User`s manual
System
2800
User's
Manual
IV.
SOFIWARE
INITIALIZATION
4.1
Cold
boot
Use
the
following
procedure
every
time
you
want
to
begin
using
CP/M.
It
is
called
the
"cold"
boot
procedure.
1)
Connect
all
hardware;,
2)
Make
sure
no
disks
are
llOunted.
3)
On
the
System
3
console,
turn
the
power
switch
on
the
rear
of
the
console
to
the
on
fOsition.
01
the
8"
floppy
disk
drive
front
panel
turn
the
};Ower
swi
tch
on.
A
banner
will
appear
on
the
operator's
console
saying
"Vector
Graphic
Monitor,
Version
4.X",
and
"MON>"
will
appear
on
the
left
edge
of
the
screen.
The
"MON>"
is
the
prompt
telling
you
that
the
canputer's
Monitor
I s
executive
is
w-ai
ting
for
a canrnand.
4)
Insert
and IIDunt a
Vector
Graphic
CP/M
2.x
System
Disk
in
drive
A.
5)
D=press
V
on
the
keyboard
•
Drive
A
should
activate
as
indicated
by
its
small
red
lamp.
In
a moment, you
will
see
a
banner
reading
"Vector
Graphic
56K
CP/M
-
VERSION
2.2x."
'Then a
"A>"
will
appear
on
the
left
edge
of
the
screen.
This
prompt
indicates
that
the
CP/M
executive
is
waiting
for
a
command. The
CP/M
executive
is
normally
called
CCP,
which
stands
for
Console
Command
Processor.
4.2
Warm
boot
If
you
have
CCP
running,
and
then
rerrove
the
system
disk
fran
drive
A
and
replace
it
with
a
different
Vector
Graphic
CP/M
2.x
System
Disk,
you
MUST
perform
a "warm
boot"
operation.
This
tells
CP/M
that
a
different
system
disk
is
in
the
drive.
If
you
do
not
do
the
warm
boot,
CCP
will
work,
but
CP/M
will
not
allow
you
to
do
anything
that
will
alter
the
system
disk
now
in
the
drive.
To
do
a
warm
boot,
depress
control-C
after
the
A>
prompt.
A J:\bte
on
the
System
Error
Message:
A
SYSTEM
ERROR
message
will
appear
under
certain
conditions.
They
generally
fall
under
the
category
of
attempting
a warm
boot
of
a CP/M
diskette
that
is
a
different
memory
"size"
than
the
original
CP/M
system
diskette.
'Ibis
is
particularly
apparent
during
SYSGEN
or
MOVCFM
procedures.
1Nl1en
this
condition
occurs,
the
phrase
"SYSTEM
ERROR"
will
apJ:€ar and any
subsequent
depressions
of
any
key
will
cause
the
phrase
to
be
repeated.
To
clear
this
condition,
depress
the
reset
key
on
the
mainframe
and
reboot
the
disk.
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