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- Future Product Announcement: NetDOS, a Z-System SCSI LAN.
-
- Do you have more than one Z-System? Wish your Z-Systems could share files
- without swapping floppies or connecting RS-232 ports? ...then NetDOS is for
- you! NetDOS will provide file sharing between any Z-System SCSI equipped
- computers. Ampro host adapters may be used to provide a SCSI bus to an
- existing Z-System. NetDOS will require NZCOM and knowledge of SCSI port
- addresses, ... for the latest information, become a NetDOS Supporter.
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- NetDOS Requirements and Features:
-
- OVERVIEW:
- NetDOS is a network operating system that will allow Z-Systems
- to share files, and perhaps in a future version to perform
- multi-processing. Basically, a user's system will appear to be a
- CP/M compatible OS, in particular a ZCPR3.4 CCP and a modified
- ZRDOS. The network will be achieved thru the use of the SCSI
- 8-bit parallel bus, therfore all Z-Systems wishing to connect
- must have a SCSI bus, in particular this is an arbitrating SCSI
- with all computers capable of being both initiator and target.
- Consult a SCSI reference for further information, Adaptec
- controller card manuals are excellent. Since standard SCSI is
- limited to 8 devices, initially NetDOS will be a cluster of 8
- SCSI devices, probably 1 hard disk controller card and 7
- computers. Ampro has defined an extension that allows additional
- devices, and should the need arise an extnsion should be
- possible. One computer needs to be designated as the mass
- storage controller, commonly referred to as the file server.
- This requirement is necessary to prevent file overwriting caused
- by multiple disk allocation vectors existing on different
- computers. All files controlled by the server are available to
- the networked computers. All such global files are available
- with read permission, even when opened by another user computer.
- The first system to access a file also will have write
- permisssion. Accessing global storage will 'appear' to be
- indentical as accessing local storage to most programs,
- exceptions are programs in the DU category which can only be run
- from the file server itself.
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- REQUIREMENTS:
- NZCOM - to load the various NetDOS segments, thus it's for
- Z80 processors and equivalents.
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- SCSI - arbritrating, initiator and target. Note that the SCSI
- length limitation of 6 meters is unimportant if you use
- RS-232 terminals, as RS-232 cables can be run for very
- long distances.
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- FEATURES:
- Storage - local or global.
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- Devices - devices connected to the server can be global,
- i.e. a printer or modem.
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- Welcome to X-Node (The Experimentors Node { XN }), Home of NetDOS.
- NetDOS is a trademark of Non-Linear Thinkers.
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- NetDOS Supporters will be entitled to purchase any final product for $90,
- otherwise the price will be $120. No refunds of Supporter funds will be made
- if the project fails due to unforseen technical difficulties, i.e. a Supporter
- is an invester in the project and assumes all usual risks. Supporters will
- have access to the NetDOS sp
- NZCOM - to load the various NetDOS segments, thus it's for
- Z80 processors and equivalents.
-
- SCSI - arbritrating, initiator and target. Note that the SCSI
- length limitation of 6 meters is unimportant if you use
- RS-232 terminals, as RS-232 cables can be run for very
- long distances.
-
- FEATURES:
- Storage - local or global.
-
- Devices - devices connected to the server can be global,
- i.e. a printer or modem.
-
-
- Welcome to X-Node (The Experimentors Node { XN }), Home of NetDOS.
- NetDOS is a trademark of Non-Linear Thinkers.
-
- NetDOS Supporters will be entitled to purchase any final product for $90,
- otherwise the price will be $120. No refunds of Supporter funds will be made
- if the project fails due to unforseen technical difficulties, i.e. a Supporter
- is an invester in the project and assumes all usual risks. Supporters will
- have access to the NetDOS spå╩]ä■$(■^(ε═│å╠Σä╩]äµ▀═│å╩]ä═ É■Ç┼G╓08■
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- can contribute to the final product's features. Additionally, Supporters
- will be able to run NetDOS immediately at release if they have followed the
- NETDOS: information files. As a side effect, Supporters will have permanent
- access to XN and not be subject to the 60 inactivity loss of access rule.
- To become a $upporter, send $10 and a SASE to:
- R. Bardarson
- ESL M/S 205
- 495 Java Dr.
- Sunnyvale, CA 94088
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-
- X-Node 408-432-0821
- onnected to the se