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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.
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