CONFIGURING YOUR HP SYSTEM
Ser ies 2 0 0 / 3 0 0 - BA SIC 5 .0 / 6 .0
3 0
Econ oPa c 7 3 0 0 User 's Ma n u a l
5
Fo r t h e Dis k In t er fa ce ca r d , wh ich is n o r m a lly s elect co d e 1 4 , t h e MSUS
will b e :CS8 0 ,1 4 0 0 ,0 .
Fo r t h e Eco n o Pa c fixed d is k , t h e u n it n u m b er is a lwa ys 0 . Befo r e yo u
ca n in s t a ll yo u r n ew Eco n o Pa c d r ive, yo u will n eed t o lo a d yo u r BASIC
5 .0 o p er a t in g s ys t em in t o m em o r y fr o m t h e s ys t em d is k s . Aft er lo a d in g
BASIC, t h e o p er a t in g s ys t em ca n b e in s t a lled o n yo u r Eco n o Pa c.
BOOTING YOUR
SYSTEM
If yo u will b e s h a r in g yo u r d is k wit h o t h er o p er a t in g s ys t em s s u ch a s
HP-UX o r PASCAL, yo u s h o u ld u s u a lly in s t a ll t h e o t h er o p er a t in g s ys t em
b efo r e in s t a llin g BASIC 5 .0 . Refer t o “
In sta llin g , Usin g , a n d Ma in ta in in g
th e BA SIC 5 .0 Sy stem
” in yo u r HP m an u a l.
LOADING BASIC 5.0
Th e fo llo win g p r o ced u r e is t o lo a d BASIC 5 .0 in t o m em o r y. Fo r fu r t h er
in fo r m a t io n r efer t o t h e s ect io n in yo u r BASIC 5 .0 m a n u a l.
Note:
Yo u a ls o n eed t o fo llo w t h is p r o ced u r e if yo u r s ys t em is ROM-b a s ed .
1.
Verify that the HP-IB address of your EconoPac is set as desired and t hat
the address is different from other disk drives (i.e., HP9121 m icro-floppy
drive).
2.
Turn off t he com puter.
3.
Turn on t he disk drives and wait for the self-test t o com plete.
4.
Insert t he BASIC system disk (disk 1) int o a floppy drive.
5.
Turn on t he com puter and hold down the
[SPACE BAR]
.
All t h e b o o t a b le o p er a t in g s ys t em s will b e lis t ed in t h e u p p er r igh t h a n d
co r n er o f t h e s cr een , e.g.
:HP7000,700,0,0
1B - SYSTEM_B40
2B - SYSTEM_B50
6.
Choose a system t o load by typing t he let t ers t o the left of t he system .
For inst ance, t ype
2B
to load BASIC 5.0.
7.
Follow t he inst ructions on the screen.
Yo u will b e in s t r u ct ed t o lo a d d is k 2 , BASIC La n gu a ge Ext en s io n a n d
Dr iver s .
8.
BASIC is ready when t he following m essage appears at t he bot tom of
your m onit or:
The BASIC system is now loaded for your use.
