Vector Graphic System 2800, User Manual

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Page 3: ...VECI OR SYSTEM 2800 OVERVIlli Revision 1 USERI S MANUAL Revision C August 15 1980 Copyright 1980 Vector Graphic Inc ...

Page 4: ... except when an agreement to the contrary exists Revisions The date and revision of each page herein appears at the bottom of each page Ihe revision letter such as A or B changes if the MANUAL has been improved but the PRODUCT itself has not been significantly iIlC X1ified The date and revision on G e Title Page corresponds to that of the page most recently revised When the product itself is modif...

Page 5: ...Buyer s expense to VECTOR GRAHHC INC for such repair replacement or correction In performing any repair replacement or correction after expiration of the period set forth above Buyer will be charged in addition to the cost of parts the then current VECTOR GRAPHIC INC repair rate At the present time the applicable rate is 35 00 for the first hour and 18 00 per hour for every hour of work required t...

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Page 7: ... of small canputers It will describe how to install the Vector Graphic System 2800 how to initialize the software and how to use the disks Each section is written at a uniform level of technical depth Perspective tells vm AT the system does and requires only a moderate knowledge of canputer systems User s Guidell describes HCW to use the system and assumes the same level of knowledge ...

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Page 9: ...4 9 4 10 Cold x x t III it 44 IIIl e I 81 III III iIIll 4 1 Warm x x t 0 I 1 ill e 11 0 ill l I oil e I I III e 4 1 Return to Extended Systems Monitor Executive 4 2 Wam start 00 e 1 1 It noll O I II I 0 I ll til 4 II 1 1 e 4 2 Backing up the SJ 1stem disk n I I 1fI1l1 1It e IIlI 914 2 Configuring the personalized system disk 4 3 Custom printer driverso ilIIo Iftlllt lllao t ll fII 40e e oIfl4 8 In...

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Page 11: ...e density storage capacity of 1 Megabyte per drive 4 56K of random access memory 5 Capability of interfacing to one serial printer and one parallel printer at a time The printers involved may include one of Vector s system printers or any of the many standard printers on the market 6 Camnunications caPability of interfacing to a standard asynchronus modem or acoustic coupler 7 Industry compatible ...

Page 12: ...oppy disk drive controller board 1 3 Optional hardware and software I Vector Graphic offers two system printers the Sprint 3 letter quality daisywheel printer and the MP dot matrix printer which prints 150 characters per second 2 Mernorite word processing software from Vector Graphic 3 Peachtree ready to use general business accounting software from Vector Graphic including programs for Accounts R...

Page 13: ...atency average 83 miliseconds Access time track to track 3 miliseconds average 91 miliseconds Settling time 15 miliseconds Head load time 35 miliseconds Rotational speed 360 RPM Track density 4S TPI Tracks disk 154 double sided disk 77 single sided disk EnvirollIl Ental limits Operating temperature 5 deg C to 43 deg C 41 to 110 deg F Storage temperature 10 deg C to 45 deg C 14 deg F to 113 deg F R...

Page 14: ...nual Data transfer rate single density 2S0K bits sec Data transfer rate double density SOOK bits sec Diskette fomat single density IBM 3740 Diskette fonnat double density IBM SYSTEM 34 Controller FOrt addresses EOH to ESH Rev l C 8 15 80 ...

Page 15: ...g and raised floors are not required for a system 2800 It will function in a normal office environment 6 I b not install a System 2800 in abnormally dusty or dirty environments due to the effect on the disk drives and diskettes 7 Make sure there is adequate area for all equipment and there is adequate desk space next to the console The console must be low enough for comfortable typing There must b...

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Page 17: ...xplained malfunction at the user s site at a later date Report the damage to the carrier and rep rt the damage to qualified service personnel or Vector Graphic 2 1 1 Installing the 8 disk controller board NOI E If your System 2800 comes with the Disk Controller Board already installed skip directly to section 2 1 2 With the canputer p wer off insert the controller board in any of the empty slots i...

Page 18: ...he console to the auxiliary AC power connector on the rear Panel of the Dualstor 3 Connect the AC power cord from the Dualstor to an appropriate wall receptacle 4 Check now that all connections have been made properly and that all boards are seated properly in their sockets 2 1 4 Testing 1 Make sure no disks have been inserted in their slots Also be careful around the unit with the cover off Poten...

Page 19: ...cable Remove the black strain relief bracket which is attached to the angled section with two screws mute the flat cable from the controller board out the rear of the console by clamping the cable to the angled section with the strain relief bracket 2 To replace the console cover fasten the cover to the basepan using the four Philips head screws removed in cover removal procedure Tighten screws se...

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Page 21: ...loaded and unloaded onto the disk surface The red LED in the door release button will glow brightly as the disk is being accessed 5 To remove a disk simply press in on the front panel door release button 3 2 Kinds of Disks For 8 floppy disk drives there is a choice of using industry standard 8 double sided double density or single sided single density soft sectored IBM format disks There will be n...

Page 22: ...isk wben booted up under the single density CP M operating system VECTOR GRAPHIC XXI CP M VERSION 2 XX SD drive numbers A B C and D are used for the first four drives and single density single sided disks only may be accessed wben booted up under the double density CPjM operating system VECTOR GRAPHIC XXI CP M VERSION 2 XX DD drive numbers A B C and D are used for the first four drives and double ...

Page 23: ...that the CP M executive is waiting for a command The CP M executive is normally called CCP which stands for Console Command Processor 4 2 Warm boot If you have CCP running and then rerrove the system disk fran drive A and replace it with a different Vector Graphic CP M 2 x System Disk you MUST perform a warm boot operation This tells CP M that a different system disk is in the drive If you do not ...

Page 24: ...his In the 4 1 Monitor depress L after the MON prompt 4 5 Backing up the system disk D J not place a write enable tab on the 8 CP M System disk I b not ever modify or configure this disk You are allowed within the CP M licensing agreement to copy this disk as many times as needed for your own system so long as the copies are not sold Thus any procedures which you do to personalize CP M for your pa...

Page 25: ...ORMED CORRECTLY If unsuccessful you will see an error message such as RECORD NOT FOUND or DISK IS wKrTE PROI ECTED in addition to a message which tells the user which track and sector the program stopped on If unsuccessful you should usually remount G e disk then go to step 7 and try the process at least one TOre time 7 In resI Dnse to the statement A AGAIN OR R RETURN TO CP M ty pe an R to return...

Page 26: ...not have to worry about it The sarre is true for some applications programs Ibwever if the program generating the printed output does NOT insert page breaks then there is a way for you to request that the logical lister do this This is part of the configuration procedure Remember you only want to enable this auto paging if the program generating the printed output does NOT in itself take care of p...

Page 27: ...ne auto canmand per disk This one auto canmand is the auto canmand which is executed automatically when you boot up CP M 2 x from THAT disk Of course a system disk does not have to have any auto canmand It is optional The Vector Graphic CP M 2 x System Disk has none when it is shipped E Save configuration selections You have the choice of making your configuration selections temporary resident onl...

Page 28: ...gram will then ask I bes printer recognize form length commands YjN If your printer is capable of recognizing foun length canrnands and you wish to exercise this option depress the Y key The Sprint 3 and the Vector MP are two printers that do recognize form length commands If you have another ty pe of printer a Sprint 5 for instance type N to this question If you do not wish to change your previou...

Page 29: ...he return key is the same as depressing N in this case Depress Y to store your configuration selections on disk You must depress Y if you want to use or cancel the auto cornamnd FROM A COLD BOOT accomplished in step 5 If you did not specif y an auto canmand fran a cold boot then you may answer either Y or N N leaves your configuration choices in merrory but does not put them on diSk Such temp rary...

Page 30: ...ssemble your modified USERCUST ASM i e with the Personalized CP M System Disk in drive A and with CCP in control type ZSM USERCUST return wring the assembly you will be asked what size the system is Enter 56 return for a 56K computer You will also be asked what version single double or mixed is required ZSM will put the assembled code on the disk in drive A calling the file USERCUST HEX Then load ...

Page 31: ... the disk you want to fonnat in one of the other drives hen following the CCP A prompt tyPe FORMAT 8 return You will see on the screen VEcroR GRAmIC FOR1AT for 8 inch disks V1 x SELECT UNIT IO BE FDRMATED A B C OR D Enter the letter for the drive containing the disk you want for matted Make sure you do not enter the letter of the drive containing the CP M System Disk You will next see on the scree...

Page 32: ...er R or F The latter gives you the opportunity of quickly formatting an additional disk or to try again in case of a disk error otherwise depress he system will return to CCP showing the A pranpt 4 10 Other CP M files There are many additional files on your CP M system disk All are explained in your CP M docmnentation which you received with your system 4 10 Rev l C 8 15 80 ...

Page 33: ...e rear of the chassis 8 Disconnect AC and DC power connectors on the rear of the drives by carefully squeezing the latches together and pulling the connectors loose from the drives 9 Remove four screws on the bottan of each drive and remove drives 5 2 Drive Replacement 1 Slide the bezels through the front panel openings by lifting the panel and hooking the latches on the front of the bezels to the...

Page 34: ... E6 Serial rata Serial rata E7 Serial Status Serial Canmand Ports XO thru X5 are located on the 1793 chip Fbrts X6 and X7 are on the 8251 chip refer to Intel 8080 user s manual The Qume jumper locations are listed below 1 X Open 2 IX Open 3 D Open 4 C Jumper 5 I Jumper 6 R Jumper 7 ffil 2 3 4 8 IM1 and IM2 9 HL Open 10 DS Open 11 RI Jumper 12 RR Jumper 13 Y Jumper 14 Z Open 15 A Jumper 16 B Jumper...

Page 35: ...FA 2700H BDOOH DDOOH TOP USER ADDRESS A800H C800H Mixed 5 1 4 and 8 Drives BOOr 0900H 0300H CCP OIOOH B800H BCOS l200H COOOH BIOS 2000H CEOOH USERARFA 2COOH OCOOH Ibuble Density 8 Drives BOOr 0900H 0300H CCP OAOOH BDOOH BCOS 1200H C500H BIOS 2000H D300H USERAREA 2AOOH DDOOH Single Density 8 Drives BOOr 0900H 0300H CCP DAOGH BEGOH BCOS 120GH C600H BIOS 2000H D400H USERAREA 2AOOH DEOOH Rev l C 8 15 ...

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Page 37: ... five disks mentioned in the manual The first disk contains the Accounts Receivable Accounts Payable General Ledger and Payroll packages The second disk contains the Inventory package Follow the standard instructions for configuring the disk with the four packages with one exception when asked to enter the Auto Command in the CDNFIG program enter MBASIC4 MENU ...

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