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Sydex
HP150.SYS
A Device Driver for Hewlett-Packard HP 150 MS-DOS Diskettes
HP150.SYS
A Device Driver for Hewlett-Packard HP 150 MS-DOS Diskettes
Copyright 1989, Sydex
All Rights Reserved
Version 1.0 January, 1989
Sydex
153 North Murphy Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
(408) 739-4866
NOTICE
THIS IS NOT FREE SOFTWARE! If you paid a "public
domain" vendor for this program, you paid for the serv-
ice of copying the program, and not for the program it-
self. Rest assured that nothing 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 support for HP150.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 evalua-
tion software--our sample programs are fully functional
and complete.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
The non-commercial single-user registration fee for
HP150.SYS is $20.00 US. The commercial and multisystem
site fee is $150.00 for HP150.SYS.
Send a check or company P.O. for the appropriate amount
to:
SYDEX
153 North Murphy Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
(408) 739-4866
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 diskettes, but we will furnish 3.5" 720K
media upon request. Orders placed outside of the U.S.
and Canada should include an additional $5.00 for air-
mail. 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 its documentation, subject to the
following conditions:
1. HP150.SYS may be distributed freely without charge
in evaluation form only.
2. HP150.SYS may not be sold, licensed, or a fee
charged for its use. If a fee is charged in con-
nection with HP150.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
itself.
3. HP150.SYS must be presented as a complete unit, in-
cluding this documentation. HP150.SYS's documen-
tation may be not amended or altered in any way.
4. In granting you the right to distribute the evalua-
tion form of HP150.SYS, Sydex does not acknowledge
you as the owner of HP150.SYS in any form.
Any other use or distribution of HP150.SYS is expressly
forbidden without the written consent of SYDEX.
________________________________________________________________
"HP 150" and "HP" is a trademark of Hewlett-Packard Corporation.
"IBM", "PC DOS" and "Personal System/2" are trademarks of Inter-
national Business Machines Corporation. "MS-DOS" is a trademark
of Microsoft Corporation.
What is HP150.SYS?
HP150.SYS is a device driver which supports 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, the utilities FORMAT, DISKCOPY and DISKCOMP are supported,
as well as normal DOS read and write operations.
To use HP150.SYS, your computer must be PC AT-, XT- or IBM Per-
sonal System/2 compatible. Computers such as the Tandy 2000 or
the Zenith Z-150 are not suitable because of their relative in-
compatibility. 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 diskette adapters
for XT-style computers, and these may be used successfully with
HP150.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 func-
tions, such as formatting, are not supported.
Installing and Using HP150.SYS
Installation of HP150.SYS is straightforward. First, find the
file CONFIG.SYS in the root directory of the disk that your com-
puter 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= statement.
You'll need to add a line to CONFIG.SYS of the following general
form:
DEVICE=HP150.SYS /D:unit /F:format
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
physical diskette unit to be used to read and write the HP 150
diskettes. 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.
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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 as-
sumed 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 into the root direc-
tory of your system or "boot" drive. Finally, re-boot your com-
puter. If your computer is configured with a version of DOS 3,
the following message will be displayed:
HP 150 diskette driver, Copyright 1989, Sydex
All Rights Reserved.
HP 150 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 diskette driver, Copyright 1989, Sydex
All Rights Reserved.
HP150 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 will use drive
letter D:.
As an example of the whole process described above, suppose that
we wished to add HP150.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)
We then copy HP150.SYS to drive C:...
COPY /B A:HP150.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:
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HP 150 diskette driver, Copyright 1989, Sydex
All Rights Reserved.
HP 150 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 was 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 situa-
tion is now remedied. If you experience problems in getting
HP150.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
CON->FORMAT--Concurrent "background" diskette formatter.
Features "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 sup-
porting 8" and 5.25" single-density diskettes. Contains
definitions for over 200 different 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 diskette handling for common CP/M systems. Includes
22DISK. $40.00 ($150.00 site) registration fee.
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.
TELEDISK--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--Cheap diskette duplicator. Format, copy and verify
multiple diskettes from a single master. Implements "no
keyboard" interaction mode and drive "round robin" servic-
ing. Supports all standard DOS formats. $15.00 ($50.00
site) registration fee.
FORMATQM--Mass diskette formatter - format a box of dis-
kettes at a single sitting. Implements "no keyboard" inter-
action mode and drive "round robin" servicing. Supports all
standard DOS formats. $10.00 ($40.00 site) registration
fee.
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