Tatung TPC-2OOO, Instruction Manual

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r e t u r n is typed at the so that than one disk can be
initialized.
Upon completion of a successful system generation, the new diskette
contains the operating and only the built-in commands are
available. A factory-fresh IBM-compatible diskette appears to CP/M as
a diskette with an empty directory; therefore, the operator must copy
the approprite COM files from an existing CP/M diskette to the newly
diskette using the PIP transient.
The user can copy all files from an diskette by typing the
PIP command
PIP B : = A : *.*[V] <cr> •
which copies all files from disk drive A to disk drive B, and verifies
that each f i l e has been copied correctly. The name of each f i l e is
displayed at the console as the copy operation proceeds.
It should be noted that a SYSGEN does not destroy the files which
already exist on a diskette; it results only in construction of a new
operating system. Further, if a diskette is being used only on drives
B through D, and will never be the source of a bootstrap operation on
drive A, the SYSGEN need not take place. In fact, a new diskette needs
absolutely no initialization to be with CP/M.
3.6.7 SUBMIT ufn <cr>
The SUBMIT command allows CP/M c o m m a n d s to be batched together for
automatic processing. The ufn given in the SUBMIT command must be the
filename of a file which exists on the currently logged disk, With an
f i l e type of "SUB." The f i l e contains CP/M prototype
commands, with possible parameter parameters
are substituted the prototype commands, and, if
no errors occur, the f i l e of substituted commands are procssed
sequentially by CP/M.
The prototype command f i l e is created using the ED program, with
interspersed parameters of the form •
$1 $2 $3 ... $n
corresponding to the n u m b e r of actual parameters which w i l l be
included when the file is submitted for executed, the actual parametes
are paired w i t h the formal p a r a m e t e r s $1...$n in the
prototype commands. If thenumber of forma and actual parameters does
not correspond, then the submit f u n c t i o n is an error
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