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SUPER STAR
USER'S
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U.S.A EUROPE
ADVANCED DIGITAL CORPORATION ADVANCED DIGITAL (U.K) LTD.
5432 PRODUCTION DR. 27 PRINCESS STREET
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92649 HANOVER SQUARE
TELEX: 183210 ADVANCED 1 0NDON, WIR8NQ
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TEL: (714) 891-4004 UNITED KINGDOM
TELEX: 265840 FINEST
TEL: (81)409-9917
NOTICE
Advanced Digital does not assume any liability arising out ot
the application or use ot any products, circuit or sottware
described herein, neither does it convey any license under its
patent rights nor the patent rights ot others. Advanced Digital
tutther reserves the right to make changes to any products
described herein without notice. This document is also subject
to revision.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section Page
SECTION 1 GENERAL INFORMATION
1 .1 Introduction 1-1
1.2 System Contigurations 1-1
1.3 Purpose ot Manual 1-2
1.4 How The Manual Is Organized 1-2
1.5 Related Documents 1-3
SECTION 2 SUPER STAR PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
2.1 Maintrame Front Panel 2-1
2.2 Maintrame Internal Parts 2-2
2.3 Maintrame Rear Panel 2-3
SECTION 3 INTERFACE CONNECTORS
3 .1 Intertace Connectors Location 3-1
3.2 Serial 1/0 Port Connectors 3-1
3.2.1 Typical Three-wire Intertace 3-1
3.2.2 Four-wire Intertace 3-2
3.2.3 Serial Printer Intertace 3-2
3.3 Parallel 1/0 Port Connectors 3-2
3.4 I/O Port Contigurations 3-3
3.5 Internal Ribbon Cable Connectors 3-3
SECTION 4 SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS
4.1 Introduction 4-1
4.2 System Power Requirements 4-1
4.3 Specitications 4-1
4.4 Changing AC Input Voltage trom
110/220 to 220/110 4-8
SECTION 5 INSTALLATION AND INITIALIZATION
5.1 Installation Procedure 5-1
5.2 Initial System power-Up 5-6
5.3 Copying The System Disk (1'urboDOS) 5-7
5.4 Copying The System Disk (CP/M 3.0) 5-10
5.5 Copying The System Disk (CP/M 2.2) 5-13
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TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued)
Section Page
SECTION 6 THE OPERATING SYSTEM
6.1 Introduction 6-1
6.2 Contiguring The SUPER STAR System 6-1
6.2.1 SUPER STAR CP/M Hardware Contiguration 6-1
6.2.2 SUPER STAR TurboDOS Hardware Contiguration 6-2
6.2.3 He1ptu1 Hints When Setting Up a
TurboDOS Multi-User System 6-3
6.3 . Basic Operating System Structure 6-4
6.3.1 CP/M 6-5
6.3.2 TurboDOS 6-5
6.4 Single User System (CP/M 2.2) 6-5
6.4.1 Copying Hard Disk to Diskettes 6-5
6.4.2 Copying Hard Disk to Cartridge 6-7
6.4.3 Copying Cartridge to Diskette 6-8
6.4.4 Copying Cartridge to Fixed Disk 6-9
6.4.5 Copying Diskettes to Fixed Disk 6-11
6.4.6 Copying Diskettes to Cartridge 6-12
6.5 Single User System (CP/M 3.0) 6-13
6.5.1 Copying Fixed Disk to Diskette 6-13
6.5.2 Copying Fixed Disk to Cartridge 6-15
6.5.3 Copying Cartridge to Diskette 6-15
6.5.4 Copying Cartridge to Fixed Disk 6-17
6.5.5 Copying Diskettes to Fixed Disk 6-17
6.5.6 Copying Diskettes to Cartridge 6-1B
6.6 Setting Real Time Clock 6-20
6.7 Multi-User System (TurboDOS) 6-20
6.7.1 Copying Fixed Disk to Diskettes 6-20
6.7.2 Copying Fixed Disk to Cartridge 6-21
6.7.3 Copying Cartridge to Diskette 6-22
6.7.4 Copying Cartridge to Fixed Disk 6-23
6.7.5 Copying Diskettes to Fixed Disk 6-23
6.7.6 Copying Diskettes to Cartridge 6-24
6.B Error Message Summary 6-25
6.B.1 CP/M 6-26
6.B.2 TurboDOS 6-26
SECTION 7 LIST OF RECOMMENDED PERIPHERALS AND SOFTWARE
7.1 Recommended Peripherals 7-1
7.2 Recommended Sottware 7-1
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TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued)
Section Page
SECTION 8 PROBLEN ISOLATION
8.1 Introduction 8-1
8.2 The First Step 8-1
8'.3 Isolating A Hardware Problem 8-1
SECTION 9 BaST TO SUPER STAR COMMUNICATIONS
9.1 Introduction 9.1
SECTION 11 CP/M AND TURBODOS SOFTWARE DIRECTORIES
10.1 Introduction 10-1
10.2 CP/M 2.2 Directory 10-1
10.3 CP/M 3.0 Directory 10-1
10.4 TurboDOS Directory 10-1
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TABl.E OF CONTENTS (Continued)
APPENDICES
Page
A Care and Handling at Diskettes and cartridge Disks
A.l Dis k e t. t f: ~; A-1
A.2 Cartridge Disks A-2
B ASCII B-1
C warranty C-1
D System Contigur~tion D-1
E Internal Ribbon and Power Cable Connections
E.l Intrortuctjon E-1
E.2 Internal Ribbon Cables E-l
E.3 Internal Cable COllncctor Pin Assignments E-4
E.4 Power SupJ?ly E-6
F SUPER STAR Parts List E-l
G System Schematics G-1
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
f 19nre P;;ge
2-1 SUPER S'l'l\R Front Panel 2-1
2-2 SUPER STAR Internal Section 2-2
2-3 SUPSR STAR Rear Panel 2-3
A-I Floppy Diskettes A-J
1\-2 Cartridqe Disks 1\-2
E-1 Internal RilJbon Cables