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Page 1: ...PERSONAL WORKSTATION USER GUIDE THE CORVUS CONCEPT CORVUS SYSTEMS ...

Page 2: ...to make changes in the product described in this manual at any time without notice Revised manuals and update sheets will be published as needed and may be purchased by writing to Corvus Systems Inc 2029 O Toole Avenue San Jose CA 95131 Telephone 408 946 7700 TWX 910 338 0226 This manual is copyrighted and contains proprietary information All rights reserved This document may not in whole or in pa...

Page 3: ...PERSONAL WORKSTATION USER GUIDE THE CORVUS CONCEPT PART NO 7100 02826 DOCUMENT NO CCC 30 22 1 3 RELEASE DATE February 1983 CORVUS CONCEPT is a trademark of Corvus Systems Inc ...

Page 4: ... FORTRAN To The Hard Disk Drive CHAPTER lWO THE KEYBOARD ARC DISPLAY The Keyboard Modif ier Keys Cursor Keys Function Keys Function Key Labels The Help Label The Exit Label The Video Display Monitor Screen Configuration System window Command window Label window Display Control Keys Interrupt Screen Display The Break Key Terminating a File Listing Cold Boot 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 8 1 12 ...

Page 5: ...ile Make a File Rename a File Copy a File The D Option The S Option Concatenate Files List a File Changing a Volume Reclaim Volume Space Window Management Create Window Create Temporary Window Delete Window Select Window Clear Window Reverse Background Scroll Mode Defining User keys using Exec Files Automatic startup File Using The Runtime P system CCC 30 22 1 3 Workstation 3 1 3 1 3 2 3 4 3 5 3 6...

Page 6: ...nal Emulator Formatting Diskettes Making Diskettes Bootable Spooling and Despooling Spooling a File Spool Options Spool Despool a File Volume Management Display Volumes Accessible Display Volumes Mounted Selecting a Drive Changing Volume Attributes CHAP l ER FIVE CBARACTBR SE l S Load a Character Set Load Display Character Set Load Keyboard Character Set Alternate Character Set Edit a Display Char...

Page 7: ...ction Local Disk Drive Connection Omninet Connection RS 232 Ports Connecting a Local Printer Video Display Unit Changing Screen Orientation vertical to Horizontal Horizontal to Vertical workstation 6 1 6 1 6 3 6 4 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 8 6 9 6 9 6 12 CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus Concept ...

Page 8: ... Concept can also serve as a powerful stand alone computer its advanced 16 bit microprocessor swivel screen display capabilities and other built in features make it an ideal operator s interface for workprocessing and data processing PURPOSE AND ORGANIZATION This guide is intended to give a thorough overview of the Concept Personal Workstation It is intended as an introduction to computing to this...

Page 9: ...g screen orientation CONVENTIONS The word Type is used throughout this guide to mean that two or more characters are to be entered on the Concept keyboard All words symbols spaces and punctuation beginning with the first character to the right of the word Type should be typed exactly as shown Do not add or delete punctuation at the end of a statement and type all spaces that appear within the stat...

Page 10: ...y pressing the appropriate function key The third level function is obtained by holding down the COMMAND key and simultaneously pressing the appropriate function key For example from the Dis patcher labels Press MountMgr equates to simulta neously pressing the COMMAND key and the F9 key The fourth level function is obtained by holding down the COMMAND key and the SHIFT key while simultane ously pr...

Page 11: ...be entered from the keyboard In many instances the program displays the most common answer to the prompt The answer that the program offers is called the default and it may be entered by pressing RETURN If the default is not to be used simply type in the new answer and it will be used by the program CCC 30 22 l 3 Corvus Concept ...

Page 12: ...rkstation User Guide The Corvus Concept EdWord User Guide o Corvus 8 inch diskette drive manuals The Corvus Concept Diskette Drive Installation Guide The Corvus Concept Disk Drive Installation Guide The Corvus Concept System Manager s Guide The Corvus Concept 68000 Assembler Programmer s Reference Manual The Corvus Concept Operating System Reference Manual Standard Software o Corvus Concept Operat...

Page 13: ...t ISO Pascal Programming Language FPASCAL Diskette The Corvus Concept Pascal Reference Manual o Corvus Concept FORTRAN 77 Development System FFORTRN Diskette The Corvus Concept FORTRAN Reference Manual o UCSD p System Development System If the Concept has not already been installed refer to ftThe Corvus Concept Personal Workstation Installation Guide ft and follow its instructions on setting up th...

Page 14: ...ut drawer on the back of the Concept by loosening the latch screws see diagram To loosen the left screw turn the left knob clockwise To loosen the right screw turn the right knob counter clockwise Slide the drawer out LATCH REWS o II I LATCH SCREWS The boot switches are numbers seven and eight on the microswitch box located along the right side of the pull out drawer Set both boot switches in the ...

Page 15: ...nd tighten the latch screws CONNECTING TO AN ORRIRET TAP Workstation The Omninet tap cable connects to the Omninet port on the back of the Concept base unit The Omninet port is recognized as slot 5 by the Concept CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus Concept ...

Page 16: ...n the diskette drive remove it before continuing with the instructions in the next two paragraphs Make sure the disk drive is powered on and ready Looking at the front of the disk drive cabinet there are three red indicator lights labeled FAULT BUSY and READY When the drive is powered on all three lights become lit When the drive is ready after approxi mately 30 seconds only the READY light stays ...

Page 17: ...t should make a beep and then enter its self diagnostic program SELF DIAGNOSTIC After powering on the Concept it begins running a twenty second self diagnostic program The screen will be blank during the test and the Concept beeps again when the program is done Once it is finished either the log on prompt or a prompt asking for the type of boot displays This time a prompt asking for the type of bo...

Page 18: ...the prompt above If the Concept is connected to a local hard disk drive press L To boot from a floppy diskette press F and if the Concept has the MACSbug debugger PROMs and you can enter the debugger by pressing D If there is some problem with the setup or with the Concept itself a boot error may appear The follow ing is a list of boot errors and what should be done if one appears CCC 30 22 1 3 Co...

Page 19: ...Dmninet dip switches to a unique address In the future the boot device prompt may be skipped by setting the boot switches for the device from which the Concept is to boot To do this set switch seven ON and switch eight OFF for an Omninet boot switch seven OFF and switch eight ON for a local disk boot or leave both switches ON to be prompted for boot type LOG ON After having responded to the boot d...

Page 20: ...Please enter your name Type the name that has been assigned to you and press RETURN Another prompt is quickly displayed Please enter your password Type your password and press RETURN If you do not have a password just press RETURN CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus Concept ...

Page 21: ...12 I I I Enter Command I 1 1 III III 1 1 1 1 II III II II 1 1 III At the top of the screen is a permanent display which has the version of the operating system on the left followed by the name of the user the Workstation number which appears only if the Workstation is connected to an Omninet network and the current volume On the right side of the screen is displayed the day of the week the month d...

Page 22: ...tem takes place in the Command window and function key labels are shown in the Label window YSTEM WINDOW OMMAND WINDOW LABEL WINDOW S CJCJCJCJCJ CJCJCJCJ 1 There are many levels of function keys each with their own set of labels These levels can be reached by pressing function keys from higher levels which repre sent a group of interrelated tasks The highest level of labels is called the Dispatche...

Page 23: ...WndowlRestart IHelp I I DISPATCHER with COKMARD pressed PI P2 P3 P4 P5 I I I I I I IFileMgr IWndowMgrlExecFilelConst IIISysutilsl F6 F7 F8 F9 PIO I ITmpWndow I I IReboot I IRevBkgndlCreWndowl IMountMgrl I COPYING OPTIORAL SOFTWARE Now that the Concept is up and running smoothly the next step is to transfer any optional programs you have purchased from diskettes to the Corvus hard disk drive CCC 30...

Page 24: ... will be prompted for a filename in the Command window Execute which command file Type Press FLGICLC SYSTEM UPDATE RETURN The System window displays File ID FLGICLC SYSTEM UPDATE SYSTEM UPDATE assumes volumes CCSYS and CCUTIL exist and have read write access Continue Y N 3 Press Y The files on this diskette are automatically copied to the hard disk When the labels at the bottom of the screen are d...

Page 25: ...ll be prompted for a filename in the Command window Execute which command file Type Press FPASCAL SYSTEM UPOATE RETURN J The System window displays File 10 FPASCAL SYSTEM UPOATE SYSTEM UPDATE assumes volumes CCSYS and CCUTIL exist and have read write access Continue Y N 3 Press Y The files on this diskette are automatically copied to the hard disk When the labels at the bottom of the SCreen are di...

Page 26: ... will be prompted for a filename in the Command window Execute which command file Type Press FFORTRN SYSTEM UPDATE RETURN J The System window displays File ID FFORTRN SYSTEM UPDATE SYSTEM UPDATE assumes volumes CCSYS and CCUTIL exist and have read write access Continue Y N 3 Press Y The files on this diskette are automatically copied to the hard disk When the labels at the bottom of the screen are...

Page 27: ...e type cord which extends to a maximum length of six feet Although the keyboard is similar to a typewriter key board the Concept keyboard has a numeric keypad and additional keys to control some of the functions of the Workstation I c mwIlMnM I F1 III F2 III F3 III F III F5 II F6 III F7 III F8 III F9 III F O t n lll 111 111 IIIIllll 111 II III 111 111 t a w E A T y u II I 0 P III 7 8 9 Ails 110 II...

Page 28: ...out this Guide they appear within brackets e g RETURN and COMMAND Modifier Keys The modifier keys are standard keys found on most computer keyboards These keys change the function of other keys on the keyboard To do this they must be held down while another key is pressed similar to the way typewriters use the SHIFT key UT CCC 30 22 1 3 stands for alternate When held down it causes an alternate ch...

Page 29: ...ed in conjunction with other keys to perform functions such as stopping and starting SCreen display rebooting etc See the last few sections of this chapter for more information sends data to the processor from the numeric keypad On the Concept this key is the same as the RETURN key stands for escape The key is used to exit certain programs VOLUTIL HELP and Mount Manager are examples speeds up the ...

Page 30: ...or movement keys which allow the screen cursor to be moved up down left or right The arrow on the key top indicates the direction the cursor moves Cursor keys are located just above the numeric keypad 1 1 I 3 Function Keys There are ten function keys across the top of the Concept keyboard labeled FI through FlO These keys are programmable and are used by system programs to perform specific functio...

Page 31: ...tions that can be accessed by pressing a function key Function key labels are displayed in the Label window at the bottom of the Corvus Concept display screen Each of these keys corresponds to one of the function keys Fl through FlO on the Concept keyboard The number of the corresponding function key is displayed above each label CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus Concept ...

Page 32: ...ifted label is the upper one However not every label box will have both a shifted and unshifted label most have only the unshifted label Fl F2 F3 F4 F5 I I shifted labels I I I I unshifted labels I I F6 F7 F8 F9 FlO I I shifted labels I I I I unshifted labels I I This guide treats a label as a key When a label name is enclosed in brackets e g ListVol this guide refers to the function key associate...

Page 33: ...gr equates to simultaneously pressing the COMMAND key and the F9 key The fourth level function is obtained by holding down the COMMAND key and the SHIFT key while simultane ously pressing the appropriate function key For example from the Dispatcher labels Press Reboot equates to simultaneously pressing the COMMAND key the SHIFT key and the FlO key The Help Label For a brief description of any func...

Page 34: ...he ClrWndow help message ClrWndow clears everything from the current window SelWndow allows you to choose one of your defined windows and make it the current window Help continues to give messages until the ESC key is pressed Pressing ESC will exit the program and return to the current level If the HELP key is accidently pressed the program can be terminated before it is completely read into memor...

Page 35: ...n be arranged in different ways to suit different purposes The orien tation can be changed and it can be tilted and swiveled For details on changing the screen orien tation from vertical to horizontal or vice versa see the section titled VIDEO DISPLAY UNIT in Chapter Six SCreen Configoration The video display SCreen is divided into areas called windows A window can be considered a section of the s...

Page 36: ...e all normal output is displayed e g characters and graphics output by various programs as well as system functions such as volume listings I I I CJCJCJCJCJ CJCJCJCJCJ 1 In the horizontal orientation the size of the System window is 707 pixels by 479 pixels CCC 30 22 1 3 I I CJCJCJCJc JCJCJc JCJc J Corvus Concept ...

Page 37: ... 8 I 88t I 68 9 I 79 I 61 10 I 71 I 55 11 I 64 I 50 12 I 59 I 45 13 I 54 I 42 14 I 51 I 39 15 I 47 I 36 16 I 44 I 34 TEXT LINES ON SCREEN char hgt in pixels horizon vertical 5 96 128 6 80 107 7 68 91 8 60 80 9 53 71 10 48 64 11 44 58 12 40 53 13 37 49 14 34 46 15 32 43 16 30 40 The character set being displayed the default character set is 6 by 10 pixels Therefore in the horizontal orientation 118...

Page 38: ...are displayed in the third window This is at the bottom of the screen below the Command window The labels in this window stand out since the lettering is black with a white background The labels indicate what function each key represents DISPLAY CONTROL KEYS Display control keys are keys used in conjunction with the CTRL key This means that the CTRL key is held down while ancther key is simultaneo...

Page 39: ...ng the Concept to perform another task you must complete execution by restarting the scroll and halt program execution THE BREAK KEY Terminating a Pile Listinq There are occasions where a file listing may take a long time When large files are listed and the first part is all that is needed the BREAK key is useful Pressing the BREAK key will terminate a listing and return control of the Concept to ...

Page 40: ...f the screen at log on are called the Dispatcher labels They are the first level of functions available after log on Other sets of labels can be called from the Dispatcher level that allow various features of the Concept to be used These sets include the FileMgr labels the WndowMgr labels SysUtils labels LogiCalc labels EdWord labels and the Userkey labels At this point the Command window appears ...

Page 41: ...IExecFilelConst IIISysUtilsl F6 F7 F8 F9 FlO I ITmpWndowI I IReboot I IRevBkgndICreWndowI IMountMgrl I Dispatcher Level Functions Workstation ClrWndowJ Const IIJ CreWndowJ CCC 30 22 1 3 clears everything from the current window enters the Constellation II level which is used exclusively by System managers creates new windows inside the System window area To create a new window press CreWndowJ and ...

Page 42: ...names in a volume Type the volume name and press ListVol to list the files in a particular volume Type or for listings of volumes and devices on line and other volume information enters the optional Concept spread sheet progam It is discussed in a separate manual The Corvus Concept LogiCalc User Guide runs the Constellation II Mount Manager program allowing you to manage your volume access enters ...

Page 43: ...s you want enters the Window Manager level To return to the Dispatcher level from the Window Manager level press Exit Bow to Run a Program At the Dispatcher level the Concept is in a state of readiness to execute There are two ways to execute or run a program 1 by typing the name of the file that contains a program 2 by pressing the function key corresponding to a desired label To run a program de...

Page 44: ...ified when running a pro gram the eeos first searches the current volume for the file If the file is not in the current volume ceos searches the boot volume which is the normally volume named CCSYS The Restart Function For tasks that are to be performed many times in succesion the Restart key erforms a valuable service To execute the last commano perforhled Press Restart The function is performed ...

Page 45: ...of where files have been placed in a volume and what system devices are available to be used A volume has a directory that contains the names and addresses of the files stored within it A volume is a named area of disk space similar to a single diskette All file management rules that apply to volumes also apply to diskettes Volumes and diskettes provide storage areas for files A file can contain a...

Page 46: ...formation needed by the Concept at power on This volume is normally named CCSYS and is mounted on logical unit four Most of the files in the system volume are data files or programs Current Volume The current volume is the volume where work take place At boot the current volume is set to the volume mounted on unit 5 If there is no volume mounted on unit 5 the current volume is set to the system vo...

Page 47: ...rs The name can contain only letters numbers periods dashes and underline characters it can start with any legal character File names can be changed with the RnamFile function described later in this chapter The following are examples of valid file names REJECTS IV TEXT A FAST PROGRAM TRY 324 TEXT HERE LETTER SORT 56 TEXT PROGRAM669 3 FLY To reference a file in the current volume simply type the f...

Page 48: ...names in VaLl that end with TEXT are listed If a volume is requested using LET VOLI LET all file names that begin with the letters LET are listed The wild card characters may be used with the ConcFile CopyFile DletFile DletTemp ListFile or ListVol commands setting a Volu e SetVol designates a volume as the current volume SetVol appears in both the Dispatcher labels and the FileMgr labels Each time...

Page 49: ...OLI I I Select FileMgr function I If an error is made typing the volume name use the BACKSPACE key to back up and correct the error If an invalid volume name is entered such as VALl instead of VOLl an error message displays I VALl is not a valid volume name I I I Once a volume is set as the current volume it remains current until it is changed or until the next time the Concept is re booted CCC 30...

Page 50: ...lume or the file names in any other volume ListVol is found in both the Dispatcher and the FileMgr labels To list the files in a volume press ListVol type a slash the volume name and press RETURN For example Press ListVol The Command window displays I I I List which volume directory I Type VOLI Press RETURN I I I List which volume directory VOLI RETURN I CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus Concept ...

Page 51: ...2 477 BB TEXT 512 l3 Mar 82 977 GRAP TEXT 512 22 Mar 82 981 1001 19 of 19 files listed 19 files 4 text 5 data 14 text 6 text 8 text 6 text 80 text 4 text 24 text 22 text 34 text 26 text 24 text 28 text 24 text 162 data 500 data 4 text 20 text 23 To understand this listing it is best to break it down one section at a time The top line of the listing gives some important volume information CCOS Volu...

Page 52: ...1 3 this and every name below it in the left column is a file name in the volume directory this and the numbers below it in the second column is the number of bytes used in the last block of the file When we add the number of full blocks the file takes we will know exactly how much space the file uses this is the last date that this file has been updated The 13 is the day Mar is the three letter a...

Page 53: ...s symbol is in the filename column and represents no file This means that the space shown on the right is open space on the volume 1001 23 this is the starting block address and the size of the open space It tells where the open space begins and how large the space is 19 of 19 files listed this tells us that all the files in the volume were actually listed There are occasions where a partial listi...

Page 54: ...4 blks 6 PRINTER 9 FLOPPY 500 blks 11 eSD 1024 blks 12 CCUTIL 2048 blks 14 VOL2 1024 blks 15 VOL3 1024 blks 18 MYUCSD 1024 blks 22 GRAPH 1024 b1ks 30 SLOTIO 31 DTACOM1 32 DTACOM2 33 OMNINET 34 TIMER 35 KYBD 36 DISPLAY system volume is CCSYS Current volume is VOL1 To understand the slash type of listing a closer analysis of one line is needed For this description we will use the following line from...

Page 55: ...e DTACOMI for the serial data port 1 and PRINTER for the printer this is the length of the volume in blocks It is the same number that would be seen on the top line of a volume listing It is only on a few of the lines in this listing because not all of the devices are volumes The bottom lines add some information regarding the present status of the system System volume is CCSYS Current volume is V...

Page 56: ... doing the ListVol the new volume would be listed as current Exclaaation Point 1 To list all devices mounted including the volume block addresses press exclamation point then ListVol The exclamation point type of volume listing gives more volume information than the slash listing This extra information includes the active slot number the disk server number the drive number and the starting block a...

Page 57: ...4 blks sIt 2 srv 0 drv 1 blk 10448 30 SLOTIO 31 DTACOMI 32 DTACOM2 33 OMNINET 34 TIMER 35 KYBD 36 DISPLAY System volume is CCSYS Current volume is VOL1 The listing is the same as the slash type of listing but includes extra volume information Below is an explanation of the added information sIt 2 srv 0 drv 1 blk 7376 slt 2 this is the slot number that the drive is connected to If the volume is on ...

Page 58: ...rinter Redirection works with any of the Concept list functions ListVol ListFile and DrvrVrsn L 1 II I f ff The printer driver must be assigned before redirecting output to a printer Assigning drivers is covered in a later chapter Redirected output looks exactly the same in a text file or on paper as it would when displayed on the screen The format for redirecting output is as follows device being...

Page 59: ...Type VOLI PRINTER Press Listvol I I I Select function VOLI PRINTER ListVol I FILE MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS concept file management functions include delete a file delete a temporary file make a file rename a file copy a file list a file and reclaim volume space When FileMgr is pressed from the Dispatcher level the Concept FileMgr labels display CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus Concept ...

Page 60: ...l I _ _ F6 F7 F8 F9 FlO I I I I I I IClrWndowlSelWndowlSpool IHelp IExit I FILE MANAGER with COMMAND pressed FI F2 F3 F4 F5 I I I I I I IMakeFileiDletTempiRnamFi1elConcFileiCrunch I F6 F7 F8 F9 FlO I ITmpWndowI I I I IRevBkgndlCreWndowlChngVol IMountMgr I I Page 3 21 CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus Concept ...

Page 61: ...File and answer the questions creates new windows within the System window area To create a new window press CreWndow and follow the directions given moves all files in a volume so that all unused space is combined into one large empty space at the end of the volume deletes a file or files from a volume It may not be possible to retrieve a file after it has been deleted deletes a temporary file or...

Page 62: ...allows you to choose one of your defined windows and make it the current window allows you to set a volume as the current volume The current volume is the one where your work is being done runs the Constellation II spool program This program allows you to write files to a special volume named Pipes These files can be despooled by a station with a local printer using the Spool function allows you t...

Page 63: ... has been deleted from a directory its directory entry can be reconstructed with the MakeFile function described later in this chapter However this works only if other data has not been copied over the place where the file resided To delete a file press DletFile type the file name press RETURN and press Y for yes when prompted The following example deletes the file MESS TEXT from your current volu...

Page 64: ...the file will not be deleted Press Y The file will be deleted and you will return to the FileMgr level where the select prompt will reappear I Update volume VOLI directory Y I I Select FileMgr function I To remove a file from a volume that is not your current volume you press DletFilej type the volume name enclosed in slashes followed by the file name and then press RETURNj The procedure is exactl...

Page 65: ...dicated is removed If you press N the file indicated is not removed The 0 Option To avoid being prompted for each file and the Update volume VOLI directory prompt the DletFile function has a quiet option that restrains this prompt The quiet option is used by placing q before the name of the files that you want deleted In the following example we use this option Press DletFile The Command window di...

Page 66: ...n you list your volume In the date column a temporary file has three question marks where the month should be MESS I 512 O lOO 978 344 data Temporary files can be deleted in the same way as regular files The DletTemp function uses asterisks and question marks as wild card characters in the same way that DletFile does To delete temporary files type the file name then press DletTemp In the example b...

Page 67: ...e this function is very helpfull The file is not actually erased unless you have copied other information over the place where that file resided That is a file is not destroyed unless you have used the Crunch command or have saved a file that is the same size or smaller than the file you accidently erased and it happened to be written over your lost file When a file has been deleted from a directo...

Page 68: ... Command window displays I I I Make which file I Type BLT TEXT Press RETURN I I I Make which file BLT TEXT RETURN I The Command window displays I I I How many blocks for file BLT TEXT I Type 12 Press RETURN I I I How many blocks for file BLT TEXT 12 RETURN I When the MakeFile is finished it gives a message that the file has been made The Command window displays CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus Concept ...

Page 69: ...t 180 42 OBJECT TEXT 512 I DEC 82 222 34 text 256 768 3 of 3 files listed The deleted file will appear like the line between LETTER TEXT and OBJECT TEXT in the listing above The filename will be replaced with and the only information left to identify the file will be its size and address To recreate that file enter the FileMgr and press MakeFile as in the preceding example and make a file of exact...

Page 70: ...for the file and press RETURN In the following example the file OLD TEXT in your current volume VOLl is changed to NEW TEXT Press RnamFile The Command window displays I I I Rename which file I Type OLD TEXT Press RETURN I I I Rename which file OLD TEXT RETURN I The Command window displays I I I What is new name for file OLD TEXT I Type NEW TEXT Press RETURN The Command window displays CCC 30 22 1 ...

Page 71: ...volume name without first consulting the system manager Copy a File CopyFile allows you to copy files from one volume to another The files will have the original file name You specify the source file name and the destination volume name You may use wild card characters with CopyFile and the quiet option described in the Delete a File section of this chapter can be used When you wish to copy a file...

Page 72: ...URN I I I Copy which file s IVOLl WORK TEXT RETURN I The Command window displays I I I Copy file s to which volume I Type IVOL2 Press RETURN I I I Copy file s to which volume IVOL2 RETURN I Copy file then asks for verification I Copy file n VOLl WORK TEXT n I I I Press Y RETURN CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus Concept ...

Page 73: ...stion mark wild card character instead of or with a file name Wild card characters are used in the same fashion as described previously in this chapter The next example shows how to copy several files In this example all the files in VOLI that begin with the letters RES are transferred to the volume VOL2 Press CopyFile The Command window displays I I I Copy which file s I Type VOLI RES Press RETUR...

Page 74: ...r if you used the quiet option the files will be copied If you are transfering a file to a volume that contains a file by the same name the Concept File Manager will ask you which copy you want to keep You will be prompted I I I Delete old WORK TEXT file dates are the same I The prompt will read file dates are different if the file dates are not the same The Concept waits for a yes or no answer be...

Page 75: ...ime the You use this option when you are typing the destination volume name as follows Type VOL2 D Press RETURN I I I Copy file s to which volume VOL2 D RETURN I The S Option This option strips all escape codes from a file If a text file were written in EdWord and included bold face or underlined characters the S option will strip the enhancements from the text This is useful when trying to print ...

Page 76: ...files means that the files are combined into one file The second file named will be appended to the first file While specifying the source files it is permissible to use wild card characters In the following example the file NOTES TEXT in your current volume is copied to the file NTS TEXT in your current volume Press ConcFile The Command window displays I I I Concatenate which files I Type NOTES T...

Page 77: ...n your current volume BEANS TEXT is appended to PORK TEXT and the output is to a file called PNB TEXT Press ConcFile The Command window displays I I I Concatenate which files I Type PORK TEXT BEANS TEXT Press RETURN I I I Concatenate which files PORK TEXT BEANS TEXT RETURN I The Command window displays I I I Output concatenated files to where I Type PNB TEXT Press RETURN CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus Conce...

Page 78: ...e file name LIST according to wild card rules are concatenated Output is to a file called LST TEXT Press ConcFile The Command window displays I I I Concatenate which files I Type LIST Press RETURN I I I Concatenate which files LIST RETURN I The Command window displays I I I Output concatenated files to where I Type LST TEXT Press RETURN I I I Output concatenated files to where LST TEXT RETURN I CC...

Page 79: ... or a CTRL Q restarts it To stop a file listing and terminate the output press BREAK In the following example the file NOTES TEXT in your current volume is listed Press ListFile The Command window displays I I I List which files I Type NOTES TEXT Press RETURN I I I List which file NOTES TEXT RETURN I The Command window displays the contents of the file If the file is not in your current volume be ...

Page 80: ...e I If VOL3 is the volume to be changed Type VOL3 RETURN The volume will be switched from whichever type of volume it was before to the other It will tell you that the change was made and then return to the File Manager option prompt I Volume VOL3 is now UCSD format I I Select FileMgr function I WARNING DO NO CBAHGE THE VOLUMES CCSYS OR CCUTIL TO UCSD VOLUMES CCSYS IS THE BOOT VOLUME AND MUST BE C...

Page 81: ...your current one press Crunch then type the volume name and press RETURN You cannot use wild card characters with Crunch The following example shows how to crunch a volume named VOL2 Press Crunch The Command window displays I I I Crunch which volume I Type VOL2 Press RETURN I I I Crunch which volume VOL2 RETURN I Your screen displays the file names in the System window as they are being moved and ...

Page 82: ...everal windows of various sizes and dimensions You can create up to seventeen of your own windows Each window is a rectangle and is within the confines of the System window The best way for you to learn how to use the Concept window functions is to get hands on experience The following are the Window Manager functions create window CreWndow select window SelWndow clear window ClrWndow reverse wind...

Page 83: ...dowlTestPtrnI I Workstation ClrWndow clears everything from the current window CreWndow creates new windows within the System window area To create a new window press CreWndow and follow the directions given The new window is cleared and becomes the current window To regain the original window as current press SelWndow until the full sized window reappears DelWndow deletes the current window After...

Page 84: ...dow allows you to choose one of your defined windows and make it the current window TestPtrn enters a test pattern program to display test patterns on screen TmpWndow allows you to create a temporary window inside the System window The window is not cleared at inception Create Window In addition to the three permanent windows CreWndow allows you to create up to 17 windows This function also appear...

Page 85: ... Use the cursor keys to move the cursor Move the cursor down one space and to the right one space Press RETURN The Command window displays I I I Move cursor to lower right corner and press return I Move the cursor down two spaces The Command window displays I New window size is 1 by 3 I I Move cursor to lower right corner and press return I Continue moving the cursor down until the Command window ...

Page 86: ...age displays on the top line of the Command window I Invalid Bounds I I Select WndowMgr function I If the above message is displayed you should try again Create Te porary Window In addition to the three permanent windows and the seventeen user defined windows TmpWndow allows you to create one temporary window The procedure for creating a temporary window is exactly the same as the procedure descri...

Page 87: ... in which program output is to be displayed This function also appears in the Dispatcher labels and the FileMgr labels You can select the System window or any other window you have created You must have already created a window for this function to have any use SelWndow selects the windows in the order they were created When you select a window it becomes the current window and is outlined with a ...

Page 88: ...k to white or from white to black This function also appears in the Dispatcher labels and the FileMgr labels To reverse the background of your current window Press RevBkgnd If your background is white press RevBkgndj to change it to black If your background is black press RevBkgnd to change it to white Scroll Mode With ScrlMode you can set your Concept to display listings one of two ways One metho...

Page 89: ... in page mode I I Select WndowMgr function I If your Concept is set for page mode pressing ScrlMode changes it back to scroll mode A message displays in the Command window I Window is now in scroll mode I I Select WndowMgr function I DEFINING USERKEYS There is a file called USERREYS TEXT that allows you to create your own levels of function keys The system looks for the file USERREYS TEXT in the v...

Page 90: ...he second level and then on to the third level in order The keynumber defines which function key it will be placed on The following list shows the correspondance between the numbers and the key position 0 9 10 19 20 29 30 39 keys Fl flO keys Fl FlO with shift keys Fl FlO with command keys Fl FlO with command and shift The keylabel is the name that will appear in the Label window Command is the pro...

Page 91: ... the first line of the text file would look like this 2 40 1 0 Pascal I PASCAL 1 2 EdWord lED USING EXEC FILES An Exec file is a text file that contains a list of CCOS commands and program names which you want to execute in a particular order You can use the Concept command interpreter to execute in sequence from top to bottom the contents of the list Valid entries in an Exec file are the file nam...

Page 92: ...I Execute which command file VOL1 DCHECK TEXT RETURN I The programs listed in the file above are run in the order in which they are listed Exec files come in handy when you compile or link a program often The next example shows how to set up an Exec file to run the linker for a specific program which saves you the effort of typing several file names every time you want to link the program The file...

Page 93: ... create an Exec file called STARTUP TEXT and place it in the appropriate volume When you boot your Concept CCOS searches the boot volume and then your personal volume mounted on unit number 5 for the file STARTUP TEXT If this file exists in the boot volume or in your personal volume it is used as a source of commands to the Operating System For example if you have certain programs that you want to...

Page 94: ...ation param eter program That is where the printer driver is assigned The third line calls the file manager routine for setting the current volume The last line executes the EdWord Editor Wordprocessor program and enters the workspace W in the current volume These command lines may appear confusing but if any of these capabilities are appealing you can type the lines in as is into a file named STA...

Page 95: ...These files can be copied from the volume CCUTIL 4 The file SYSTEM INTERP must be in either the current volume or the system volume CCSYS The file should already be in CCSYS which is where the file is placed when the system is initialized If all of these conditions are met the P system can be used To enter the p System Press p System All UCSD volumes you have access to will be displayed and if the...

Page 96: ...set in the CCOS1 different character sets and different window sizes may be used in the p System but they too must be set in the CCOS before entering the p System In order to leave the p System and return to the CCOS press H for Halt there is no exit key CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus Concept ...

Page 97: ...em utilities formatting diskettes spooling despooling and volume management SYSTEM UTILITIES The System Utilities programs allow you to update change or diagnose certain features of your Concept system These utilities include assigning a driver setting printer parameters setting the date and setting the time Pressing SysUtils from the Dispatcher level allows you to enter the System utilities level...

Page 98: ...F8 F9 FlO I I I I I I I I Workstation AsgnDrvr DrvrVrsn EdChrSet Exit Help CCC 30 22 1 3 assigns a driver to a logical device The general format is CCSYS DRV EPRNT PRNTER 6 AsgnDrvr lists all the assigned drivers and their devices enters the Corvus Concept character set editor Here you may edit or create your own display character sets returns you to the Dispatcher level is left by pressing the ES...

Page 99: ...a date is displayed above the upper right ccrner of the system window Tuesday August 24 1982 I I When you first set up your Concept you must set the date to the current date and set the time to the current time Once you set the Concept time it updates the date every twenty four hours See the next section Set Time for information on setting the time on the Concept If you press SetDate the current d...

Page 100: ...are as follows January Jan February Feb March Mar April Apr May May June Jun July August September October November December Ju1 Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec In the following example we set the date to September 13 1982 Type Press 13 SEP 82 SetDate I I I Select SysUti1s function 13 SEP 82 SetDate I SetDate confirms your change I Date set to 13 Sep 82 I I Select SysUtils function I The new date displays abo...

Page 101: ...lect SysUtils function 13 SetDate I The date will appear in the Command window Now you should set the actual date so that your system will be accurate Set Time SetTime allows you to set or display the current time When you first set up your Concept you need to set the current time Once you set the time you will not have to set it again since the Concept has batteries that keep the time going even ...

Page 102: ...e must be entered in the following format 00 00 The first 00 represents hours in military time 0 23 The next field is minutes In the following example we set the time 9 31 a m Type Press 09 31 SetTime I I I Select SysUtils function 09 31 SetTime I SetTime confirms your change I Time set to 09 31 00 I I Select SysUtils function I In the following example we set the time 4 59 p m Type 16 59 Press Se...

Page 103: ... This enables you to communicate with modems terminals or other devices through the RS 232 ports The Printer driver must be assigned before a printer can be used In other words the Printer driver must be activated The procedure described below enables you to do this Press SetDtaCm for the SetDtaCm label display If the printer driver is not assigned the Command window will prompt you for the unit y...

Page 104: ...ice connected to Port 1 and if you select DataCom2 you will be setting the communication parameters for the device connected to Port 2 Press Pr inter This loads the printer driver and displays the default printer values I Baud rate 1200 Parity Space Xmit lgnore Rcv Port 2 I I Char size 7 bits Protocol Xon Xoff Unit Printer I The default parameters for the two data communication ports are as follow...

Page 105: ...Exit parity Port Protocol PrtrFunc PrtrType CCC 30 22 1 3 allows you to set the baud rate allows you to set character size returns you to the SysUtils level allows you to set the parity allows you to select which RS 232 port is being setup allows you to set handshake protocol allows you to set the number of lines per inch characters per inch auto line feed ON OFF and load action tables or alternat...

Page 106: ...m2 two of the Set Data Communication Comm labels do not appear They are the Port label and PrtrType label Neither label would apply unless printer parameters were being set PrtrType allows you to set all the SetDtaCm values for three specific types of printer a NEC 7710 an Epson MX IOO and an IDS 460 Press PrtrType The PrtrType labels display PRINTER TYPE Fl F2 F3 F4 F5 FlO I I I I I II I IEpson I...

Page 107: ...sponds to the baud rate on your printer You will automatically be sent back to the Set Data Comm level BAUD RATE Fl F2 F3 F4 F5 I I I 1 I I 1300 1600 11200 12400 14800 I F6 F7 F8 F9 FlO I I 1 I I I 19600 119200 I 1 INoChangel Parity allows you to set parity To change parity press Parity The Parity labels display Select the key that corresponds to the parity setting on your printer You will automat...

Page 108: ...Size labels display Select the character size that corresponds to the setting on your printer You will automatically return to the Set Data Corom level CHARACTER SIZE PI F2 F6 F7 F8 FlO I 1 II 1 1 II I 18 Bits 17 Bits 1110 cpr 112 cpr 116 cpr IINoChange I Protocol allows you to change to the handshake protocol To change the handshake protocol press Protocol The Protocol labels display Select the p...

Page 109: ...har cter sequences for a given printer necessary to perform certain operations to create enhancements such as bold face An alternate character set translation table contains the character sequences necessary for a given printer necessary to perform certain operations to create the alternate characters found in the upper 127 characters of the alternate character sets These tables may be created usi...

Page 110: ...the communication parameter settings by sending or receiving data If you press TestMode you will be prompted for the type of test it will be The Command and Label windows appear as follows I I I Test mode Send or Receive I TEST MODE PI P2 P3 P4 P5 PlO 1 I I I I II I ISend IRecei ve I I I I INoChange I Press Send The System window will prompt you for the length of the test sample CCC 30 22 1 3 Corv...

Page 111: ...the printer parameters are not set correctly you should end up with garbage at the receiving end The receive test mode works in essentially the same way except that the Concept is on the receiving end of the transmission You must be hooked up to a device other than a printer since a printer is made for one way communication only and cannot send data to the Concept Assign a Driver A driver is a sys...

Page 112: ...o a printer using AsgnOrvr Press AsgnOrvr The Command window displays I I I What is driver file IO I Type Press CCSYS ORV EPRNT RETURN I I I What is driver file IO CCSYS ORV EPRNT RETURN I The Command window displays I I I What is unit name I Type Press PRINTER RETURN I I I What is unit name PRINTER RETURN I The Command window displays CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus Concept ...

Page 113: ...tion CCOS requires you to select a physical unit or device to perform the function of_each logical unit You must define each device a logical unit number so that the computer will recognize the device For more detailed information on assigning a driver see The Corvus Concept Operating System Reference Manual List Drivers On line DrvrVrsn allows you to list all assgned drivers To list the drivers e...

Page 114: ...MYVOL5 blocked resident 7 Jul S2 Local disk driver Unit 30 SLOTIO unblocked resident 7 Sep S2 Corvus disk command driver Unit 31 DT COMl unblocked resident l4 Jan S3 D T COM driver v 5 0 Unit 32 DT COM2 unblocked resident 14 Jan S3 D T COM driver v 5 0 Unit 33 OMNINET unblocked resident 7 Jul S2 NULL device driver Unit 34 TIMER unblocked loadable 22 Oct S2 TIMER driver Unit 35 KYBD unblocked loada...

Page 115: ... device is loadable not a resident device It must be loaded in order to use it this is the date that the driver was released by Corvus The date helps to differentiate the driver from other versions PRINTER driver v 1 0 this is the name of the driver can see by the listing there are different drivers each of which different devices As you many control CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus Concept ...

Page 116: ...ensities From the Window Manager labels Press TestPtrn The whole screen clears then the following is displayed Display Test Patterns Screen dimensions in pixels Height 560 Width 720 G Draw grid on screen P Fill screen with pattern of specified density Q Quit Pattern will stay on screen until any key is depressed To draw a grid Press G The program prompts you for a number G Number of grids 2 40 CCC...

Page 117: ...t cetera PRIRT WINDOW Another function found Print Window utility as CCUTIL PRTWND and in the current window in the volume CCUTIL is the It is listed in the directory will print whatever appears Before you may use the Print Window utility you must make sure that you have a local dot matrix printer attached to your Workstation and that your printer driver has been assigned The utility is used by fi...

Page 118: ...ILITIES PROGRAM The program CCUTIL VOLUTIL provides a simple method of backing up volumes and diskette and copying diskettes VOLUTIL also shows the Concept s sysyem status giving a brief summary of it s configuration To execute the volume utility program Type Press CCUTIL VOLUTIL RETURN A menu appears on the screen with corresponding function keys in the label window Valid options are BckupVol B B...

Page 119: ...types of drives are on line and much more Backing Up Volumes The first function in VOLUTIL is the Bckupvol program This program takes a volume from a hard disk drive and transfers it to floppy diskettes There is not restore function to this program If you have a file that has to go on multiple floppies it has to be restored manually This is done with the FileMgr CopyFile and ConcFile functions To ...

Page 120: ...size capable of holding those files The question asks which floppy disk unit number to copy the information to The default is unit 9 since that is the number given the first diskette drive attached to the Concept This number is only to be changed if there are two or more diskette drives attached to the Concept and the first one is not to be used The second drive usually has the unit number 10 Befo...

Page 121: ...ETURN If the diskette has any files on it the following message is given and a question is asked Volume floppy contains 3 files OK to delete all files on volume FLOPPY Y N If this is the proper diskette Press Press Y RETURN The copy starts at this time and after each file has been moved a message appears similar to the following Volume VOL3 file lST PRPOSL TEXT backed up 17 blocks After a short pe...

Page 122: ... these names to VOL3 1 VOL3 2 or any other name use the RnamFile function in the File Manager To leave this program press SPACE to the Press space to continue instruction after the copy is complete To leave it before completing the copy press BREAK This terminates the task but does not provide a useable copy of the diskette that is being processed at the time Copying Floppy Diskettes The second op...

Page 123: ...t I DelWorkFJ deletes the work file used by the program to store the floppy diskette s information on the hard disk Exit leaves the CopyFlpy program returning the system to the VOLUTIL main menu ReadFlpyJ copies the information from the floppy diskette to the hard disk The work file name is the destination file for the read floppy function SetFlpyU sets the unit number ot the floppy diskette drive...

Page 124: ...copy the floppy onto the hard disk Nest the hard disk file is copied onto as many other diskettes as is desired using the WritFlpy option Setting the Floppy Unit Nuaber The SetFlpyU option is the least commonly used option available The floppy diskette drive s logical unit number is defaulted to 9 by the program The first diskette drive attached to a Concept has a logical unit number of 9 This opt...

Page 125: ...cks VOL for this example and set the work file name to a file in that volume Press SetWorkF Enter new work file name FLOPPY DATA The default of FLOPPY DATA appears on the screen but any file name can be entered Type Press VOL COPYFLOPPY RETURN The work file name is set and the CopyFlpy main menu reappears Reading a Floppy Diskette Reading a floppy diskette is the first step in actually copying a d...

Page 126: ...e will not be damaged or affected in any way To continue from this point press Y and the program continues Writing a Floppy Diskette Writing a floppy diskette is very similar to reading the diskette Before a diskette may be written the ReadFlpy function must have been performed to create a work file full of data WritFlpy sends the information from the work file to the diskette in the drive There m...

Page 127: ...the same as the ReadFlpy with one exception the source file is VOL7 COPYFLOPPY and the destination file is Floppy unit 9 This function does not destroy the work file so WritFlpy can be performed over and over to create as many floppy diskette copies as is desired As soon as the copy is complete the CopyFlpy menu reappears Deleting the Work File There is a key that deletes the work file automatical...

Page 128: ...ULATOR The terminal emulator program allows a Concept to speak with other computers and act as a terminal There are a few options which may be specified when calling the terminal emulator program Those options include the DataCom port that is being used to connect the Concept and the other computer and whether the automatic line feed should be on or off for both the send and recieve signals The te...

Page 129: ...s default to on The unit number is not optional Once in the terminal program starts the function keys change to appear as follows TERMINAL Fl FS I II I IFile I IPrinter I EMULATOR F6 FlO I II I IClrWndow IIExit I The Command window will show the following prompt I Output to screen only I I Enter text or select function I Characters sent from the Concept DataCom port can be saved in a text file or ...

Page 130: ...ed The ClrWndow key operates as it does in the Dispatcher or File Manager levels and the Exit key will stop the program and return to the level that was current before the terminal emulator was run FORMATTING DISKETTES The Concept diskette drive uses eight inch single sided single density 3740 type diskettes Before you can use diskettes with the Corvus Concept diskette drive the diskettes must be ...

Page 131: ...ove prompt is displayed to ask you if you want to only initialize the diskette directory and not format the diskette as well If you respond with a Y for Yes you will not be prompted to format the diskette Since the disk is already formatted we could answer Y for yes and not reformat the diskette However for our example we want to format our diskette so we respond with an N for No Press N The Comma...

Page 132: ...e that is already initial ized the following is displayed in the Command window I Corvus Concept 8 Floppy Diskette Formatter ll May 82 I I Is it ok to format volume FLOPPY I If you respond with a Y for Yes the diskette will be reformatted If you respond with N for No the program is aborted MAKING DISKETTES BOOTABLE Before you can boot from a diskette you must make the diskette bootable This can be...

Page 133: ...in CCUTIL also This file is called FLPY BCOT Type CCUTIL FLPY BOOT Press RETURN The following is displayed in the System window h ITEBOOT write the boot routine Source file CCUTIL FLPY BOOT Destination disk unit number 9 07 0ct 82 Next we must enter the logical unit number of the diskette which is normally 9 Press 9 Press RETURN The following is displayed in the System window CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus ...

Page 134: ...CUTIL FLPY BOOT Destination disk unit number 9 Depress return to continue NEW BOOT WRITTEN 07 0ct 82 The boot blocks have been written on the diskette when the last line above is display The diskette must also contain the each of the following files from CCSYS before you can boot from it CC KERNEL CC SETUP CC DISPAT CC EXEC CC FILMGR CC WNDMGR CCC 30 22 1 3 DRV DISPHZ DRV DISPVT DRV KYBD DRV SYSTR...

Page 135: ...been sent or spooled to the Pipes volume it remains there until it is removed or despooled When a file is despooled from the Pipes area the destination may be set to a printer a file or the console The spool program has been developed so that a Concept or other brand of computer that is Corvus disk compatable may despool files that have been sent to the Pipes area Spool ing a File Spool can be fou...

Page 136: ...he shared Omninet disk drive Press RETURN If a number is entered that does not correspond to a valid slot Spool will respond with Invalid slot number and will wait for a new number to be entered Valid slot numbers are given within brackets on the prompt line To leave a function at any time while running the Spool program press the ESC key Spool Options Some of the default options may need to be ch...

Page 137: ...30 22 1 3 can be true of false The default true indicates that the file being spooled is to add carriage returns and linefeeds False indicates that the file is not to be formatted and should be spooled as is can be any string of three characters If matching characters are found as the first three characters of a line in the text file being spooled then the spooler will include the file whose name ...

Page 138: ...oli g a text file the formatted option should be TRUE The N ew page string PG is the default When spooling a file created by EdWord the N ew Page option will have to be changed If however you wish to change the N ew page string Press N The following will appear Enter option N Set newpage to blank to turn off newpage check Enter new page prefix PG Type I The N ew page string will be changed in the ...

Page 139: ...he following is an example of how an include string may be used in a text file At this point I would like to show you a copy of the memo that was sent to all employees on December 7 I VOLI MEMO TEXT As you can see the memo The file MEMO TEXT in volume VOLI would be included in the spool after the line containing December 7 The spool would then continue with the line As you can see The lost spool o...

Page 140: ...l the options have been set press Q to quit and the original menu will appear Active slot for Spooling despooling is 5 Select option S pool D espool O ption Q uit A lt slot Spool Now that the options are set the file can be spooled Type S The following prompt will appear Enter file name to be spooled Type VOLI NEW_FILE RETURN A second prompt will appear CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus Concept ...

Page 141: ...of dots will appear across the screen and will be followed by a message when the spool is complete Spooling file to pipe LETTER 1 15 blocks written to pipe LETTER 1 Enter file name to be spooled The file has now been spooled and is waiting to be despooled from the Pipes volume Despooling a File Now that the file has been spooled to the Pipes volume it needs to be retrieved with the despooler optio...

Page 142: ...lusive use of the system manager and will not be covered in this guide Its use is discussed in detail in The Corvus Concept System Manager s Reference Manual If you have many volumes in your account you may find that you cannot access them all To be accessible a volume must be mounted TO run the Mount Manager program use the MountMgr function in the Dispatcher level PRESS MountMgr The following la...

Page 143: ... Each of the commands may be entered by either the appropriate function key or by its corresponding letter as is shown in the table above The help command in the Mount Manager routine is very limited and will write only small descriptions of the different commands To look at the help commands Press or Press HELP H The following message will display in the Command window CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus Concep...

Page 144: ...ger utility Select a new drive to supervise Change volume attributes Press space to continue or press F to list to a file PRESS SPACE A better description of these commands is Change Volume CCC 30 22 1 3 This command allows you to change any of the attributes of a volume including whether it is mounted or unmounted the unit number assigned to it and its accesS either read write RW or read only RO ...

Page 145: ...ect Drive This allows you to select any drive to which you have access in order to mount or unmount volumes that are included in your account on the particular drive If you looked carefully you would have noticed a line at the bottom of the help message that said Press space to continue or press F to list to a file If you press SPACE you will return to the Mount Manager s main menu This same line ...

Page 146: ...may send the table to a file TYPE VOLI TABLE TEXT Now the information in the table is located in the file TABLE TEXT in VOLl and it could be spooled to a printer so that you do not need to enter Mount Manager every time you want to see it Display Volumes Accessible To display a list of the volumes available to you on a particular drive Press Display Volumes The following table will appear CCC 30 2...

Page 147: ...us Concept VOLI 5 x Corvus Concept VOL3 13 x Corvus Concept VOL2 14 x Corvus Concept VOL5 15 x Corvus Concept Number of volumes accesible Press space to continue or press F to list to a file Display Voluaes Mounted Page 4 51 To display a list of the volumes mounted for you on a particular drive Press List Vol Mounted The following table will appear CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus Concept ...

Page 148: ...VOL2 14 x Corvus Concept VOLS 15 x Corvus Concept Number of volumes accesible 7 Press space to continue or press F to list to a file Selecting a Drive If the system has more than one drive attached or a local drive and a network attached drive and the drive that was boot from is not to be changed the new drive must be selected To do this Press SELECT DRIVE The following will appear CCC 30 22 1 3 C...

Page 149: ...ETURN Press RETURN The Concept will then answer the next prompt itself and continue as follows Slot number 2 5 2 Server name LOCAL Drive name Drivel If the Concept has only one drive attached locally both prompts are automatically answered by the program and it will return to the main menu If there is more than one local drive the program will skip the server name and wait for an answer to the dri...

Page 150: ...e made in this program After pressing Change volume the following is displayed in the System window Mount Manager t t Change volume table User name JOE DS LOCAL DRIVE Current volume attributes Volume name Type in the name of a volume in this example volume VOL7 which is not mounted will be mounted TYPE VOL7 PRESS RETURN The program will continue CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus Concept ...

Page 151: ...e or press RETURN to keep the old value In the above example M for mounted was typed when the mount status was questioned The volume will now be mounted You may change your access from read write RW to read only if you need to and that change is reversible If your volume access is set to read only RO you may not change it and the program will skip that section In order to gain access to a volume o...

Page 152: ...Page 4 56 Do you wish to save the changes permanently Y Workstation To remember the changes and write them to the disk Press RETURN CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus Concept ...

Page 153: ...dDispCh function from the Window Manager level Character sets are stored in files When a new window is created it is automatically assigned the character set found in the current window After creating a window its character set can be re assigned to one of your own making or be one of the character sets found in the volume CCUTIL These files are CSD 06 10 CSD 06 10 ALT CSD 07 ll CSD 07 ll ALT CSD ...

Page 154: ...o this select the window where the character set is to display In the following example we use the character set CSD 09 l4 ALT in the volume CCUTIL Press LdDispCh The Command window displays I I I Enter name of character set file I Type CCUTIL CSD 09 l4 ALT Press RETURN I I Enter name of character set file CCUTIL CSD 09 l4 ALT RETURN I In the Command window a message is displayed that says the dis...

Page 155: ...le we load the character set in the file CSK DEFAULT Press LdKybdCh The Command window displays Page 5 3 I I I Enter name of keyboard character set file I Type CSK DEFAULT Press RETURN I I I Enter name of keyboard character set file CSK DEFAULT RETURNj I A message is displayed in the Command window that says the keyboard character set has been loaded I Keyboard character set CSK DEFAULT loaded I I...

Page 156: ...he rules for using alternate characters are that holding down ALT o and pressing a vowel produces the umlauted version of that vowel o and pressing the preceding alphabetical character to the vowel produces the grave accented version of that vowel An exception to this rule is 0 since N is used for n To get the grave accented 0 use M o and pressing the succeeding alphabetical character to the vowel...

Page 157: ...7 I 61 a I a 50 32 2 I 2 98 I 62 b I b 51 33 3 I 3 99 I 63 c I c 52 34 4 1 4 100 I 64 d I d 53 35 5 1 5 101 1 65 e I e 54 36 6 I 6 102 1 66 f I f 55 37 7 1 7 103 I 67 9 g 56 38 8 I 8 104 I 68 h h 57 39 9 I 9 105 I 69 i i 58 3A I 106 6A j j 59 3B 107 6B k k 60 3C 108 6C 1 1 61 3D 109 6D m m 62 3E 110 6E n n 63 3F I 111 6F 0 0 1 64 40 1 112 70 P P 65 41 I A A 113 71 q q 66 42 I B B 114 72 r r 67 43 ...

Page 158: ...a 178 82 2 li 22E E2 b a 179 83 3 Yj 227 E3 c a 180 B4 4 228 E4 d Ie 181 B5 229 E5 e e 182 BE 6 0 230 E6 f e 183 B7 7 i 231 E7 9 e 184 B8 8 I E8 h 1 c 185 B9 3 J E9 1 i c I 186 BA L 234 EA j i 187 BE I 235 EB k i 188 Be t I 23E EC I it 189 ED l ED m 0 c J 190 EE 23E H n 11 191 EF 239 H 0 0 _ 192 C0 A 240 Fe p 6 193 Cl A A 241 F1 q 6 194 C2 B t 242 F2 r I 195 C3 C A 243 1 3 s a 196 C4 D t 244 F4 t ...

Page 159: ...s found in the SysUtils level The character set editor creates five separate windows inside the System window c Jc Jc Jc JDc Jc Jc Jc Jc J In the example below we use the character set in the file CSD 09 l4 ALT To run the character set editor Press Press sysutils EdChrSetJ The first window to be displayed is the Parameter window Character Set Editor V I22 CCC 30 22 l 3 Corvus Concept ...

Page 160: ...cell size Page 5 9 I Character set file I I I Type CCUTIL CSD 09 14 ALT Press RETURN I Character set file CCUTIL CSD 09 l4 ALT RETURN I I I After typing the name of the character set file EdChrSet displays the current character set parameters for this file in the Parameter window Width 9 Height 14 First char 32 Last char 255 In the Command window EdChrSet asks if the parameters are to be changed I...

Page 161: ...st prompt is for the dot height of the character cell or Grid window Each individual character is contained in what is called a cell It is a rectangle of dots or pixels that make up the shape of the character The cell can be as large as 16 x 16 dots The previous dot width for CSC 09 l4 ALT was 9 We will change this parameter to 11 Type 11 Press RETURN I I I Width 1 16 11 RETURN I The next prompt i...

Page 162: ...t character number just entered We will cut this file in half by changing this to 127 for our example Don t worry This change affects only the copy of this file being used not the one the Concept has saved on the disk drive When we are done we can save this file under a new file name and CSD 09 14 ALT will be the same as before Type 127 Press RETURN I Height 1 16 14 First 32 255 32 I I Width 1 16 ...

Page 163: ...ve the file before returning to the SysUtils level SaveFile asks for the name of the file that the character set is to be saved to It provides the original filename as the default Select places the character that the cursor is on at that moment into the character grid and enters the edit mode Test enters the test mode From there any new characters can be tried in combination and the character enha...

Page 164: ... number of each character The number changes as the cursor moves Move the cursor to the capital J character The following displays in the Command window I ASCII 74 I I I To work on the character Press Select J Three things happen 1 12 real sized copies of the letter display in the Character window 2 an enlarged version of the letter displays in the Grid window 3 and a new set of labels displays at...

Page 165: ... window shows what the character looks like at normal size The Grid window lets you see and work on the dot arrangement of the character The new set of labels are the editing labels A brief description of them is given here CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus Concept ...

Page 166: ... the column or changes them to black Clr Line turns off all the pixels in the line or changes them to black Copy Ch asks for a keyboard character That character is entered into the Grid window Del Col deletes the column that the cursor is presently on and moves all columns to the right of the cursor one space to the left Del Line deletes the line that the cursor is presently on and moves all lines...

Page 167: ...is that is being edited Set Col turns all the pixels in the column on or turn them white Set Line turns all the pixels in the line on or turn them white A special cursor is displayed in the upper left corner of the Grid window To move this cursor use the cursor arrow keys on the keyboard Before moving the cursor Press Flip The square containing the cursor turns white The images in the diagrams hav...

Page 168: ...p again NOw move the cursor down two rows so that it is just below the bar on the top of the J It is very easy to manipulate the shape of a character as you will see if you follow along with these instructions Press Ins Line The entire body of the character should move down one row Your figure should appear like the one on the left below If you then decide to fill in the line CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus ...

Page 169: ...ev iously If that was not enough of a corrective measure the Del Line function will reverse the previous action Press Del Line The line will be deleted and the J should appear as it did at first Now try moving the cursor to the right five spaces The cursor should be on the verticle line of the J Press Ins Col The J will be split by this action Everything from the cursor right will be moved one col...

Page 170: ...ust as was the case with the Set Line and Clr Line keys there is a Clr Col for the Set Col Press Clr Col The J is taking its previous steps in reverse Rather than deleting the column now let s make the J wider Move the cursor up one line and press Flip Then move the cursor down eight lines so that it is even with the bottom of the J and press Flip again The J should appear as it does below CCC 30 ...

Page 171: ...er Press Abandon The old J and the cursor are now in the Character Set window and the labels have returned to their original level Move the cursor to the letter E Press Select The capital letter E is now in the Grid window and the labels have returned to the edit mode The command window tells you where you are I Editing ASCII 69 I I I The grid window will appear as below CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus Conce...

Page 172: ...aracter is being changed I Copying ASCII 74 I I I The character that is being edited is still the E but at this time it appears as the letter J Since you already have a letter J lets clear the grid and start with a new slate Press Clear Ch The entire grid clears Try moving the cursor from place to place and use the Flip set Line and Set Col commands See what sort of character you can create CCC 30...

Page 173: ...ter set in I Filename CCUTIL CSD 09 l4 ALT I I The default file is the filename of the file being edited Usually this is the file to save to but in this case you do not want to since the letter E has been changed to some other figure Type VOLl CSD MYSET The file has been created and the character set has been saved The other useful key at this level is the Test key This key enters the test mode so...

Page 174: ...s Exit leaves the test mode and return to the select mode RevBkGnd reverses the background from white to black and vice versa UndrLine places a line under each character typed The second time it is pressed it is turned off To see how large the Test window really is Press RevBkGnd Now the Test window and the Character Set window are clearly defined Type any characters that you want If you type a ca...

Page 175: ...llows This is in BOLD FACE This is ynderlined Press Type Press ObI UndL This is double under lined RETURN Dbl UndL The Test window should look as follows This is in BOLD FACE This is underlined This is double underlined To leave the test mode Press Exit This causes the Concept to return to the main menu To leave the character set editor Press Exit CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus Concept ...

Page 176: ... for No the editor asks if you are sure Type Y and RETURN Otherwise the editor prompts you as it does below I Filename CCUTIL CSD 09 14 ALT I I I Type in the new name for the character set so that the old one will not be affected Type VOLI CSD MYSET RETURN The System Utilities labels appear and other areas of the Concept can be used and explored CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus Concept ...

Page 177: ... three different boot devices available on the Corvus Concept diskette boot local disk drive boot and Omninet boot The type of boot can be selected by setting the microswitches boot switches in the Concept drawer The peripheral device must be connected to the appro priate port on the Concept for each type of boot Then you must set the boot switches inside the pUll out drawer on the back of the Con...

Page 178: ... I On I On I Prompt for type of boot I I Off I On I Boot from Omninet I I On I Off I Boot from local disk I When the Concept is set to boot from diskette Ornninet or local disk the Concept boots immediately when it is powered on If you select the second type of boot mentioned in the table above the following displays in the System window when you power on the Concept CORVUS CONCEPT INITIALIZATION ...

Page 179: ...ive L will allow you to boot from a local Corvus disk drive o will allow you to boot from an Omninet network DISKETTE CONNECTION The Corvus diskette drive interface card can be plugged into any of the four slots in the Concept pull out drawer To boot from the diskette drive set the boot switches as described in the previous section CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus Concept ...

Page 180: ...ot from a local disk drive and there are two or more local disk interface cards connected to your Concept the Concept boots from the drive with an interface card in the lowest numbered slot For example if you have a disk drive interface card in slot one and a second in slot two the Concept will boot from the disk drive with the interface card in slot one Likewise if you have a drive interface card...

Page 181: ... set the boot switches as described in the fi st se l v u this chapter RS 232 PORTS The Concept has two RS 232 ports on the back of the base unit These two perts can be used for printers modems etc connecting a Local Printer This section details the equipment and procedures needed to connect a printer which uses an RS 232C serial communications interface to the Corvus Concept CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus ...

Page 182: ...ifications cautions and warnings You need the following equipment o A printer with and RS 232C serial asynchronous communications interface o A Modem Eliminator Cable which is also called a Null Modem The Null Modem cable connects to the end of the RS 232C cable from the printer and then to the back of the Concept 1 The printer should be close enough to the Concept so that the interface cable lead...

Page 183: ...ion Page 6 7 3 Plug the opposite end of the Modem Eliminator cable into one of the RS 232C serial ports on the back of the Concept The serial port closest to the power switch on the CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus Concept ...

Page 184: ... down Next consult the section titled Set Printer Parameters in Chapter Four of this guide which explains how to setup a compatible communication link between your printer and Concept If you are planning to use EdWord to print your docu ments you must first set up your printer and Concept Printing with EdWord is explained in The Corvus Concept Edword User Guide VIDEO DISPLAY UNIT Your Corvus Conce...

Page 185: ... 9 Vertical to Horizontal To change the Concept screen from vertical to horizontal do the following 1 stand in front of the Concept Push the lock latch back lift the front of the display slightly and slide it back about an inch CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus Concept ...

Page 186: ...Page 6 10 CCC 30 22 1 3 l I I OCKLATCH Workstation Corvus Concept ...

Page 187: ... clockwise 3 Lower the back end first and slide it forward to catch the two projections on the back of the display platform then lower the front end Pull the lock latch shut Check to make sure the display unit is secure 4 Press the right side of the screen orientation switch located above the video connecttor on the back of the base unit CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus Concept ...

Page 188: ... reboot Horizontal to Vertical To change the Concept screen from horizontal to vertical do the following 1 Stand in front of the Concept Push the lock latch back lift the front of the display slightly and slide it back about an inch CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus Concept ...

Page 189: ...Workstation CCC 30 22 1 3 Page 6 13 LOCK LATCH Corvus Concept ...

Page 190: ...unter clockwise 3 Lower the back end first and slide it forward to catch the two projections on the back of the display platform then lower the front end Pull the lock latch shut Check to make sure the display unit is secure 4 Press the left side of the screen orientation switch located above the video connector on the back of the base unit CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus Concept ...

Page 191: ...Workstation o Page 6 15 5 Hold down CTRL and press BREAK to reboot CCC 30 22 1 3 Corvus Concept ...

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