice: (503) 683-6033
FAX: (503) 683-1622
NOTICE
THIS IS NOT FREE SOFTWARE! If you paid a "public domain" vendor
for this program, you paid for the service of copying the
program, and not for the program itself. Rest assured that noth-
ing ever gets to the originators of this product from such a
sale. You may evaluate this product, but if you make use of it,
you must register your copy.
We offer several inducements to you for registering. First of
all, you receive the most up-to-date copy of the program that we
have without the advertising copy embedded. You also receive sup-
port for HP150.SYS and HP150II.SYS--which can be quite valuable
at times. And finally, we include a few utilities not included
in the evaluation package. Make no mistake however--we do not
"cripple" our evaluation software--our sample programs are fully
functional and complete.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
The non-commercial single-user registration fee for HP150.SYS and
HP150II.SYS is $20.00 US. The commercial and multisystem site
fee is $150.00 for HP150.SYS and HP150II.SYS.
Send a check or company P.O. for the appropriate amount to:
SYDEX
P.O. Box 5700
Eugene, OR 97405
Voice: (503) 683-6033
FAX: (503) 683-1622
Data: (503) 683-1385
Major Credit Cards Accepted
Please indicate what product you are ordering and if you have a
requirement for 3.5" media. We normally ship 5.25" 360K dis-
kettes, but we will furnish 3.5" 720K media upon request. Orders
placed outside of the U.S. and Canada should include an addi-
tional $5.00 for airmail. We can accept U.S. funds only, please.
DISTRIBUTION NOTICE
This is "user-supported" software. You are hereby granted a
license by Sydex to distribute this evaluation copy of HP150.SYS
and HP150II.SYS and its documentation, subject to the following
conditions:
1. HP150.SYS and HP150II.SYS may be distributed freely without
charge in evaluation form only.
2. HP150.SYS and HP150II.SYS may not be sold, licensed, or a
fee charged for their use. If a fee is charged in connec-
tion with HP150.SYS and/or HP150II.SYS, it must cover the
cost of copying or dissemination only. Such charges must be
clearly identified as such by the originating party. Under
no circumstances may the purchaser be given the impression
that he is buying HP150.SYS or HP150II.SYS themselves.
3. HP150.SYS and HP150II.SYS must be presented as complete
units, including this documentation. This documentation may
be not amended or altered in any way.
4. In granting you the right to distribute the evaluation form
of HP150.SYS and HP150II.SYS, Sydex does not acknowledge you
as the owner of HP150.SYS or HP150II.SYS in any form.
Any other use or distribution of HP150.SYS and
HP150II.SYS is expressly forbidden without the written
consent of SYDEX.
________________________________________________________________
"HP 150" and "HP" are trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Corporation.
"IBM", "PC DOS" and "Personal System/2" are trademarks of Interna-
tional Business Machines Corporation. "MS-DOS" is a trademark of
Microsoft Corporation.
What are HP150.SYS and HP150II.SYS?
HP150.SYS and HP150II.SYS are two device drivers which support
reading and writing of MS-DOS diskettes from Hewlett-Packard
Corporation's HP 150 series computers on PC XT- or AT-compatible
machines. Under DOS 3.2 or later, the utilities FORMAT, DISKCOPY
and DISKCOMP are supported, as well as normal DOS read and write
operations. HP150.SYS is used for single-sided HP 150 diskettes;
HP150II.SYS is used for the double-sided diskettes of the Series
II HP 150.
To use HP150.SYS or HP150II.SYS, your computer must be PC AT-,
XT- or IBM Personal System/2 compatible. Computers such as the
Tandy 2000 or the Zenith Z-150 are not suitable because of their
relative incompatibility. Further, your computer must be
equipped with a 3.5" 720K or 1.44M diskette drive. To read and
write HP 150 5.25" diskettes, your computer must be equipped with
high-density 1.2 Megabyte drive or a 5.25" "quad" density drive,
such as the Teac 55F. The diskette adapter on your computer must
match the diskette drive characteristics. That is, a high-
density drive must be used with a high-density adapter. Many
manufacturers, such as Western Digital, produce high-density dis-
kette adapters for XT-style computers, and these may be used suc-
cessfully with HP150.SYS and HP150II.SYS. Currently, we support
only the first (or primary) diskette adapter in a system.
And finally, your computer needs to be running PC-DOS or MS-DOS
Version 2.0 or later. DOS 3.2 or later is preferable, but not
required. Version 2 DOS users may find that some HP150.SYS and
HP150II.SYS functions, such as formatting, are not supported.
Installing and Using HP150.SYS and HP150II.SYS
Installation of HP150.SYS and HP150II.SYS is straightforward.
First, find the file CONFIG.SYS in the root directory of the disk
that your computer boots (loads DOS) from. It may be possible
that you do not have a CONFIG.SYS file, in which case the next
few steps will create one. If you are unfamiliar with the
CONFIG.SYS file, take time out now and read the section in your
DOS manual dealing with it, and in particular, the DEVICE= state-
ment.
You'll need to add a line to CONFIG.SYS of the following general
form:
DEVICE=HP150.SYS /D:unit /F:format
Or:
DEVICE=HP150II.SYS /D:unit /F:format
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This can be done with the program EDLIN which is supplied with
DOS, or with a text editor of your choosing. If you use a word-
processing editor, make sure that you indicate that CONFIG.SYS is
a nondocument file. If you didn't find a CONFIG.SYS, the above
line will be the only line in the file which is created.
The value of unit can range from 0 to 3 and represents the physi-
cal diskette unit to be used to read and write the HP 150 dis-
kettes. If this unit is normally called A: on your computer,
then the value of unit is 0; if B:, then unit is 1. External
drives are generally units 2 and 3.
The value of format depends on the type of diskette drive that
you're using. If it's a high-density 1.2 megabyte unit, then the
value of format is 1. If you're using a 3.5" drive or a "quad"
density drive, such as the Teac 55F, then format is 2.
If /D:unit is omitted in the configuration line, unit is assumed
to be 1. If /F:format is omitted, format is assumed to be 1 also.
The last step is to copy the file HP150.SYS or HP150II.SYS into
the root directory of your system or "boot" drive. Finally, re-
boot your computer. If your computer is configured with a ver-
sion of DOS 3, the following message will be displayed:
HP 150 (or HP 150II) diskette driver, Copyright 1990, Sydex
All Rights Reserved.
HP 150 (or HP 150II) DOS diskette unit x is accessible as
drive y:
The letters x and y will take on values which depend on the con-
figuration of your computer.
If your computer is configured with a version of DOS 2, the fol-
lowing message will be displayed:
HP 150 (or HP 150II) diskette driver, Copyright 1990, Sydex
All Rights Reserved.
HP150 (or HP 150II) DOS diskette unit x installed.
In this case, the drive letter which is used to read HP 150 dis-
kettes will generally be one greater than the last drive letter
in use before you modified CONFIG.SYS. For example, if drive C:
was the last drive on your computer, HP150.SYS and HP150II.SYS
will use drive letter D:.
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As an example of the whole process described above, suppose that
we wished to add HP150.SYS or HP150II.SYS to a PC-AT "clone"
which has one 3.5" diskette drive and a hard disk. Our
CONFIG.SYS file on drive C: might look like this after we
modified it using EDLIN:
FILES = 30
BUFFERS = 10
DEVICE = HP150.SYS /D:0 /F:2 (This line is added)
If we are adding HP150II.SYS to this system, our CONFIG.SYS file
on drive C: might look like this after we modified it using ED-
LIN:
FILES = 30
BUFFERS = 10
DEVICE = HP150II.SYS /D:0 /F:2 (This line is added)
We then copy HP150.SYS or HP150II.SYS to drive C:...
COPY /B A:HP150.SYS C:\
Or:
COPY /B A:HP150II.SYS C:\
We then press the keys Ctrl, Alt and Del simultaneously to
"reboot" our computer. After the rebooting process has com-
pleted, the following message is displayed:
HP 150 (or HP 150II) diskette driver, Copyright 1989, Sydex
All Rights Reserved.
HP 150 (or HP 150II) DOS diskette unit 0 is accessible as
drive D:
We then find that HP 150 diskettes placed in our A: drive can be
read and written if we refer to that drive as drive D:.
FINAL COMMENTS...
HP150.SYS and HP150II.SYS were written in response to inquiries
from customers who had our CP/M diskette transfer package, but
who had no way to easily handle the HP 150 DOS diskettes. We
hope that this situation is now remedied. If you experience
problems in getting HP150.SYS or HP150II.SYS to work for you, or
if you have questions about any Sydex product, please give us a
call.
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Other Sydex Products
AnaDisk -- The compleat diskette utility. Nothing like it
anywhere else; scan, edit, repair and copy just about any kind of
diskette. $25.00 ($150.00 site) registration fee.
Con>Format -- Concurrent "background" diskette formatter. Fea-
tures "pop-up" operation and "hot key" activation. You've got to
see it to believe. Supports all current DOS formats. $15.00
($50.00 site) registration fee.
22DISK -- Transfer files, format, examine and erase files on
"foreign" CP/M diskettes on your PC. Includes tips on supporting
8" and 5.25" single-density diskettes. Contains definitions for
over 250 different formats. "Roll your own" option for unusual
formats. $25.00 ($100.00 site) registration fee.
22NICE -- A CP/M 2.2 emulation package. Supports the NEC
V-series chips or performs emulation by software for both the
8080 and Z80 processors. Includes terminal emulation and dis-
kette handling for common CP/M systems. Includes 22DISK. $40.00
($150.00 site) registration fee.
TeleDisk -- Our diskette FAX machine. Turn any diskette into a
compressed data file and vice-versa. Allows you to send and
receive entire diskettes via modem. Even works with some "copy-
protected" diskettes. $20.00 ($150.00 site) registration fee.
COPYQM -- Mass diskette duplicator. Format, copy and verify mul-
tiple diskettes from a single master. Implements "no keyboard"
interaction mode and drive "round robin" servicing. Supports all
standard DOS formats. Copy even non-DOS diskettes with "blind
copy" option in the latest release. $15.00 ($50.00 site)
registration fee.
FORMATQM -- Mass diskette formatter - format a box of diskettes
at a single sitting. Implements "no keyboard" interaction mode
and drive "round robin" servicing. Supports all standard DOS for-
mats. $10.00 ($40.00 site) registration fee.
Information on any of these products can be obtained from Sydex
by calling or writing us at:
Sydex
P.O. Box 5700
Eugene, OR 97405
Voice: (503) 683-6033
FAX: (503) 683-1622
Data: (503) 683-1385
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