Octagon 4010, User Manual

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CHAPTER 13 USING YOUR OWN DOS
DESCRIPTION
Use these instructions instead of those in Chapter 2 if you are
using your own DOS and not the ROM–DOS installed on the BIOS
drive. You can boot from SSD1 or a floppy/hard disk when you use
your own DOS. Initially, you will need to boot from the BIOS drive
so that you can run SETUP and specify your system parameters,
including where you want to boot from.
GETTING STARTED
1. Verify that power to the card cage is OFF and install your
4010 Control Card and peripheral equipment, except for the
video card.
Plugging the card in backwards will destroy
the card!
2. Install memory devices in SSD1 if it isn’t already in place. To
install memory devices refer to Chapter 3, “EPROMs”.
3. A logon message similar to the one below will appear on your
PC monitor:
Octagon 4010 BIOS vers x.xx
Copyright (c) 1994 Octagon Systems, Corp.
All Rights Reserved
If you don’t get the proper logon message:
• Remove W3[3–4]. If using COM1 as the console, check the
serial parameters of your PC to make sure they are set
correctly. The parameters should be 9600 baud, 8 data
bits, no parity, and 1 stop bit.
• Make sure a video card is not installed.
• If the parameters are set correctly and the system still
does not respond, refer to Chapter 14, Troubleshooting.
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