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+            OEM REDISTRIBUTION GUIDE FOR CP/M-68K(tm)
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+OVERVIEW
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+     This  document describes how to redistribute CP/M-68K.   The 
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+CP/M-68K operating system is distributed by Digital Research as a 
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+set  of five 8" diskettes which contain the files which  the  end 
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+user  will receive.   A sixth diskette contains a serializer pro
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+gram and several related files.   To generate an end user copy of 
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+CP/M-68K,  the  contents  of the first five diskettes  should  be 
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+copied to appropriate media,  then serialized.   In addition, the 
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+media shipped to an end user should contain a CPM.SYS file  which 
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+has  been configured for the end user's hardware,  and should  be 
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+bootstrappable on the target hardware.   Configuring CP/M-68K for 
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+particular hardware is discussed in the CP/M-68K Operating System 
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+System Guide.  
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+COPYING CP/M-68K
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+     The  procedure for copying CP/M-68K may vary depending  upon 
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+the media which are to be distributed to the end user.  Normally, 
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+CP/M-68K  will  be  distributed to end users on a  set  of  disks 
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+compatible  with the target computer.   These disks may be copied 
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+from  a set of masters using the COPY utility program  (described 
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+in  the CP/M-68K Operating System User's Guide.)  Once  the  copy 
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+has been done,  the disks must be serialized using the serializer 
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+program  supplied  with the OEM kit.   The serialized copies  may 
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+then be shipped to end users.
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+USING THE SERIALIZER
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+     The  serializer  program is named  SERIAL.REL.   It  may  be 
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+relocated  using  RELOC  (see Programmer's Guide) or  renamed  to 
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+SERIAL.68K.   The serializer is invoked by a command line of  the 
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+form:
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+          A>SERIAL  start end
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+where 'start' is the first serial number to be used, and 'end' is 
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+the last serial number to be used.  The serializer will serialize 
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+a  set of disks.   The first disk serialized will have 'start' as 
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+its serial number,  the second disk will have 'start' + 1 as  its 
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+serial  number,  ...  the last disk will have 'end' as its serial 
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+number.  The serializer expects to find a file named 'SERIAL.DAT' 
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+on  the default drive.   This file contains a list of  the  files 
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+which must be serialized.  After the serializer has been invoked, 
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+it  will prompt you for the drive letter on which the disk to  be 
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+serialized is mounted.  Then, for each disk to be serialized, the 
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+serializer will prompt you to insert the disk into the drive.  As 
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+each  file is serialized,  the serializer will indicate the  file 
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+being  serialized  and whether or not the serialization was  com
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+plete.   The  completion  message will include an  integer  whose 
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+value varies according to which file is being serialized.
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+     The  serializer  disk contains several files in addition  to 
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+the  serializer  program proper.   There are five  submit  files, 
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+named SERIAL1.SUB,  SERIAL2.SUB,  ... , SERIAL5.SUB, which can be 
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+executed to serialize user disks one to five respectively.   Each 
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+submit  file  takes two parameters:  the first  and  last  serial 
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+numbers  to be used in serializing the disk in  question.   There 
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+are also five data files,  named SERIAL1.DAT,  ...  , SERIAL5.DAT 
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+which  list the files to serialize on user disk 1,  user disk  2, 
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+etc.   All  the  files  named in the SERIALx.DAT  files  MUST  be 
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+serialized.   If  you reorganize the way the files are placed  on 
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+the  disks for shipment,  you will need to create new  SERIAL.DAT 
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+files.
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+CP/M-68K is a trademark of Digital Research.