Specifications
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The Megatel
QUARK
Software
Package
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Three
classes
of
utility
routines
and
other
files
are
included
in
the
software
package
for
the
QUARK.
In
the
following
sections
those
commands and
routines
which
are
part
of
the
CP/M
operating
system,
uti
L
ities
written
by Megatel
specificaLLy
for
the
QUARK,
and
CP/M
Users'
Group
fi
Les
are
described.
Note
that
a copy
of
the
customer's
serial
ized
CP/M
system
is
included
on each
of
the
diskettes
shipped
with
the
software
package,
so
it
is
possibLe
to
"boot up" from any
of
these
diskettes.
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CP/M
Commands
and
Utilities
The
foLLowing
utiLities
are
provided
by
Digital
Research
for
CP/M
2.2
and
are
incLuded on
the
QUARK
Distribution
Diskettes.
A
fuLL
discussion
of
the
use
of
these
utiLities
can be found
in
the
CP/M
2.2
Manual. Uti l
ities
identified
as
"Bui
It-in''
are
part
of
the
CP/M
operating
system,
whereas
other
uti
l
ities
are
".COM"
fi
les
on
the
diskette.
OIR
(Bui
Lt-in)
This
command
is
used
to
dispLay
the
directory
of
a
diskette.
ERA
(Bui L
t-in)
This
command
is
used
to
erase
files
from a
diskette.
For
the
QUARK
CP/M
impLementation,
this
command
has been
modified
to
dispLay
the
names
of
those
fiLes
which
are
being
erased.
REN
(Bui
Lt-in)
This
command
is
used
to
rename a
fiLe
on
a
diskette.
TYPE
(Built-in)
This
command
dispLays
the
contents
the
named
ASCII
fiLe
on
the
CONSOLE
device.
For
the
QUARK
CP/M
impLementation,
this
command
has been
modified
to
format
the
output
into
pages.
When
the
dispLay
is
paused between
pages,
typing
any key
wi
LL
cause
the
next
page
to
be
displayed.
Typing ControL-C
wi
Ll
abort
the
TYPE
command.
SAVE
(Sui L
t-in)
The
SAVE
command
alLows
the
user
to
save
the
contents
of
a
part
of
the
Main Memory on a
diskette.
The
SAVE
command
creates
a
file
on
the
diskette,
and
writes
into
the
file
the
specified
number
of
pages,
starting
from
location
0100hex.
USER
(sui
l
t-in)
The
USER
command
aLLows
access
to
different
user
areas.
User 0
is
automatically
logged on
start
up.
PIP.COM
The
Peripheral
Interchange
Program
is
used
to
move
fi
les
from one
logical
device
to
another.
It
can be
used,
for
instance,
to
copy
fi
les
from one
diskette
to
another,
or
for
printing
a
file.
OOT4.COM
The Dynamic Debugging Tool can be used
to
trace
the
execution
of
programs,
to
write,
modify,
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Technologies
Toronto,
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