163 lines
6.6 KiB
Prolog
163 lines
6.6 KiB
Prolog
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L9>F1
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|| Mastering Milliways Volume I ||
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|| "Hard drive partitions and Setup" ||
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|| Written in despiration by The Outland ||
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|| I/O-net 1.2 (c) 1985 David Calaprice and Derek Gross ||
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This is the first in a series of files I intend to finish up on my spare
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time that I hope will be around with us for a long time no matter what what
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happens in the future. Hope they come into use some day.
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--> Hard drive partitions
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First Class Peripherals release 1/2/3
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Cylinders 306
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Number of heads 4
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Reduce write cylinders 306
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Pre-comp cylinder 306
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Control byte 7
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Number of alternate tracks 12
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Interleave 16
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Small volumes 17
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Large volumes 0
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Total 17
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CP/M A Start: 330 | Size: 2
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CP/M B Start: 333 | Size: 2
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CP/M C Start: 336 | Size: 2
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CP/M D Start: 339 | Size: 2
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ProDOS volume 1 /HARD1 Start: 343 | Size: 3888
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ProDOS volume 2 /HARD2 Start: 586 | Size: 9776
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Pascal # 9 Start: 1199 | Size: 48
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Pascal #10 Start: 1202 | Size: 48
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Pascal #11 Start: 1208 | Size: 48
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Pascal #12 Start: 1208 | Size: 48
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--> DOS 3.3
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The assignment of seventeen volumes each having 560 sectors or 143k. The
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complete DOS 3.3 partition holds 2437k. Volume assignments should, and
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always will be posted on volume one of the 3.3 partition for ae/catfur users
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as a reference. Maintaining the 3.3 partition is next to impossible for
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anyone in remote mode unless a special module is created for sysops where in
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they can delete any file on any volume, this possibility has not yet been
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implimented as of 03-JAN-86.
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--> ProDOS
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The assignment of two volumes maximum led me to partition one main volume
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to hold 90% of the bulletins, and 100% of all textfiles. The other partition
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would hold the system files/modules/mail/news, and 10% boards. Setup and
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where to locate what on the ProDOS volumes is difficult due to the tree
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structure, this will be opened up further in this file.
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Volume one is named "/HARD1", likewise volume two is "/HARD2". /HARD1
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has a maximum capacity of 3888 blocks (7776 sectors or 1990k), while
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/HARD2 over powers this with a whopping 9776 blocks (19552 sectors or
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5005k). Both partitions together in maximum storage capacity hold
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13664 blocks (27328 sectors or 6995k). In terms of megabytes --
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DOS 3.3 2.437 megabytes
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ProDOS /HARD1 1.990 megabytes
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ProDOS /HARD2 5.005 megabytes
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Total (ProDOS) 6.995 megabytes
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Total (Alltogether) 9.432 megabytes
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--> CP/M and Pascal
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The two partitions holding these OS's have been made as small as possible,
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they maintain 90% of what is left of the hard disk, the rest is lost to
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hard disk files. Parameter blocks, and so on.
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--> ProDOS setup
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As mentioned before, there are two volumes in the ProDOS partition, one
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for system files/mail/news/boards 1-5+21, and /HARD2 which is larger than
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the first for the sole reason that it holds everything else. Boards 6-20,
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and textfiles (5 megabytes). Mastering the structure of the entire system
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needs a hands on experience, but through these files I hope to aid any sysops
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of present and future into understanding where everything is kept, and where
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it should be kept. Many hours of time has gone into making the system as
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easy to use as possible, with I/O-net being very modular, I have created many
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modules for xfer, textfiles, other functions and so on.
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--> /HARD1
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Size: 1.990 megabytes
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Structure:
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/HARD1 ---!
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! -->BOOT (I/O-net 1.2 boot/modules)
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!
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! -->BBS !
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! ! --> Boards 1-5 and 21
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! ! --> Mail/Transfer files/News files
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! ! --> System menus/help/info/setup/ACCOUNTS
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! ! --> Other module/files
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!
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! -->HG (Heart of Gold (ae/catfur)/modules/menus/info)
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--> /HARD2
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Size: 6.995 megabytes
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/HARD2 ---!
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! --> Boards 6-20 (any subsequent boards in future)
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! --> Textfiles !
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! --> Libraries 1-28 (some unused)
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! --> Menu/info/DIR
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! --> Slipped Disk's File of the week/info
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Future features such as filter systems for the illegal activities of the
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system, data files, should be found on /HARD2 on the main directory under
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some file name.
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--> Setup
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Setup of Milliways takes exactly 22.35 seconds from warm start to awaiting
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carrier. The process from partition to partition is quick, and is setup
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like this--
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Parameter block (3.3)-->RUN MAIN MENU
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Boot ProDOS-->RUN STARTUP-->Setup modem-->Setup drivers-->RUN IO.1
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Read SETUP-->Read US.NUM-->Await ring
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The following files should under no circumstances be tampered with though a
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remote logon.
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Under Dos 3.3 "MAIN MENU", and "PRODOS"
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Under ProDOS "/HARD1/STARTUP", and "/HARD1/BOOT/="/HARD1/BBS/SETUP and FILE"
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The files, and what purpose they serve will be explained in the next volume.
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"System Files/Daily Routine".
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|| Mastering Milliways Volume I ||
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|| "Hard drive partitions and Setup" ||
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|| Written in despiration by The Outland ||
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|| I/O-net 1.2 (c) 1985 David Calaprice and Derek Gross ||
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