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INTRODUCTION
1. 1 --
Ha~dwa~e
Suppo~t
Requi~ed
1. 1
Ha~dUJare
SUppOT't
Requi~ed
The
minimum hardware configuration required
to
support
MOOS consists of:
an EXORciser
o~
EXDRterm with EXbug
ri~mware
16K RAM
EXORdisk IIIIII dual diskette drive unit
EXORdisk IIIIII floppy disk
controlle~
module
Interconnect cable
ASR33 (TTY)
Or
RS=232C compatible
te~minal
The EXORdisk II can read and write diskettes recorded in
an
IBM-3740-simila~
TOT'mat
(single-sided}
single-density).
The
EXORdisk
III
can
~ead
and write all diskettes that the
EXORdisk II can handle.
In addition:
diskettes fQT'matted
in
the
Motorola single-density,
double-sided format can also be
read and written.
The double-sided diskettes cannot be
used
in the EXORdisk II.
The
above
minimum configuration will allow the
use~
to
run any of the MDOS commands that reside on the
MDOS
system
diskette
at the time of purchase.
Othe~
additional
ha~dwa~e
may be required to run the
MDOS-Suppo~ted
software
p~oducts.
Such information is described in Appendix
H.
1.2
Additional Supported Hardware
MDOS
also
supports a line printer and the
~eaderlpunch
(record) devices of the system
console.
The
line
printer
interfaces
to
the
EXORciser
through the
printe~
interface
module
(MEX68PI)
which
consists
of
two
PIA's
plus
the
necessa~y
buffering
devices
and
add~ess
decoding.
If the
printer
inte~face
from an EDOS system
is
used
instead,
i t
must
be
modified
for
use
with
MDOS.
The modirications
consist
of
adding
the
rollowing
lines
to
th€
printe~
interface
PIA:
1.
Print select (high=selected) to PBO (pin 18 of PIA)
2.
Paper
out
(low=paper
available>
to PBl (pin 11 of
PIA)
The system
console's
automatic
readerlpunch
(record)
devices
must
be
similar
to
a
Teletypewriter's paper tape
reade~
and punch.
For
a
complete description
or
the
system
console
requirements
consult
the
"M6800
EXORciseT' User's
Gu
ide ".
Page
01--03
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