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Страница 1: ...Z 150 Personal Computer Desktop System User s Guide...

Страница 2: ...et so that the computing device and receiver are on different branch circuits Disconnect and remove any 110 cables that are not being used Unterminated 110 cables are a potential source of high RF emi...

Страница 3: ...necting the Keyboard and Monitor 2 4 Final Connections 2 5 Initial Powerup and Adjustments 2 6 Disk Drives 2 8 Introduction to Software 2 10 Programs 2 10 Connecting Other Peripherals 2 10 Chapter 3 O...

Страница 4: ...150 Personal Computer v 2 A Typical Desktop Computer System 1 1 3 The Desktop Computer and Peripherals 1 2 4 The Computer Unit Back Panel 2 2 5 Connecting the Keyboard and Monitor 2 4 6 Connecting th...

Страница 5: ...able business automation package Combined with Zenith Data Systems soft ware the desktop computer can easily provide practical and affordable solutions to many of your business problems It can satisfy...

Страница 6: ...accounting in ventory payroll mailing lists and many other similar applications It also is an excellent educational tool that can make the learning process fun and challenging for the student while pr...

Страница 7: ...m The computing unit contains the brains of your computer system a Cen tral Processing Unit CPU Read Only Memory ROM Random Access Memory RAM and control circuits for peripherals The computer also con...

Страница 8: ...these disks is capable of holding up to 180 pages of typewritten text Even more storage is available on a special high capacity Winchester disk drive Optional Peripherals Adding a printer greatly enha...

Страница 9: ...arts of a basic computer system the computing unit keyboard and video monitor Power connections turning on your computer for the first time disk drives software and the demonstration disk also are dis...

Страница 10: ...office typewriter that is near a power source and a telephone will prove best The environmental range is 60 to 90 F 16 to 32 C and 10 to 80 relative humidity The Back Panel Refer to the unpacking ins...

Страница 11: ...his connec tor is most commonly used for a serial printer Composite Monochrome Video Out This phono jack connec tor provides the proper video signal for a monochrome sometimes called black and white v...

Страница 12: ...select between 115 VAC and 230 VAC Normally you will never use this switch unless during initial setup you are in an area serviced by a 230 VAC power source Changing the setting n this switch should...

Страница 13: ...you have not placed your computer where it normally will be operated place it there now Position it so you can get to the back panel to make the following connections Refer to Figure 5 for the followi...

Страница 14: ...monitor refer to your monitor s documentation for the location Final Connections If your system components are not in their normal operating positions move them to their final positions now Reconnect...

Страница 15: ...clear and you can insert or remove disks as needed You also should be able to easily reach the power ON OFF switch on the back panel next to the power cord receptacle Plug the power cord into an AC p...

Страница 16: ...set to autoboot auto matically load a disk operating system from a disk when they are shipped One of the lights in the disk drives will come on and remain on in a computer set for autoboot After abou...

Страница 17: ...e B If your computer has only one floppy disk drive it will be known as drive A The optional Winchester system may be divided in up to four parts called partitions These are identified as drive C driv...

Страница 18: ...oper position in the drive Closing the latch engages the drive hub into the disk and brings the read write heads into contact with the disk surface If the latch doses with difficulty remove the disk i...

Страница 19: ...electricity and will not calculate display or print anything You will make use of several different types of programs as you learn to operate your new computer A brief synopsis of the programs your co...

Страница 20: ...ard The keyboard of your desktop computer contains 84 keys which are dis cussed by groups in the following pages Whenever you hold down any key except the SHIFT CfRL ALT CAPS LOC or NUM LCK for more t...

Страница 21: ...red indicating light in the CAPS WCK key glows when the caps lock feature is on If the light is out the caps lock feature is off NOTE The caps lock feature shifts all the alphabetic keys to uppercase...

Страница 22: ...Page 3 3 Operation Figure 9 Alphabetic Keys 00 DO OI J JEl EJEJ Figure 10 Nonalphabetic Keys...

Страница 23: ...ewriter Enter a blank character space by pressing this bar BACK SPACE Functions just as it does on a typewriter by mov ing the cursor an indicator on your display that lets you know where the next key...

Страница 24: ...re used to control cursor movement and screen presentation by some pro grams O INS and JOEL When none of the SHIrr or NUM LCK keys are pressed these two keys are used in applications which require spe...

Страница 25: ...The Control key Use it to perform special functions by pressing it and another key at the same time For instance if you want to enter the CTRL C combination press and hold the CfRL key and then press...

Страница 26: ...or off light is out cursor control keys are active 0 9 ENTER This group of keys located to the right of the main keyboard is organized somewhat like a calculator and includes the numbers 0 through 9...

Страница 27: ...ons of tilt A leg is located under each back corner of the keyboard Refer to Figure 15 and select the position that best fits your needs To increase the tilt of the keyboard refer to the inset in the...

Страница 28: ...power to your monitor first then the computer Finally tum on any other peripherals attached to your computer system The keyboard is powered from the computer Resetting the Computer There are two ways...

Страница 29: ...16 When you do not want your system to autoboot a disk press the ESC key during autoboot while the disk light is on The system prompt and message will appear in the upper left comer of your video mon...

Страница 30: ...ts are in the starting configuration Second the tests check various functions of the desktop computer so that it will operate properly Finally when the tests are finished the computer will let you kno...

Страница 31: ...Disk Operating System COOS manual for instructions on how to do this Floppy Disk Precautions When preparing a label for a floppy disk write on it before you place it on the disk or if you must write...

Страница 32: ...o that one is not in constant use The backup procedure gives you a way of verifying that the floppy disk you are using is a good one and not one which may cause a problem Refer to the DOS documentatio...

Страница 33: ...ion resulting from custom interfacing custom software or the use of accessories not approved by Zenith Data Systems All the computer components have been wired and tested by ZOS If you encounter any m...

Страница 34: ...different electric device 3 Power switch not on either the com puter unit or the multiple outlet box 4 Line select switch incorrect for your power source No video blank screen 1 Monitor not turned on...

Страница 35: ...Disk drive latch not closed 5 Pressed wrong key System won t boot 1 Wrong disk you must use a system automatically disk 2 Disk inserted wrong 3 Disk drive latch not closed 4 Boot from f10ppylWincheste...

Страница 36: ...ion in the Operations Manual When You Call for Help When you call for service list the following information about your com puter It will help your ZDS dealer to diagnose and repair your unit 1 The pr...

Страница 37: ...Blank screen 4 5 BREAK key 3 5 Brightness 4 5 C Calculator keyboard 3 7 Calculator style keypad 1 3 CAPS LOCK key 3 2 Indicator 3 2 Cathode ray tube see Monitor Central processing unit 1 2 Cleaning i...

Страница 38: ...ERROR DRIVE NOT READY 4 1 Disk load slot 2 9 E END key 3 5 ENTER key 3 7 Environmental range 2 1 Equipment failure 4 1 Error message 4 1 ESC key 3 6 Expansion future 2 3 Extension cords 2 6 I INS key...

Страница 39: ...2 2 PRT SC key 3 5 R Random access memory 1 2 Read only memory 1 2 Read write heads 2 7 Reset computer 3 6 3 9 RETURN key 3 4 S Screen see Monitor SCROLL LCK key 3 5 Space bar 3 4 Special function key...

Страница 40: ...Skip to step 3 2 Insert the demonstation disk in the default floppy drive and turn on your computer Refer to your computer s MS DOS manual for details on the default drive Perform the manual boot up...

Страница 41: ...Z lSO PC Series Computers Operations Manual...

Страница 42: ...Systems of St Joseph Michigan 49085 The entire document is subject to Umited Rights data provisions Trademarksand Copyrights CPIM is a registered trademark 01 Digital Research Inc Z JOO and Z DOS are...

Страница 43: ...com puter and includes information about optional equipment and how peripherals such as a printer and other external devices are added to your system Operations This part describes the fundamental op...

Страница 44: ...e Welcome Introduction Chapter 1 Setup and Initial Operation Chapter 2 Operation Chapter 3 Maintenance Chapter 4 Chapter 2 Hardware Hardware Overview 2 1 Power Supply 2 2 Backplane 2 3 CPUlMemory Card...

Страница 45: ...s 2 25 Disk Care 2 27 Disk Drive Identifiers 2 28 Disk Load Slot 2 30 Disk Drive Latch 2 30 LED Disk Access Indicator 2 30 Serial Input Output Port 2 30 Connecting a Serial Printer 2 31 Connecting a M...

Страница 46: ...inchester Operation 3 54 Winchester Utilities 3 55 The PREP Utility 3 55 The DETECT Utility 3 56 The PART Utility 3 57 The SHIP Utility 3 58 Installing Operating Systems 3 59 Establishing the Default...

Страница 47: ...ly 5 1 MS DOS Command Summary 5 1 Control Functions 5 1 Template Editing 5 1 Control Keys 5 2 Syntax Notation 5 2 Device Names 5 3 Direction Characters 5 3 Command Summary 5 4 MS DOS for Single Drive...

Страница 48: ...rd LEOs 4 8 4 3 Backplane LEOs 4 9 4 4 Card Removal and Installation 4 12 Tables 2 1 DIP Switch Settings 2 9 2 2 Jumper Settings 2 11 2 3 Jumper Settings for Memory Configurations 2 13 2 4 Parallel Po...

Страница 49: ...t of your system is the Central Processing Unit CPU The CPU processes information performs arithmetic functions and provides control for the rest of the system With a 168 watt power supply distributed...

Страница 50: ...switching power supply provides 168 watts of power for your computer in a compact package It can support many peripherals induding the popu lar Winchester disk system Do not attempt to service your po...

Страница 51: ...ice Chapter 4 of this manual CPU Memory Card The CPU memory card contains an Intel 8088 16 bit Microprocessor A socket is provided for an optional numeric data coprocessor The CPU memory card contains...

Страница 52: ...system can store up to 360K of information on double sided double density soft sectored 5 25 inch floppy disks The serial port is RS 232 compatible and can be used with a number of different serial i...

Страница 53: ...osite or RGB monitors Available in two resolutions High 640 x 200 pixels or Medium 320 x 200 pixels Text Alpha Numeric 40 or 80 character lines 25 lines screen Two video outputs available Monochromati...

Страница 54: ...rs Keyboard connector Power on indicator and speaker connection P20l Switches SW202 used to set system parameters Table 2 l defines the settings of the switches 4 77 MHz 8 MHz selectable clock speed 6...

Страница 55: ...his memory while small is the quickest in the machine The control section keeps all of the information coming and going in the proper order making sure that information arrives at the proper place at...

Страница 56: ...mory from disk Extensive menu selectable diagnostics covered in General Service Chapter 4 of this manual Video mode and scroll mode set commands used to select the screen characteristics for the video...

Страница 57: ...ave to adjust this DIP switch Adjust these switches with a small tool by moving them to the ON or OFF position The following table shows possible orientations The illustra tion that accompanies the ta...

Страница 58: ...utoboot or the automatic loading of the operating system Autoboot may be set to load the operating system from a floppy disk drive or a Winchester The third section section 3 tells your computer wheth...

Страница 59: ...e one of three versions of the CPU memory circuit card All three versions of the card function the same However the jumper locations and designations may vary depending on the version you have Tables...

Страница 60: ...Parallel Port Enabled Not Installed Parallel Port Disabled Table 2 2C Jumper Settings Board 85 3200 1 1UMPER CONFIGURATION ADDRESS 1208 Pins I and 2 Parallel Port I 378H Pins 2 and 3 Parallel Port 2...

Страница 61: ...d a bit The next largest unit of information is a byte which is composed of eight 8 bits Each byte can represent one keystroke character Standard Memory Each Zenith Data Systems Personal Computer come...

Страница 62: ...located on the CPU memory card Its 08 25 connector is accessible through the rear panel of your computer The printer port is used to drive Centronicsl type print devices printers or plotters This sta...

Страница 63: ...be 1 Data Bit 0 2 Data Bit 1 3 Data Bit 2 4 Data Bit 3 5 Data Bit 4 6 Data BitS 7 Data Bit 6 8 Data Bit 7 9 Acknowledge 10 Busy 11 Page End 12 Select 13 Auto Feed 14 Error 15 Initialize Printer 16 Sel...

Страница 64: ...ter lines Eight available display modes including five text modes and three graphics modes Supports up to two internal floppy disk drives One RS 232 input output port Serial printer support Supports o...

Страница 65: ...disk control ler card Use the tables that reflect yuor card I Table 2 5A Video Floppy Disk Controller cardJumper Settings Board 85 3012 11 POSITIONS 1 2 2 3 J301 Light pen polarity This jumper allows...

Страница 66: ...nterrupt 6 J312 not installed Interrupt 7 NOTE Only one jumper from J307 J312 should be in place at anyone time Table 2 58 Video Floppy Disk Controller CardJumper Settings Board 85 3057 1 POSITIONS 1...

Страница 67: ...or Operation with an external monitor is not affected by this jumper J305 Horizontal sync polarityJor external monitor This jumper may be set for either positive or negative horizontal sync signal pol...

Страница 68: ...5 3057 1 SWITCH POSITION POSITION ON OFF FUNCfION Floppy enable Floppy disable J 1 I I 2 ON OFF Serial port is addressed as COMl IRQ4 Serial port is addressed as COM2 IRQ3 3 ON OFF Serial port enabled...

Страница 69: ...hroma tic at the RGB output Text 40 characterslline 25 lines screen color at the RGBoutput Text 2 80 characters line 25 lines screen monochromat ic at the RGB output Text 3 80 characterslline 25 lines...

Страница 70: ...e or double lines some of the most often used Greek characters characters to support for eign languages and some of the most often used scientific notation charac ters Standard characters are displaye...

Страница 71: ...de 4 can display color and mode 5 is monochromatic Mode 6is a high resolution monochromatic mode The resolution of your computer is measured in pixels or picture elements Each picture element represen...

Страница 72: ...ff Mass storage also provides the computer with a place to store information that isn t being used at that very instant For example in word processing long documents can reside on a disk As sections n...

Страница 73: ...ree openings and a notch along one side The large center opening is used by the disk drive to grip the disk and rotate it The small circular hole to one side is used for timing purposes The long slot...

Страница 74: ...the read write head It is divided into sectors by either timing holes placed in the disk itself or by software When timing holes determine the sectoring of a track the disk is said to be a hard sector...

Страница 75: ...r ask for 5 25 inch disks that are soft sectored double sided and double density You may use either 40 track 48 tpi or 80 track 96 tpi disks Disk Care Because the disks can be damaged keep these preca...

Страница 76: ...our personal computer system Your computer also may include a Winchester hard disk system III I For dual floppy disk systems the top disk is referred to as drive A and the bottom one is drive B If you...

Страница 77: ...are arbitrary Most systems that run on your computer use the names illustrated here Other operating systems may refer to the drives byother means Consult the documentation supplied with your operatin...

Страница 78: ...ntact with the disk surface If the latch closes with difficulty remove the disk inspect the center hole for damage check for proper disk orientation and try again LED Disk Access Indicator This LED wh...

Страница 79: ...ter If you have a serial printer connect one end of your cable to the serial connector on the back of the computer and the other end to your printer Refer to Figure 2 9 and the printer s documentation...

Страница 80: ...telephone line Refer to Figure 2 10 and your modem s documentation for specific instructions To connect your modem to the computer connect one end of the modem cable to the serial connector on the ba...

Страница 81: ...see only an LED disk access indicator Winchester Disk Drives A Winchester disk drive system such as the one in your personal com puter is onlyone of a family of disk systems generally called hard disk...

Страница 82: ...stem may have more than one platter disk and the system may use each side of each platter Therefore each side will have its own read write head Each head is in alignment with the heads for the other p...

Страница 83: ...ting system A logical drive acts like a floppy disk Because a partition is considered to be a logical drive it is treated the same as any individual floppy disk drive It is uniquely identified with a...

Страница 84: ...ible with Z DOS the operating system for the Zenith Data Systems Z 100 Desktop Computers and PC DOS the operating system of the IBM Personal Computer It is supplied on disks and must be loaded into yo...

Страница 85: ...drive A Some Winchester systems may attempt to boot from the Winchester system if the DOS has not been placed on the Winchester disk an error message eventually will be displayed When you press the ES...

Страница 86: ...essages will be displayed erasing the error message Your computer is now in the manual mode and you can use the monitor commands A complete summary of the monitor commands is induded in Software Summa...

Страница 87: ...Insert MS DOS Distribution Disk Iinto drive A Close the disk drive door or latch If you are booting the computer manually press in sequence the B F and 0 zero keys The computer will display bfO Press...

Страница 88: ...stored as 6 9 82 Wed 6 09 1982 12 31 2082 Thu 12 31 2082 1 1 80 TUe 1 01 1980 8 12 82 Thu 8 12 1982 Enter the current date and press the RETURN key The computer will display CUrrent time is 0 03 20 2...

Страница 89: ...ed the default drive Later on you ll find out how to change the drive being used But first you need to create a copy or backup of MS DOS and store the original in a safe place Backups NOTE The procedu...

Страница 90: ...discussed later in this chapter Before you start prepare two labels one for each disk There are many different methods of labeling and keeping track of disks One method is to keep a log containing th...

Страница 91: ...ar to DISKCOPY version 2 00 Copyright C 1984 Zenith Data Systems Corporation Source drive name A B _ Diskcopy is a utility the version number illustrated may not necessarily match yours There are seve...

Страница 92: ...ation has been copied your computer will display Verifying The DISKCOPY command normally will not verify a disk that is check to make sure that the material just recorded is identical to the source Ho...

Страница 93: ...ibution Disk I and put it in its envelope Place the label prepared earlier on this disk Respond by pressing the Y key and then the RETURN key to the Do you wish to copy another disk YIN N prompt The c...

Страница 94: ...he computer will display A which is the default MS DOS prompt Remove the disk from drive Aand put it in its envelope Remove the disk from drive B and put it in its envelope Place the label on it that...

Страница 95: ...t be loaded into the computer before the functions are performed The FORMAT command for example is external that is it is a separate program The COpy command is internal and as such is always a part o...

Страница 96: ...is wrong The message itself often tells you what is wrong so you will be able to correct the problem An example of this would be Invalid drive specification This message implies that in your command...

Страница 97: ...th These characters can be any letter from A to Z any number from 0 to 9 or certain punctuation characters Examples of legal file names are MYFILE AIPROG and 333 1 Extension The extension is from one...

Страница 98: ...from the disk same as ERASE D1R List directoryentries ERASE Delete a file from the disk REN Rename a file same as RENAME RENAME Rename a file TIME Display the current system time and prompt for a new...

Страница 99: ...licated under the name of NEWFILE EXT The drive name allows you to 1 use the default drive for both files 2 use drive A as the source drive and the default drive for the destination 3 use drive B as t...

Страница 100: ...he day 1 to 31 and Y is the year 80 to 99 Four digits may be used for the year if you are entering a year from 2000 to 2099 Anyother response will cause the computer to display Invalid date Enter new...

Страница 101: ...n name 3 the number of bytes used to store the file a byte is a measure of memory which can be equated to one keystroke of a printable character on the keyboard and 4 the date and 5 time that file was...

Страница 102: ...s Two additional characters that you may use with a file s name are called wild cards The term means anything and they are represented by the question mark and the asterisk You can use the question ma...

Страница 103: ...or extension 3 If you type DIRC for the directory sample we showed you earlier the computer will display Volume in drive A has no label Directory of A COMMAND COM 18160 12 31 83 11 20a J CONFlGUR COM...

Страница 104: ...e drive name if the file you want to remove is not on the default drive The command DEL may be used in place of the ERASE command The following are equivalent to the previous examples DEL BADFlLE EXT...

Страница 105: ...ou press the RETURN key the com puter will not make any change to the current time You will use the format H M S C to enter the time where H is hours 0 to 23 Mis minutes 0 to 59 S is seconds 0 to 59 a...

Страница 106: ...DOS manual Other Internal Commands You will find more complete instructions on how to use the options of the internal MS DOS commands in your MS DOS manual The internal commands not discussed here als...

Страница 107: ...stem for a specific printer or with use of some other serial or parallel device Load change or display the contents of any file Compare the contents of two disks to see if they are identical Duplicate...

Страница 108: ...otal disk space the amount of unused space remaining on the disk the internal memory space in the system and the amount of unused memory by the system A typical status report of any empty formatted di...

Страница 109: ...rive A and properly boot the system The term system disk refers to any disk that has the operating system on it You can use the FORMAT command during the backup procedure and place the operating syste...

Страница 110: ...another disk YIN If the FORMAT program discovered any flawed areas on the disk it will lock them out so they will not be used We suggest that disks with bad areas be discarded The computer will displa...

Страница 111: ...e DISKCOPY Press the RETURN key The computer will display a message similar to DISKCOPYversion2 00 Copyright C 1984 Zenith Data Systems Corporation Source drive name A B Press the key that corresponds...

Страница 112: ...icate press the Y key and then the RETURN key You again will be asked to enter the name of the drives being used If you do not have any other disks to copy press the RETURN key The computer will retur...

Страница 113: ...Data Systems Corporation Press the letter that corresponds to the drive you will use for one of the disks The computer will now display Source2 drive name A B _ Press the letter that corresponds to t...

Страница 114: ...ckup material on the Winchester to a floppy disk This process also allows you to create working copies of application software that may be distributed without an operating system System Disks This sec...

Страница 115: ...00 Copyright C 1984 Zenith Data Systems Corporation Insert new disk in drive B and press RETURN when ready _ NOTE The FORMAT procedure does not check to see if your disk has data on it Any informatio...

Страница 116: ...ssfully formatted and the operating system placed on it Even though you used drive S to format the disk drive A stayed in control and is still the default drive You know this by the A prompt which is...

Страница 117: ...not contain the operating system the procedure is slightly different FORMAT Place your MS DOS disk in drive A Type FORMAT B Iv Press the RETURN key The disk will not have the operating system placed...

Страница 118: ...key The disk access indicators will alternately glow as each disk drive is accessed by the operating system The name of each file will be displayed as it is copied from drive A to drive B When all th...

Страница 119: ...devices CONFIGUR will guide you through each phase of selecting the necessary conditions to hook up your printer and telephone modem or other peripheral NOTE Some peripherals not sold by Zenith Data S...

Страница 120: ...as printers There is no one best protocol however in order to communicate success fully both your computer system and printer must use the same protocol If your printer or other serial device is list...

Страница 121: ...640 The same steps should be followed for any device listed in Table 3 1 If you are configuring a listed device other than a Diablo 1640 follow the example and substitute your device name in the step...

Страница 122: ...r computer is set for autoboot it auto matically loads boots MS DOS and you see the MS DOS prompt A When you see this prompt you are ready to begin the configuration proc ess If you don t see this pro...

Страница 123: ...ing 3 It stores the configuration information on the operatingsystem disk First you need to tell the computer you will be using a serial printer and then which specific serial printer you will be usin...

Страница 124: ...he scope of this example but are discussed in the MS DOS manual In response to this prompt Press A Use one of the following to select a mapping for LPTI A No mapping B Map to COM Enter one of the mapp...

Страница 125: ...e following to modify an existing system C Exit program D Make changes to disk E Make changes to memory F Make changes to both disk and memory Enter selection A F _ You are now back to the main menu N...

Страница 126: ...23 WH 33 WH 43 modem 300 baud No handshake G WH 12 votrax Type N Talk 4800 baud RTS Pos pin 4 H User defined 1 Exit with no changes Enter selection A I As this example is for a Diablo 1640 Press E The...

Страница 127: ...ough Now Press C to leave the configuration program and return to the MS DOS operating system User Defined Serial Configuration Defining a custom serial configuration for a printer modem or other devi...

Страница 128: ...1or 2 Word Length Your personal computer may be set to operate with a 7 or 8 bitword exclusive of stop bits and parity Handshaking A method through which the serial device notifies the computer of its...

Страница 129: ...00 Copyright e 1984 Zenith Data Systems Inc Use one of the following options to configure a device A Configure LPT device B Configure COM device C Exit wi th no changes Enter selection A C _ The abov...

Страница 130: ...ap parallel output to serial output B Configure parallel device C Exit Enter selections A C _ You will now tell the computer you want to Map parallel output to serial output In effect this tells the c...

Страница 131: ...o serial output B Configure parallel device C Exit Enter selection A C _ This is the same screen you saw when you began this operation Since you have already told the computer you will be using a seri...

Страница 132: ...m that also At the end of this example you will save the configuration but for now PressB Select the serial port to be configured A COM B Exit Enter selection A B Press A This screen now appears Use o...

Страница 133: ...the brackets is called the default selection This means that if you press RETURN the computer will enter the response shown in the brackets reply no After answering all of the above questions the fol...

Страница 134: ...parity A 7 bit words B 8 bit words Enter one of the word length values _ The word length refers to the size of the data communicated between your microcomputer and a peripheral The next screen is a me...

Страница 135: ...to your desired pad character _ Pad characters were explained earlier If your serial device needs a pad character it should be entered now If you answer yes the computer will ask Enter the number of p...

Страница 136: ...es to memory F Make changes to both disk and memory Enter selection A F _ Now because this example saves the configuration to both the disk and memory take the disk out of the drive to make sure the w...

Страница 137: ...power up sequence by pressing the ESC key immediately Once the screen warms up it will display the normal opening messages and you will see the prompt You also will see the power on indicator light on...

Страница 138: ...partitions of your Winchester disk if those that are preset do riot meet your needs SHIP This utility is supplied so you can place the heads in your system over an unused portion of the Winchester di...

Страница 139: ...the surface of your Winchester disk tests the data retention capabilities of your Winchester disk isolates questionable disk sectors divides the surface of the Winchester disk into four partitions and...

Страница 140: ...table that was established by the PREP utility However the bad sector s located by DETECf will not be locked out until you run your MS DOS FORMAT program and reformat the partition One advantage of DE...

Страница 141: ...r disk with either PART or PREP you may destroy existing data on the disk Therefore if you have previously used the drive for data storage you should back up all necessary files from each partition be...

Страница 142: ...described in your MS DOS manual Press the Fl key to establish the default boot partition Press the 1 key to select DOS for the MS DOS operating system as the default system to be used when booting fro...

Страница 143: ...system on the disk You will see FORMAT version 2 00 Copyright C 1984 Zenith Data Systems Corporation will format partition assigned drive C Press RETURN when ready _ Press the RETURN key You will see...

Страница 144: ...to press the ESC key to stop any autoboot process from the floppy disk and then press the B key and then the W key followed by the RETURN key The Winchester disk access light will come on along with t...

Страница 145: ...P is to create a directory of the specified files and then copy them to a single file The single file actually may be several files that each contain a sequentially numbered extension such as BACKFILE...

Страница 146: ...the floppy disks into the disk drives as needed When the process is finished the MS DOS prompt will reap pear Restoration of the original files to the Winchester disk is also either some what selectiv...

Страница 147: ...itute your computer system Initial Diagnostics Your personal computer performs a series of self tests whenever it is turned on The computer beeps if it encounters any hardware failures during these te...

Страница 148: ...the CPU card may have failed If cards have been added to the computer make sure they have been set up correctly ERROR Invalid No keyboard code received Normally the keyboard processor in your computer...

Страница 149: ...DISK ERROR Sector not found DISK ERROR CRG error DISK ERROR Invalid address mark detected These errors happen when booting the operating system from disk They can result from using a disk that does no...

Страница 150: ...ults in the following display CHOOSE ONE OF TIlE FOLLOWING 1 DISK READ TEST 2 KEYBOARD TEST 3 MEMORY TEST 4 POWERUP TEST 5 EXIT ENTER YOUR CHOICE To run any of the tests press the corresponding number...

Страница 151: ...acks will be read continu ously Each time the initial code is read from the boot tracks a counter will be incremented If an error is detected DEVICE ERROR will be displayed Keyboard Test The keyboard...

Страница 152: ...returns you to the diagnostic menu as seen in the Manual Diagnostics section r I ji To return to the menu from any test other than the keyboard test you must first stop the test and then press ESC aga...

Страница 153: ...the rear of the computer be sure that the cord is unplugged and that the computer is turned off 2 Remove and retain the screws at location A 3 Remove and retain the screws at location B 4 lift up and...

Страница 154: ...stic LEDs are located in two places the CPU memory card and the backplane board The LEDs on the CPU memory card are red on the backplane board they are green Viewed from the front the CPU memory card...

Страница 155: ...ff Reconnect the power cord to the computer and plug it in Be careful once the machine ispowered Tum the machine on while observing the LEOs All of the LEOs on both the CPU memory card and backplane b...

Страница 156: ...m access memo is not storing informa tion correctly LED 4 INT The system clock timer interrupts or keyboard is malfunctioning LEDS DSK The diskcontroller is not responding correctly LED 6 ROY This lig...

Страница 157: ...per card 1 Loosen and remove the locking screw at the rear of the case Be careful not to drop the screw inside the case Once the screw has been removed place it in a secure area 2 Firmly grasp the car...

Страница 158: ...e backplane Notice the grooves at the end of the box Be sure that the edge of the card aligns with the groove 2 Make sure that the edge connector faces down and is aligned prop erly Slowlyand firmly s...

Страница 159: ...r Ze nith Data Systems dealer or authorized repair facility to arrange for service Do not attempt to service this computer during the warranty period to do so mayvoid the warranty You may have out of...

Страница 160: ...ssed wrong key CONDITION Nothing happens at poweron and the green light on the front panel is notlil POSSIBLE CAUSES 1 Line cord not plugged in check both ends If you are using a multiple outlet box c...

Страница 161: ...cs discussion CONDITION No video blank screen on the monitor POSSIBLE CAUSES 1 External monitor not turned on 2 External monitor not plugged in 3 External monitor not properlyconnected to computer 4 B...

Страница 162: ...tines that may assist the service representative in correcting any difficulties Refer to the diagnos tics sections of this chapter When You Call for Help When you call for service list the following i...

Страница 163: ...m Manually B disk typel did uait 1 lJ tl B Monitorcommand for Boot dis k type F Floppy W Winchester did uait Hardware unit number 0 7 part Winchester partition number 1 4 MS DOS Command Summary The fo...

Страница 164: ...e character Move cursor to next tab column Insert a physical end of line and extend the current logical line beyond the physical limits of the display line Cancel printer echo Suspend all operation Pr...

Страница 165: ...inchester partition number Alphanumericcombination of characters Any valid I O device Astringof characters used in search compare commands Switch parameters Comments to be displayed on screen Optional...

Страница 166: ...External utility Assigns a Winchester drive and partition to a drive name BACKUP 1 filespec filespec 11 d filenoe slt itch 11 External utility Creates a single backup file on one or more disks for one...

Страница 167: ...returns a report on the status and consistency of the disk Switches IF Fix correctable errors reported byCHKDSK Iv Displaymessages directoryduring execution of command CIPHER keyword filespec CIPHER k...

Страница 168: ...COMl COM2 CON DATE _ dd yy Internal command Display and or change date DEBUG filespec parueters External utility MS DOS debugger Functions A addr Crange addr D addr Lval D range Eaddr list Frange list...

Страница 169: ...s DISKCOPY filespecl filespecZ switch External utility Duplicate a disk Switches Iv Verify read after write ECHO ON OFF Rssage Internal command Control echo feature of batch processor EDLIN filespec E...

Страница 170: ...er of lines before find to display Iv Display lines that do not contain string FOR IIvariable IN set DO c088nd Internal command Branch command for batch processor FORMAT d Iswitch External utility For...

Страница 171: ...a at high end of data segment IDIm Place mntile in high memory ILlNENUIIIER Include line numbers in list file IIAP Ustglobal symbols and definitions PAUSE Halt session press RETURN to rontinue ISTACI...

Страница 172: ...S switches len Printncopies IF Issue form feed top of page atend of file IIA Set left margin at n IplI Set page length to nlines IRII Set right margin at n Is Add file s to print queue from IS to IA s...

Страница 173: ...le s specified on damaged disks REI cOlEnt cOlEnt Internal command Displays a comment in a batch file UN filespecl filespec BINAIE filespecl filespecZ Internal command Rename first fIle as second file...

Страница 174: ...nment SHIrr Internal command Shift batch parameters one position SHIP External utility Move Winchester read write heads to shipping position SORT Iswi tch filespec filespec coaand ISORT Iswitch lj Ext...

Страница 175: ...ong as you remember you must insert the proper disk into the single drive when prompted everything will be fine If you insert the wrong disk you may experience some difficulties The two prompts you wi...

Страница 176: ...editassembly language programs Ability to boot up from any drive attached to the system Menu selectable diagnostics that run diagnostics more advanced than the power up tests Since these diagnostics r...

Страница 177: ...braces separated by a vertical bar I like this I and this I represent a series of choices Only one selection should be made from the alternate choices presented In the above example either ike this o...

Страница 178: ...D address L length I offset 1 E E address F F range list G G addr breakpoint H H numberl number2 I I port M M range address 0 o port value R R register 1 S S range list T T address value U U address...

Страница 179: ...ntax E address Example E 0 100 RETURN or E DS 7000 RETURN Displays the contents of a byte of memory and requests user input If a is entered the contents of the previous byte is shown a space will disp...

Страница 180: ...nation address The move is performed so that overlapping moves will not result in overwritingof any data Output to Port Syntax 0 port value Example 0 21 BC RETURN or oOX ARKl URN Outputs the specified...

Страница 181: ...ing NV ZR would reset the overflow flag and set the zero flag In the case of multiple abbrevi ations for the same flag being entered the last one entered will take effect Search for String Syntax S ra...

Страница 182: ...command is the current scroll mode The scroll mode determines how information is moved off of the screen once it has been filled The following scroll modes are acceptable 0 Software compatible scroll...

Страница 183: ...is usually used as a separator between elements of a command but in all cases a space may be used identically When pressed this key will cause anyout put to pause on the screen until the key is press...

Страница 184: ...to sus pend a program usually during the de bugging process It saves the contents of the CPU registers and acts as though a user breakpoint had been executed The user may then use the MFM lS0 facilit...

Страница 185: ...2 ICodeConvenrion DEC HEX CHAR KEY CfRL DESCRIPTION 0 00 NUL Null 1 01 SOH A Startof heading 2 02 STX B Startoftext 3 03 ETX C End of text 4 04 Ear 0 End of transmission 5 05 ENQ E Enquiry 6 06 ACK F...

Страница 186: ...31 IF US Unit separator 32 20 SP Space spacebar 33 21 Exclamation point 34 22 Quotation mark 35 23 Number sign 36 24 Dollar sign 37 25 Percent sign 38 26 Ampersand I 39 27 Acute accent or apostrophe...

Страница 187: ...tterJ 75 48 K K Letter K 76 4C L L LetterL 77 4D M M LetterM 78 4E N N Letter N 79 4F 0 0 LetterO 80 50 P P LetterP 81 51 Q Q LetterQ 82 52 R R LetterR 83 53 S S Letter S 84 54 T T LetterT 85 55 U U L...

Страница 188: ...24 7C I 125 7D 126 7E 127 7F DEL 128 80 255 FF ASCII Code Conversion KEY CfRL j k I m n 0 P q r s t u v w x y z I I DELETE DESCRIPTION II J j I J Letter j Letterk Letter 1 Letterm Letter n Letter o Le...

Страница 189: ...first having a value of zero 0 to indicate a special key and the second being the code of the key itself Thus function key FlO which generates 7100H in hardware will generate OOH followed by 7lH Table...

Страница 190: ...2100H 2146H G 2267H 2247H 2207H 2200H 2247H H 2368H 2348H 2308H 2300H 2348H J 246AH 244AH 240AH 2400H 244AH K 256BH 254BH 250BH 2500H 254BH L 266CH 264CH 260CH 2600H 264CH I I 273BH 273AH 273BH I 2827...

Страница 191: ...4300H FlO 4400H 5DOOH 6700H 7100H 4400H NUMLCK Note 2 SCROLLLCK Note 3 Note 4 HOME 7 4700H 4737H 7700H Note 5 4737H Up 8 4800H 4838H Note 5 4838H PGUP 9 4900H 4939H 8400H Note 5 4939H 4A2DH 4A2DH 4A2D...

Страница 192: ...the type ahead buffer 5 Special keycodes can be entered directly by pressing and hold ing the ALT key and then entering the three digit keycode in decimal on the numeric keypad Releasing the ALT key...

Страница 193: ...e Modem and Direct Connect Modem Acronym Aword formed from letters found in a name term or phrase For example FORTRAN is formed from the words FORmula TRANslator Address The label name or number ident...

Страница 194: ...ion Interchange A code used by most computers including those sold by Zenith Data Systems It is the industry standard used to transmit information to printers other computers and other peripheral devi...

Страница 195: ...ent or digit 2 The smallest element in computer storage capability Bit density A measure of the number of bits recorded in a given area Block diagram 1 Agraphic representation of the logical flow of o...

Страница 196: ...number of consecutive bits In micro computers a byte refers to eight bits and is used to represent one ASCII or EBCDIC character Cable An assembly of one or more conductors used to transmit power or d...

Страница 197: ...personal computers must meet class Brequirements See Class A COBOL COmmon Business Oriented Language This common high level language is used in a wide number of operations most notably those dealing...

Страница 198: ...interchangeably with display screen and video monitor It refers to the television like screen in a com puter terminal or monitor Cursor A character usually an underline or graphics block used to indi...

Страница 199: ...h other numbers of its series Digital computer A computer in which numbers are used to express data and instructions Direct connect modem One of the two types of modems a device you can connect betwee...

Страница 200: ...IC Expanded Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code This code used primarily in IBM equipment is used to transmit information to peripheral equipment and other computers ASCII code is the computer indus...

Страница 201: ...ata and programs FORTRAN FORmula TRANslator A popular high level programming language used primarily in scientific applications Graphics This term generally refers to special characters which may be d...

Страница 202: ...d characters from controlled jets of ink The print quality from such printers is usually quite high and similar to that produced by a quality office electric typewriter These printers are often capabl...

Страница 203: ...conditional i e absolute Justify To adjust exactly the perfect alignment of a margin Text is normally left justified that is the left margin is always aligned A feature of many word processors is righ...

Страница 204: ...ocess very large amounts of data in a batch processing mode Maintenance The process of maintaining hardware and software With hardware in addition to corrective maintenance or repair this also in clud...

Страница 205: ...emainder of a division operation 42 modulo 5 2 the remainder of 42 divided by 5 Monitor 1 A control program in a computer 2 A separate peripheral used to display information a black and white monochro...

Страница 206: ...printed information data stored on for example a disk or data transmitted to another computer f ParaIlel In computers this refers to information sent as a group rather than serially For example eight...

Страница 207: ...er instructions which when followed will result in the solution to a problem or the completion of a task Programming language Anyone of a number of languages created for a computer Examples include BA...

Страница 208: ...n power was applied and the system turned on RGB video A high resolution color monitor which utilizes separate red green and blue signals rather than a combination or composite of the same See Monitor...

Страница 209: ...been broken down into component parts characters or bits and handled in a sequential manner Sign An indication of whether the value is greater than zero 0 or less than zero 0 The dash or hyphen is use...

Страница 210: ...may include a modem either the acoustic coupled type or the direct connect type for remote operation Some usually older models also may include a paper tape punch and reader Thennal printer A hard co...

Страница 211: ...assure correctness of the data Volatile A characteristic of becoming lost or erased when operating power is removed from the hardware See RAM Winchester A term which has come to be applied to most fo...

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Страница 213: ...s must be the first or only bank with 256K chips Each bank of memory must consist of the same type of lCs you cannot mix 64K chips with 256K chips within the same bank Each different bank can contain...

Страница 214: ...PageA 2 o Replace the card and cover following the instructions in Chapter 4 of this manual J J BANK 0 BANK 1 BANK 2 FIgUre A 1 InstaUationof 256KMemory Upgrade...

Страница 215: ...is shipped ready to install in the Z 150 Computer no configuration changes or special adjustments on the card are necessary Figure 2 illustrates the factory set jumper positions These jumpers select...

Страница 216: ...PageB 2 MEMORY MODULES RGB IN T I H S Y N C HS YNC INT VSYNC V I C S Y NC c SYNC MONO J60 J603 _J604 J605 t J606 J607 J I tA i Fi ur B...

Страница 217: ...J604 Horizontal sync polarity Cor external monitor Selects either a positive or negative horizontal polarity signal depending upon what is required by the monitor It is set at J605 Vertical sync pola...

Страница 218: ...screw and cover plate from the slot selected for installation of the Z 319 Card Save the screw the cover plate may be discarded CAUTION Handle the Z 319 Card with extreme care when installing it in th...

Страница 219: ...PageB 5 L I RIGID DRIVE Figure B 2 Z 319 Card Installation...

Страница 220: ...monitor input to the appropriate connector on the Z 319 Card and the monitor line cord to an AC outlet o Switch on power to both the computer and monitor o Type VI 00 and press Return o The monitor s...

Страница 221: ...r 2 3 2 5 2 6 2 7 A Acoustic coupled modem see Modem ALU Arithmetic Logic Unit 2 7 Arrow see ROM monitor prompt ASCII 3 45 Asynchronous communications 2 4 seea so Communications Asynchronous modem see...

Страница 222: ...lso ROM charactergenerator CHKDSK 3 24 3 25 Clock 2 5 Color 2 22 2 24 Video monitor seealso Monitor Color Graphics 2 5 COM device 3 42 seealso CONFIGUR Communications COMI 3 41 3 42 3 49 COMMAND COM 3...

Страница 223: ...Default boot partition 3 59 3 60 Default display see Initial line length Default drive 3 6 3 12 Default answers 3 11 DETECT 2 35 3 55 3 57 DEVICE ERROR 4 5 Diablo 63011640 3 37 3 38 3 39 3 44 Diagnos...

Страница 224: ...3 29 3 31 Disk operating system 2 29 see also MS DOS DISK READ TEST 4 4 4 5 Display Modes 2 21 DMA controllers 2 3 DMA overrun error 4 3 DOS 2 29 3 1 3 2 see also MS DOS Drive see also Disk drives Doo...

Страница 225: ...ctored 2 26 Outer jacket 2 25 Protective liner 2 25 Read write head 2 25 Soft sectored 2 26 Font see ROM character generator Format 3 9 3 11 FORMAT 3 1 3 24 3 26 3 27 3 31 3 32 3 33 3 34 3 35 G Graphi...

Страница 226: ...5 3 17 Invalid drive specification 3 13 Invalid file names 3 14 Invalid no keyboard code received 4 2 Invalid time 3 5 3 22 IO SYS 3 13 3 25 J Jumpers CPU memory card 2 11 2 13 Videolfloppy disk contr...

Страница 227: ...odem 2 4 3 37 seealso Communications Acoustic coupled 2 32 Direct connect 2 32 Monitor Connections see Connections Monochrome composite 2 4 2 18 Program see ROM monitor MFM 150 RGB color 2 4 2 18 ROM...

Страница 228: ...ne 3 51 Odd 3 51 PART 3 55 3 57 3 58 Partition 2 33 PC DOS 3 1 Peripherals 2 2 see a so Connections F10ppy disks see F10ppy disks Video see Monitor Winchester see Winchester Pixels 2 21 Platter 2 34 s...

Страница 229: ...2 22 Checksum failure 4 1 Monitor 3 1 Prompt 3 2 RS 232 2 4 2 5 2 30 3 36 3 37 3 38 seealso CONFIGUR Pin definitions 2 31 S Screen see Monitor Second memory card see Card Sector not found 4 3 Sectors...

Страница 230: ...ties 3 12 3 23 3 55 3 58 V Valid file names 3 14 Verify 3 32 3 63 Video floppy disk controller card 2 4 2 5 2 16 2 32 Features 2 16 Jumper settings 2 17 2 18 Modes 2 8 2 21 2 24 Options 2 17 W WH 12 V...

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