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PLEASE READ THIS
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I have done my best to bring NovaDOS up to professional standards and feel
that although some work still remains to be done on it, it is a significant
contender in the currrent field of CP/M operating systems. It is almost
totally unique in one respect. IT IS DISTRIBUTED FREE IN SOURCE FORM FOR
ALL TO USE AND ENJOY. In this respect, it suffers from the stigma of "what
you get is what you pay for". I would like to suggest that with NovaDOS as
with other good public domain software, WHAT YOU GET IS WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT.
I labor on this piece of software from time to time with a compulsion which
precludes food and sleep because I enjoy it and want to make it as versatile
and bug-free as possible. In this I depend everyone who has problems or
questions with NovaDOS to communicate them with me. It is largely through
feedback from other NovaDOS users that I progress from good to better.
EVERYONE WHO USES NOVADOS IS A BETA TESTER, and the only obligation which I
place on you for your use of the program is that you DO communicate to me
any problems or suggestions which you have.
My thanks to Phil Newman, who has already contributed to this incarnation of
P2DOS as NovaDOS as he did also for Ben Ho who upgraded it to SuprBDOS.
Lindsay Haisley
14206 Spreading Oaks Drive
Leander, TX 78641
(512) 259-1190 vox
(512) 444-8691 RBBS/RCPM (Z-node 77)
Both Jay Sage's Z-Node 3 ((617) 695-7259) and Z-node 77 here in Texas have
directory areas devoted to NovaDOS. Updates, new versions and accessory
software may appear from time to time in these locations for your
downloading.
Forge Ahead .......... Lindsay
Release I is in two libraries. NOVADOSI.LBR contains run time code,
sources and documentation for NovaDOS itself while NVDSUTIL.LBR contains
several utilities which run under NovaDOS and provide service for it.
Please watch for additional or improved utilitiesd which will be posted
under filenames of the form NDUTLxxx.LBR.
Files in this library:
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The following four files are documentation. If you already have NovaDOS,
read the UPD file for relevant information on the new version. The WS
file has been updated from the DOC file to reflect changes in release H.
NOVADOS.WS Documentation for NovaDOS
NOVADOS.FOR A breif abstract on NovaDOS for RCPM use
NOVADOS.HIS A history of NovaDOS
RELEAS-I.UPD Improvements, bug fixes in recent releases.
If you are running Z34 with NZCOM you can use NOVADOS.ZRL immediately.
Unlike the version of the ZRL file in release G, this one is truly generic
and should run on any Z80 machine running ZCPR34.
NOVADOS.ZRL Assembled NovaDOS for use with NZ-COM or JetLDR
MAKENVDS.COM Self-generating BIN file
The following files are all necessary components of the source for NovaDOS.
Normallly the only file which will need editing is NDOSHDR.LIB which con-
tains the configuration options for NovaDOS.
NDOSHDR.LIB User equates for configuring NovaDOS
NVDS.Z80 Source code for NovaDOS
NVDS-1.Z80 "
NVDS-2.Z80 "
NVDS-3.Z80 "
NVDS-4.Z80 "
Z34CMN.LIB Common block library for assembly for NZ-COM and JetLDR
Files in NVDSUTIL.LBR:
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DOSPATH manages the NovaDOS path, not the path facility. Paths can be
defined at any number of locations in memory. It is up to the user or
other software to set the path address using NovaDOS function 42.
DOSPATH.COM NovaDOS path manager
DOSPATH.Z80 Source for DOSpath
DOSPATH3.DOC Documentation for DOSpath
PUBLIC sets and resets the public files attribute on files on disk. It does
not change the public files facility within NovaDOS.
PUBLIC.COM Public files manager
PUBLIC.DOC Documentation for the public files manager
PUBLIC.SRC Source for PUBLIC.COM
PFILE manages the public files facility within NovaDOS, enabling or dis-
abling the feature and setting public files R/W or R/O.
PFILE.COM Public file facility utility
PFILE.Z80 Source code for PFILE.COM
FBOOT sets and resets flags bit 5 which controls the relogging of permanent
media on a function 13 call. If the bit is reset, warm boot time is reduced
considerably. See the manual for a full discussion.
FBOOT.COM Facility to set/reset flags bit 5
FBOOT.Z80 Source for FBOOT.COM
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