TeleVideo TS 806/20 User manual

TeleVideo

806/20

Computer

System

Installation

and

User's

Guide

~~:

~~~'I~IeVideo

Systems,

Inc.

TeleVideo

806/20

Computer

System

Installation

and

User's

Guide

TeleVideo

Document

No.

2226500

October

1982

TeleVideo

Systems,

Inc.

All

rights

reserved.

part

this

publication

may

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language

computer

language,

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form

any

means,

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mechanical,

magnetic,

optical,

chemical,

manual,

otherwise,

without

the

prior

written

permission

TeleVideo

Systems,

Inc.,

1170

Morse

Avenue,

Sunnyvale,

California

94086.

Disclaimer

TeleVideo

Systems,

Inc.

makes

representations

warranties

with

respect

this

manual.

Further,

TeleVideo

Systems,

Inc.

reserves

the

right

make

changes

the

specifications

the

product

described

within

this

manual

any

time

without

notice

and

without

obligation

TeleVideo

Systems,

Inc.

notify

any

person

such

revision

changes.

"Warning:

This

equipment

generates,

uses,

and

can

radiate

radio

frequency

energy,

and

not

installed

and

used

accordance

with

the

instruction

manual

may

cause

interference

radio

communications.

temporarily

per-

mitted

regulation,

has

not

been

tested

for

compliance

with

the

limits

for

Class

computing

devices

pursuant

Subpart

Part

FCC

Rules,

which

are

designed

provide

reasonable

protection

against

such

interfer-

ence.

Operation

this

equipment

residential

area

likely

cause

interference,

which

case

the

user

his

expense

will

required

correct

the

interference."

TeleVideoO

registered

trademark

TeleVideo

Systems,

Inc.

Z80A0

registered

trademark

ZILOG

Corporation.

CP/MO

registered

trademark

Digital

Research,

Inc.

RM/COBOLT"'

trademark

Ryan

-McFarland

Corp.

MmmOSTT"'

trademark

TeleVideo

Systems,

Inc.

TeleVideo

COBOLT"'

trademark

TeleVideo

Systems,

Inc.

WordStarT'"

trademark

MicroPro

International

Corporation.

TeleVideo

Systems,

Inc.

1170

Morse

Avenue

Sunnyvale,

California

94086

408/745-7760

TABLE

CONTENTS

Page

LIST

FIGURES

LIST

TABLES

INTRODUCTION

1-1

1.1

System

Description

1-1

1.2

Limited

Warranty

1-1

1.3

Hardware

Configuration

1-3

1.4

Software

Overview

1-5

1.5

Using

the

Manual

1-6

SYSTEM

INSTALLATION

2-1

2.1

Unpacking

2-1

2.2

Software

Registration

2-3

2.3

Selecting

the

Right

Location

2-3

2.4

Installation

2-4

2.5

Checklist

Installation

Instructions

2-10

OPERATING

THE

SERVICE

PROCESSOR

3-1

3.1

Introduction

3-1

3.2

Initial

Start

3-1

OPERATING

THE

USER

STATIONS

4-1

4.1

Introduction

4-1

4.2

Turning

the

User

Station

4-1

4.3

Types

Drives

the

Multiuser

Environment

4-1

4.4

Booting

the

User

Station

4-3

4.5

Operating

Under

MmmOST

4-3

4.6

Working

with

MmmOST

4-6

OPERATIONAL

GUIDELINES

5-1

5.1

Introduction

5-1

5.2

Floppy

Diskettes

5-1

5.3

Write

-Protecting

Diskettes

5-6

5.4

Backing

the

Hard

Disk

5-7

5.5

Work

Habits

5-7

5.6

Summary

Good

Practices

5-8

UTILITY

PROGRAMS

6-1

6.1

Introduction

6-1

6.2

Using

the

Utility

Programs

6-1

iii

TABLE

CONTENTS

Page

SYSTEM

TROUBLESHOOTING

AND

GENERAL

MAINTENANCE

7-1

7.1

Care

7-1

7.2

Troubleshooting

7-1

7.3

Changing

the

Exterior

Fuse

7-3

7.4

How

Get

Service

7-4

APPENDICES

806/20

Specifications

A-1

Statement

Limited

Warranty

B-1

Suggested

References

C-1

Connector

Assignments

D-1

Port

Asssignments

E-1

Buying

Additional

Diskettes

F-1

Cable

Specifications

G-1

Using

the

Time

and

Date

Capability

Applications

Programs

H-1

INDEX

X-1

LIST

FIGURES

Page

1-1

806/20

Computer

System

1-1

1-2

Possible

806/20

Configurations

1-2

1-3

Floppy

Diskette

1-3

1-4

Diskette

Inside

Permanent

Plastic

Enclosure

1-4

2-1

Cable

Connector

2-5

2-2

Correctly

-Folded

Excess

Ribbon

Cable

2-6

2-3

Rear

Panel

the

806/20

2-6

2-4

Location

Screws

the

806/20

Case

2-7

2-5

Location

Internal

Switch

2-7

2-6

Closed

and

Open

Switches

2-8

3-1

On/Off

Switch

Rear

Panel

3-1

3-2

Location

Reset

Button

3-2

3-3

Service

Processor

Terminal

System

Message

3-6

5-1

Opening

Floppy

Drive

Door

5-1

5-2

Rerr~oving

Diskette

From

Jacket

5-2

5-3

Write

-Protecting

Diskette

5-2

5-4

Holding

Diskette

Before

Insertion

5-3

5-5

Inserting

Diskette

Floppy

Drive

5-3

5-6

Diskette

Tracks

and

Sectors

5-4

5-7

Diskette

and

Protective

Lining

Inside

the

Protective

Black

'lastic

Enclosure

5-5

5-8

Write

-Protected

Diskette

5-6

5-9

Typical

Back

-Up

System

5-7

7-1

Location

Exterior

Fuse

7-3

7-2

Good

Fuse

7-3

Burned

Out

Fuse

7-3

7-4

Location

Serial

Number

Rear

Panel

7-4

G-1

RS232C

G-1

G-2

RS422

G-1

LIST

TABLES

Page

1-1

806/20

Ports

1-5

2-1

Cable

Specifications

2-5

2-2

Switch

Settings

for

RS232

Terminal

Port

Switch

2-8

2-3

Setting

Baud

Rate

Terminal

Port

Switch

2-9

3-1

Hardware

Error

Abbreviations

3-6

4-1

806/20

Logical

and

Physical

Drives

4-2

Logical

Drive

Capacities

4-2

6-1

Utility

Programs

Run

From

Service

Processor

Terminal

6-1

6-2

Utility

Program

Format

6-2

6-3

Utility Programs

6-2

6-4

COPYFI

Error

Messages

6-6

7-1

Troubleshooting

Procedures

7-1

D-1

Connector

Assignments

D-1

D-2

Connector

Assignments

D-1

D-3

Connector

Assignments

D-2

INTRODUCTION

1.1

SYSTEM

DESCRIPTION

The

TeleVideo

806/20

compact

tabletop

multiuser

microcomputer

which

can

support

six

user

stations.

Winchester

hard

disk

and

floppy

diskettes

provide

central

storage

data

for

all

users.

Figure

1-1

shows

the

806/20

unit.

Many

combinations

peripheral

devices

can

attached

the

806/20

serial

and

parallel

printers,

service

processor

terminal,

modem.

Figure

1-2

illustrates

several

the

possible

configurations.

Figure

1-1

806/20

Computer

System

1.2

LIMITED

WARRANTY

The

806/20

covered

limited

warranty.

The

terms

and

conditions

the

complete

limit-

warranty

are

provided

Appendix

Read

the

installation

instructions

completely

before

turning

your

system.

Incorrect

installa-

tion

may

void

the

warranty.

1-1

INTRODUCTION

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1-2

Possible

806/20

Configurations

1-2

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