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RELEASE BULLETIN
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CP/M-86 Operating System Model BQ: APC-S01

1.0 Introduction:
CP/M-86 is a sing1e-user/sing1e-task Disk Operating System
(DOS) for the APC computer. The current release of the
operating system consists of two integrated parts, CP/M-86
1.1 and CBIOS 1.107. Together these two parts form the
operating system referred to as CP/M-86 1.1 (1.107:015,B).
2.0 Contente 2f ~ Release:
2.1 Distribution Media
PART NO. DESCRIPTION
819-076001-0100 Rev 07 CP/M-86 Diskette
819-076002-0100 Rev 02 CP/M-86 Pro9ram Development
Aids Diskette
2.2 Documentation
PART NO. DESCRIPTION
819-000100-4001 CP/M-86 User's Guide
819-000102-2001 CP/M-86 System Guide
819-095000-236 Rev 07 Release Bulletin
3.0 Hardwar~/Software Reguirements:

3.1 Minimum Hardw9.L~ Regui~~Dts

APC-H01 - Monochrome APe with 1 Floppy Disk Drive (See
Section 6.5 in this release bulletin)
3.2 Minimum Softw~ ReQyirements
None
4.0 Instal1at12n Procedure:
1) Refer to the CP/M-86 User's Guide Chapter 1 for details
on installation.




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2) Use TYPE .to view th~ READ.ME file included with the
CP/M-86 System Diskette. This text file contains
additional information that is not incorporated into the
release bulletin.
5.0 Enhancements:
These enhancements were originally implemented in CP/M-86
(1.l07:l05;A) and still apply to this release.
1) Screen dump capabilities for graphics, alternate
character and normal character screen images are
supported. See the attached description "operation of
CRTDUMP" for further details.
2) The ALT key now selects the alternate character set.
With ALT latched in the down position, all characters
displayed will be from the currently loaded alternate
character set. Unlatching the ALT key will resume
display of characters from the ROM (standard ASCII)
character generator. BIOS & BOOS error messages will be
displayed in the normal character mode regardless of the
ALT key's state.
3) Universal country code capability has been added to the
BIOS and is controlled by the COUNTRY utility. Refer to
the attached sheets for further information regarding
the use of the COUNTRY utility.
4) Additional functionality relative to defining CRT type
and printer selection has been added to the CONFIG
utility. Refer to the attached sheets for more details.
5) Additional BIOS support is provided for the optional
expansion S~rial Interface Controller (APC H-14). The
SETCOM [0) option now allows the user to configure the
expansion interface for baud rate, number of stop bits,
and parity generation requirements. Additional extended
BIOS functions (INT 220 function i15 and it's eight
subfunctions) are used to access the expansion interface
hardware. See the attached section ~x~~ng~d aIQS
funQtion .i.l5J.. Optional RS-232 Functions.
6) Additional escape sequence functions have been added
with this release. Please see the attached section
Escape Sequence. Enhancement