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Release Notes 1987 Oct 13
This release of ALL CARD system software is the same as Release
Version 4.0, except that one additional device driver has been
included: $ALL.SYS. This device driver should be added to the
CONFIG.SYS file used by PC-MOS/386. It allows you to use the
advanced operating system, PC-MOS/386 on an IBM PC/XT system or
100% compatible. We have tested PC-MOS/386 on several clones with
$ALL.SYS and the ALL CARD and have found that it does not work on
some machines.
To use PC-MOS/386 your CONFIG.SYS file must contain the following
line:
MEMDEV=$ALL.SYS /X
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ALL/MOS 4.00
This document gives a brief description of how to use this diskette.
NEW 4.00 Features are outlined at the end of this document.
How to Use This Diskette.
Print a copy of this document. At the DOS prompt, type
"COPY READ.ME PRN".
Before doing anything else, prepare a bootable ALL/MOS system by following
this procedure:
1) Format a blank disk, and install a system on it. To do this,
at the DOS prompt, enter the command "FORMAT /S A:". The FORMAT
command is found on the orignal DOS distribution diskette.
2) Copy COMMAND.COM from the original DOS distribution diskette to
the new diskette. If you have a system with two floppy disks,
put the DOS distribution disk in drive A; put the new diskette
in drive B. At the DOS prompt, enter the command
"COPY A:COMMAND.COM B:".
If you have system with one floppy disk, put the original
DOS distribution disk in drive A; at the DOS prompt, enter the
command
"COPY A:COMMAND.COM B:".
When the system prompts you to "INSERT DISKETTE FOR DRIVE A",
insert the DOS distribution diskette; when the system prompts
you to "INSERT DISKETTE FOR DRIVE B", insert the new diskette.
3) Copy all the files from the original ALL/MOS System Diskette to
the new diskette. If you have a system with two floppy disks,
put the original ALL/MOS System Diskette in drive A, and the
new diskette in drive B. At the DOS prompt, enter the command
"COPY A:*.* B:"
If you have a single disk system, put the original ALL/MOS
System Diskette in the floppy drive. At the DOS prompt,
type "COPY A:*.* B:". Insert the original ALL/MOS System
Diskette when the system prompts you to "INSERT DISKETTE FOR
DRIVE A", and insert the working diskette when the system
prompts you to "INSERT DISKETTE FOR DRIVE B".
4) Save the orignal ALL/MOS System Diskette in a safe place.
Use the working diskette from now on. If the working disk
is accidentally damaged or destroyed, create a new working
diskette by repeating this procedure.
5) Make a bootable copy of the ALL/MOS Utilities Disk using the
procedure outline above with the ALL/MOS Utilities Disk.
Run INSTALL.COM to find out how to install the ALL Card into your PC. The
program is completely self-explanatory.
SETUP.COM will install the ALL/MOS software onto your Boot Diskette, or
fixed disk. SETUP will ask you which features of the ALL Card you intend
to use. It will copy the programs which you will use onto your boot disk.
Then SETUP will modify or create CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files so that
your system will start up with the ALL/MOS software installed.
If you are using Software Link's Multi-Link program, then instructions
on how to use the ALL/MOS software with Multi-Link may be found in the
file named MLINK.DOC.
The ALL/MOS Software Reference Manual describes the software found on
this diskette in more detail.
New Features of ALL/MOS 4.0
ALLDISK.SYS now takes the following parameters:
DEVICE=ALLDISK.SYS [<size>] [/OPTIONS...]
where <size> is the number of K of extended memory
to use for the RAM disk
OPTIONS:
/B - set up the RAM disk in non-volatile memory
(only if you have purchased the battery
back-up option)
/I - Initialize the RAM disk ALWAYS (even on
warm boots)
/S:nnn - Set the Sector Size to <nnn>, where nnn is one
of 128, 256 or 512 (default is 512 bytes)
/D:nn - Set the number of Directory entries in the
root to <nn> (default is 64 entries)