RANA Systems Elite Controller, User Manual

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ELITE SERIES USER MANUAL CP/M ENHANCEMENTS
4.2. Using a Single Drive
These instructions detail a very specific ap-
proach to creating an enhanced CP/M for any
valid combination of Elite drives, Elite Con-
trollers, Disk if drives, and Disk if control-
lers which any user can possibly dream up. This
places upon these instructions an almost impos-
sible task, considering the vivid imagination of
many users. Since there are many steps in the
instructions which can be simplified for multi-
drive users, the single drive and multi-drive
user instructions have been split into their own
sections. If you are a multi—drive user, you
will want to use the instructions in the pre-
ceeding section.
These instructions have been written in a step-
by-step manner, with some explanation of what is
being done at each step. All of these instruc-
tions have been tested at Rana to confirm that
they are correct. In addition, several “early
release” and later users also confirmed the
accuracy of these instructions. Therefore,
there is no reason for you not having complete
success following these instructions. That is,
if you follow the instructions completely, step
by step. You are encouraged to read these in—
structions completely, all the way through,
before starting the procedure. That way you
will have a general understanding of what all is
involved before “diving in”.
The length of these instructions is due to the
fact that this will be your initial creation of
an enhanced CP/M. Once this initial diskette is
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