          Getting started with a COLEX TURBODOS system

1.0 Introduction

     Thes note an example hav bee produce a   guid t 
th Cole Turbodo hardware software an manuals I 
assume  tha th use ha  full functionin Cole 88 
syste wit th lates versio o th Turbodo operatin 
syste installed alon wit  cop o th followin 
manuals:

     1) Colex TurboDos users guide            (UG)
     2) Colex TurboDos Programmers guide      (PG)
     3) Colex 880 series multiuser computer
          hardware reference manual           (HWRM)
     4) Colex 880 series installation guide   (IG)
     5) Colex TurboDos OEM implementors guide (OEM)



Th followin reference wil b use whe referin t  an 
of the above manuals.

pag 1 o th user guid wil b UG12 pag 4 o th 
programmers manual will be PG48.



2.0  Connecting up the system.


The master terminal          J13
The 1st user  (if used)           J12
The 2nd user (if used)            J11
the 3rd user (if used)            J10
The 4th user (if used)            J9
The 5th user (if used)            J1

     seepage IG10

Printers

Th Cole Turbodo syste support  paralle printers  
seria printe whic ar accessibl fro eac user I 
addition each slave user may have a local serial printer.

Printer A (parallel)               J5
printer B (parallel)               J4
printer C (serial)                 J14

local printers

1st user                           J4
2nd user                           J3
3rd user                           j2

see page IG10



2.1 Cables     
     
Th seria (RS232 terminals requir   t  connectio 
(ribbo cabl i ideal a o pag IG5


Th paralle printer agai requir  on t on cabl (pag 
IG7). Ribbon cable and FRC connectors are ideal.

Seria printers requir tw kind o leads Th maste 
seria printe need  mode interfac cabl (pag IG8 a 
th connector J14 is wired as a DTE connection
Th堠 loca seria printer ar DCŠ (th sam a th 
terminals) and require the standard serial leed (page IG 5)

2.1.1 Terminals

     Mos RS23 interfac terminal wil wor wit  COLE 
     TurboDOӠ system Th termina shoul b se u fo th 
following parameters.

          8 data bits
          1 stop bit
          no parity

Th emulatio o th termina i no important an onl 
depend o th user applicatio softwar tha h i using 
Mos softwar package lik Wordstar SuperCalc Multipla 
all have user configurable terminal and printer menus.
 
NOT i i important tha th termina support DT an th 
cabl i correctl wire (pi 2 t pi 2 DTR) I thi i 
no th cas character wil b droppe fro th displa 
whe displayin tex a speed I a eigh wa cabl i no 
available then the cable on page IG6 should be used.



3.0 Powering up your system

Connec th maste terminal printer (i required an use 
terminal (i required a describe above I i important 
tha th maste termina i connecte otherwis th syste 
wil no boot Appl th power pres rese an th syste 
wil automaticall boot Afte powe u th syste take 
appoximatel fiv second fo th wincheste t ge u t 
speed Th LE o th fron o th wincheste har dis wil 
flas whil th syste i bootin o an dis acces i 
takin place          

The boot routine will be as below:

Colex SC820/850 Bootstrap Version 2.1
Booting from Winchester...........
Copyright 1983, Software 2000, Inc. (18/152)
Colex-880 series, Release 2.5
A:OSMASTER.SYS loading from 7FDA to EBFF size 6C26
TurboDOS 1.30, Copyright 1983, Software 2000, Inc. (18/152)
Colex 880 series, Release 2.5
0A>


Th 0A i no th syste promp indicatin tha th 
compute i read t accep information.

Th slav user wil powe u slightl differentl a show 
below. 

     TurboDOS 1.30, copyright Software 2000, Inc. (18/152)
Colex 880 series, release 2.5

System  log on

Enter user ID

Th syste come shippe wit  standar passwor file 
(USERID.SYӠ a use 3 a:)tha look simila t th 
following: 

      ID.        PASSWORD        AREA 

      MASTEҠCOLEؠ       0A       Priverlidged
      USER1                         1A>       non priverlidged
      USER2                         2A>       non priverlidged
   "                    
      up to
   "
      USER30                        30A>      non priverlidged



Th use no ha t ente   vali use IĠ (i. his/he 
name an  secer passwor whe prompte for (se pag 
IG12 an pag UG5-3 fo informatio o changin th 
passwords) Th operatin syste wil no g t tha user 
particula area Th use ma no ente command a th 
terminal i.e DIR. 


 specia versio o turboDO i availabl fro you loca 
sale offic whic require th maste termina t logon o 
th slave t b-pas th logo facility 


4.0 Printing

TurboDOӠ ha  ver powerfu printin syste whic allow 
multibl printe t b activ simultaneosly Tw type o 
printing are performed.

     1) SPOOLED
     2) DIRECT

Spoole i whe  fil  firs write t disk an th the 
printe whe th printe i free I th mea tim th use 
ca acces th compute withou disturbin th th printin 
o hi file Thi i particularl usefu whe severa user 
want to access the same printer at the same time.

Direc printin i seldome use a i i slowe an 
potentiall dangerou t othe user usin th sam printer 
Whe printing th require dat goe straigh t th 
printe an no t t  fil firs o all Thu i anothe 
use i usin th printer you prin wil b superimpose 
o to o it Page UG3-1 UG5-4 t UG5-4  describ thi 
i mor detail.

Assumin tw printer ar t b connecte t th system on 
bein a odinar Centronic hig spee matri printe an 
th othe bein  hig qualit seria lette printer Th 
paralle printe bein connecte t J an b assigne a 
printe A th seria printe bein connecte t J1 an 
assigne a printe C I i no possibl t chang th 
assignment o thes tw sockets.

To access the matrix printer (printer A) type

 0A>PRINT Q=A  (cr)

thisresponds with:

printing is to SPOOLER on DRIVE A to QUEUE A

Thi tell th use tha h no hav spoole printin t 
printe A Th queu fil bein pu o DRIVŠ A I th 
printe i no o lin th use wil b abl t se th 
queu fil unde th  nam o -PRINT-A.001 on drive A.

0A>DIR ;l         thi wil prin  listin o栠 th 
director  o printe  

or

0A>QUEUE FILE.TXT ;D            page UG5-46

                    thi wil queu th fil FILE.TXԠ an 
               then delete it from the disk


To direct this to the serial printer C type

0A>PRINT Q=C

Printing is to SPOOLER on DRIVE A to QUEUE C

 Thi tell u tha tha queu fil wil no g t queu  
which assigned to the serial printer C

0A>DIҠ ;̠              Thi wil no sen th director t 
                         Printer C


0A>PRINT P=A             

Printing is to PRINTER A

Thi tell u direc printin i no i operatio t printe 
A

     

0A>DIR ;l                thi wil sen th  director t 
printe  unde direc printing 
Not ho th operatin syste doe 
no retur th promp t th use 
untill the printing has finished.

On applicatio o direc printin i whe usin WORDSTA 
an i i necessar t paus fo pape change especiall 
whe usin mailmerge Usin spoole printin th use wil 
not have any control over the printer.

Whe  use assign hi sel t  printer thi i loca t 
himself an wil no effec th  routin o othe user 
printing Thu use  ma assign himsel t printe  an 
use  t printe B Bot printer ma functio 
simultaneousl and simultaneously.



4.1 Local printing.

 slav use ma hav hi ow loca seria printe t whic 
n othe use ma gai acces to Thi ha th assignmen o 
printe P I i fo direc printin only.

0A}PRINT P=P

Printing is to PRINTER P

Remembe thi i  DC port thu makin th printe lea 
no directl interchangabl wit th maste seria printer.

.pa
4.2 Serial printing speeds

Th defaul seria printe speed a powe u i 960 baud 
Thi i fo bot th maste an loaca printers I thi i 
t fas fo you printe th spee ma b change b th 
followin command.

0A>CHANNEL C0 B1200 (cr)

thi wil chang th printe por associate wit tha use 
t  bau rat o 120 (o an othe selectabl speed) Onl 
th maste use ma chang th spee o th maste seria 
printe port Thi ma als b don b a autoloa fil (se 
pag UG4-3 UG5-2 s tha i don automaticall don a 
power up.

This routine superceeds the data given on page IG16.



5.0Floppy disks

Th  standar Cole Turbodo syste ha on flopp dis 
drive Thi i labele DRIV C: T rea dat fro thi 
drive type DIR C:  (cr).
     

NOTE IԠ IӠ VER IMPORTEN THA BEFOR  FLOPP٠ DISˠ I 
REMOVED FROM THE DRIVE THAT THE CHANGE COMMAND IS EXECUTED.


0A>CHANGE *  (cr)


I thi comman i no performed th dis ma b remov 
befor al th file ar  hav bee closed resultin i 
corrupt data.


5.1 Formatting a floppy disk

T forma  flopp dis i  i necessar t t perfor th 
following commands.

0A>BANK 0  (cr)
0A>BUFFERS N2   (cr)
0A>FORMAT c: ;options   (cr)


Flopp dis formattin ca onl b performe o th maste 
terminal whe n othe user ar activ o accessin th 
flopp dis driv C o D: B enterin th option ;2DC 
th flopp dis wil b formate wit 4 tracks  sector  
trac an 51 byte  sector Thi i compatibl wit a IB 
CP/͠ 8 forma o disk Fo maximu dat storag o th flopp th option ;2DT shoul b entered Thi wil forma 
th flopp dis wit 8 track pe  disk doubl sided 
102 byte pe  sector an 2 sector pe  track Th 
use ma fin ou wha forma  dis i b enterin th 
command

0A>DRIVE C:  (cr)             page UG5-25 

I i important tha whe th use ha complete th dis 
format tha h reverse th  command ie..

0A>BANK 1 (cr)     
0A>BUFFERS N30 (cr)

Page UG5-33 explains the format command in greater detail.


O  har dis system th flopp dis i onl use 
primaril fo backu copie o th dat an  program o th 
har disk I i important tha thi backu procedur i 
don o  regula basis COLE ca no b hel responsibl 
for lost data or programs. 

5.2 Buying Software

Commercia softwar ma b transfere o t th syste i 
one of two disk formats.

1) Standard 8" single sided, single density disks (IBM3740)
   Most CP/M 80 software is available in this format.

2) IBM CP/M 86 5 1/4" double sided single density disks.
   512 bytes/sector, 8 sectors/track 40 track.

Optio on require a externa 8 dis drive Thi i 
connecte a driv E: Detail o th 8 interfac cabl ar 
give o pag IG1 an th Cole ST FLP technica manual 
Optio  allow th dis t b directl loade int th 
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