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+           SERIALIZATION AND DUPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
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+                        Table of Contents
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+1.0  Overview
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+2.0  Product Description
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+     2.1  Serial8 Description
+     2.2  Serial16 Description
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+3.0  Hardware Requirements
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+     3.1  Serial8
+     3.2  Serial16
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+4.0  Duplication Instructions
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+     4.1  Serial8 Duplication Instructions
+     4.2  Serial16 Duplication Instructions
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+5.0  Modification Instructions
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+     5.1  Serial8
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+                            Section 1
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+                            Overview
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+1.0  Overview
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+     Both  Serial8  and  Serial16  are  Beta  Site  test  programs 
+designed to duplicate and serialize Digital Research Inc. Software 
+on a wide variety of microcomputers.
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+     The programs were designed to simplify the operator interface 
+by  eliminating  the  need for several different  duplication  and 
+serialization programs.   In order to reduce the possibility of an 
+incorrect   source   disk  being  used   for   duplication,   both 
+serialization  programs require the operator to input the  correct 
+number of serial fields for each and every source diskette.
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+                            Section 2
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+                      Product Description
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+2.1 Serial8 Description
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+    Serial8  is a program written in assembly language to  run  on 
+CP/M-80  based systems.  The progam will copy and serialize all of 
+Digital  Research's Language and Graphic products.   Serialization 
+is  accomplished by first scanning physical traits of  the  source 
+diskette,  including bytes/track,  sector/track, sector skewing of 
+the  particular computer system and the number of reserved tracks.  
+Next  the diskette is scanned for blank tracks beginning with  the 
+innermost  track.   Blank tracks will not be included in the  copy 
+process in order to reduce copy time.   The program also  computes 
+the  amount  of free memory to be used as a buffer area for  track 
+data.   Because  this area will probably be too small to hold  the 
+entire contents of the source diskette,  the program computes  the 
+number of tracks that can be held at one time in the memory avail-
+able, which is  referred to as a "page".  Pages  are read from the 
+source disk and written to the destination disk one at a time until            
+the entire source  diskette  has been copied.   Between the reading           
+and the writing of the, data the buffer area is searched for serial         
+fields; when  found  the  serial field is replaced with the current         
+serial number.  A running total of the serial fields found is  kept,          
+and at the end  of the copy process,  the total  is  compared  with      
+the total entered by  the operator.   If the two numbers do not match,  
+the serialization  process is terminated.   At  this  point, disk-    
+ette verification  will  occur if  the operator has requested that 
+option.  The program keeps a running total  of the diskettes prod- 
+uced; when this  total  is  an exact multiple of the  verification 
+frequency entered by the operator, the data  area  of  the  source  
+and destination diskettes will be compared track-by-track. If this 
+fails  serialization  is terminated,  otherwise  the  operator  is 
+prompted  to remove the old destination diskette and insert a  new 
+diskette.  
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+2.2 Serial16 Description
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+    Serial16  is  a  program written in assembly language  to  run 
+under  CP/M-86  based systems,  and it runs in the same manner  as 
+Serial8  ( see  Section 2.1 above ).  
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+                            Section 3
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+                      Hardware Requirements
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+3.1  Serial8
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+     In  order to duplicate software provided in this O.E.M.  kit,  
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+an eight bit microcomputer must be used.   The microcomputer  must 
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+meet the requirements listed below:
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+     o  Z80,  8080  or 8085 microprocessor based
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+     o  CP/M  2.0 or more recent operating system
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+     o  64k memory 
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+     o  At least two eight-inch flexible disk drives
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+     o  Skew for a 128 byte/sector single density diskette must be 6
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+3.2  Serial16
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+     In  order to duplicate software provided in this O.E.M.  kit,  
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+a sixteen bit microcomputer must be used.   The microcomputer must 
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+meet the requirements listed below:
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+     o  8086 or 8088 microprocessor based
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+     o  CP/M-86  operating system
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+     o  At least 128k memory
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+     o  At least two eight-inch flexible disk drives
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+     o  Skew for a 128 byte/sector single density diskette must be 6
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+                            Section 4
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+                    Duplication Instructions
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+4.1  Serial8 Duplication Instructions
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+     Operation  of the eight bit serialization program  is  simple 
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+and  straightforward.   A step-by-step operations guide is  listed 
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+     o  Boot system under CP/M .
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+     o  Insert Serialization Diskette in any drive.
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+     o  Call Serial8 program by entering  <drive>:Serial8.
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+     o  Program banner will appear;  if this does not occur refer
+        to support notes.
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+     o  The operator is prompted  for source  drive  ( drive from 
+        which the master will be copied ).
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+     o  The operator replies with a letter code for  source drive  
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+        ( A - P ) followed by carriage return.
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+     o  The  operator  is then prompted for the destination  drive  
+        ( drive to which master will be copied ).
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+     o  The   operator enters A-P for destination drive  required,
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+        followed by a carriage return.  
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+     o  The operator is prompted to insert source disk into select-  
+        ed source drive.
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+     o  The  operator  inserts source ( master ) in drive selected,
+        followed by a carriage return.
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+     o  The  source  diskette  is  registered and  the operator is         
+        informed  of the  sector  skew factor.   The  operator  is         
+        allowed  to change  the default  skew factor; this feature         
+        has been  included  to reduce  duplication time in certain         
+        cases.   Some  experimentation will be required to get the    
+	correct skew factor.
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+     o  The  operator  answers 'Y'  or 'N' for skew factor, if 'Y' 
+        the  operator  must  enter the  new  skew  factor  desired 
+        followed by a carriage return.
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+Section 4.1 continuted
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+     o  After the skew factor has been assigned,  Serial8 searches 
+        the  source  diskette for blank tracks.  The blank  tracks 
+        will  not  be  copied in order to  speed  the  duplication 
+        process.
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+     o  The operator is  prompted for the number of serial  fields 
+        contained  in the source diskette - the correct number  of 
+        serial fields for the source diskette(s) will be  provided 
+        with each kit.  The operator enters the correct numbers of 
+        serial fields followed by a carriage return.
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+     o  The  operator  is then  prompted for  the  starting serial
+	number;  the operator  enters the correct six digit serial
+	number followed by a carriage return ( serial numbers must
+	be padded with zeros and right-justified ).
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+     o  The operator is prompted for diskette verification option.  
+        The   verification   option  is  a   track-by-track   data 
+        verification  process.   The operator can select  a  value 
+        between   one  and  ninety-nine  to  verify   every  "xth" 
+        diskettes,  if  verification is not desired  the  operator 
+        enters  'N'.   All  verification  option entries  must  be 
+        followed  by a carriage return. 
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+     o  The operator  is now prompted to insert the first diskette 
+        in  the  destination  drive  previously   selected.    The 
+        operator  inserts a new diskette in the destination  drive 
+        followed by a carriage return.
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+     o  Track  reading and writing  messages will be displayed  on 
+        the  terminal.   When duplication has been  completed, the 
+        operator  will  be  prompted to remove  the  diskette  and 
+        insert a new diskette.  This process will repeat until the 
+        program is terminated by ^C.
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+4.2  Serial16 Duplication Instructions
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+     Operation  of the sixteen bit serialization program is simple 
+and straightforward.   A step-by-step operational guide is  listed 
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+     o  Boot system under CP/M-86 .
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+     o  Insert Serialization Diskette in any drive. 
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+     o  Call Serial16 program by entering  <drive>:Serial16.
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+Section 4.2 continued
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+     o  Program banner will appear;  if this does not occur refer
+        to support notes.
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+     o  The  operator is  prompted for source drive ( drive  from
+        which the master will be copied ).
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+     o  The  operator replies  with a letter code for source drive 
+        ( A - P ) followed by carriage return.
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+     o  The  operator is then  prompted  for the destination drive 
+        ( drive to  which master will be copied ).   The  operator 
+        enters  A-P  for destination drive required followed by  a 
+        carriage return.
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+     o  The operator is prompted to insert source disk in selected 
+        source drive.
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+     o  The operator  inserts source ( master ) in  drive  selected 
+        followed by a carriage return.
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+     o  The  source  diskette  is registered and the  operator  is 
+        informed  of  the sector skew  factor.   The  operator  is 
+        allowed  to change the default skew factor.   This feature     
+        has been included  to reduce  duplication  time in certain          
+        cases.  As  with Serial8,  some  experimentation  will  be            
+        required to find the best skew factor.
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+     o  The operator answers 'Y' or 'N' for skew  factor.  If  'Y'   
+        is entered, the operator must enter  the new  skew  factor          
+        desired, followed by a carriage return.
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+     o  After the skew factor has been assigned, Serial16 searches 
+        the  source diskette for blank tracks.   The blank  tracks 
+        will  not  be  copied in order to  speed  the  duplication 
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+     o  The  operator is prompted for the number of serial  fields 
+        contained  in the source diskette -- the correct number of 
+        serial  fields on the source diskette(s) will be  provided 
+        with each kit.  The operator enters the correct number  of 
+        serial fields followed by a carriage return.
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+     o  The  operator is then prompted for starting serial number,
+	the  operator  enters the  correct six digit serial number
+	followed  by a  carriage  return  ( serial numbers must be
+	padded with zeros and right justified ).
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+Section 4.2 continued
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+     o  The operator is prompted for diskette verification option.  
+        The   verification   option  is  a   track-by-track   data 
+        verification  process.   The operator can select  a  value 
+        between   one  and  ninety-nine  to   verify  every  "xth" 
+        diskette;  if  verification  is not desired  the  operator 
+        enters 'N'.  All verification option entries must be 
+        followed by a carriage return.	  
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+     o  The operator is now prompted to insert the first  diskette 
+        in   the  destination  drive  previously  selected.    The 
+        operator  inserts  new diskette in the  destination  drive 
+        followed by a carriage return.
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+     o  Track  reading and writing messages will be  displayed  on 
+        the  terminal.   When  duplication has been completed, the 
+        operator  will  be  prompted to remove  the  diskette  and 
+        insert a new diskette.  This process will repeat until the 
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+                            Section 5
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+                    Modification Instructions
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+5.1  Serial8 Modification Instructions
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+     Serial8 and Serial16 are written to serialize products which 
+     contain  six-digit  serial numbers.   Some  of  the  earlier 
+     products contain  five-digit serial  numbers.  These include
+     CBASIC   and  CB-80 .   With a  few  minor  changes  Serial8
+     and  Serial16  can  be  made to serialize products with  the
+     shorter serial numbers.  In the  equate section of  Serial8,
+     at  the top of the program, is a equate  named  ser$def$len.
+     The  value of ser$def$len must be changed from  6 to 5.   In
+     the data area at the end of the program is a variable called
+     ser$def, its  value  must  be changed  from 654321 to 65432.
+     This program is setup for 8" disk drives.  If  you are going
+     to use  something different, the  variable "last$trk" in the
+     data area of the program must be  made changed.  Use  MAC to
+     assemble this new program.
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+     In  the  data area of the program is the  variable  ser_def.  
+     Its value must be changed  from 654321 to 65432.  As stated
+     above, if you use drives  different then 8" disk drives, the
+     value of "last_trk" in the data  area must be changed.   Use
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