Subject: OS/278 Working Copy RX50 Diskette Image

From: Charles Lasner <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 1994 11:24:30 -0400 (EDT)

By popular demand, a working copy of OS/278 V2 is being added to the 
sunsite archive in the diskimages/rx50/teledisk area with an associated 
label in the labels directory.  The filename is os278wc and will be in 
the usual .lbl and .td0 (within .zip) format, etc.

Unlike the standard release diskette, this diskette is *truly* ready to 
go, including on DECmate III and III+.  (Note: there are reports that the 
handlers on this pre-built disk do not necessarily work on all models.  
Specifically, the provided comm port printer handler can't work on 
DECmate III.  These reports predate the existence of the DECmate III+, 
which presumably is compatible enough with the III that the same problem 
level applies, etc.  The printer port handler should work on all models, 
etc.)

The main difference between the release diskette and the working copy 
diskette is that the slushware level has been upgraded to version 422, 
the last known release version.  This version (or something close) is 
required for all bootable disks on DECmate III and III+.  The original 
OS/278 release contained slushware usable only on DECmate II.

Additionally, certain utilities have been added that aren't in the 
standard release, but are known to work from it.  An annotated directory 
follows:

 19-Jul-94

ABSLDR.SV 0070    6 23-Jan-84   Standard Release
CCL   .SV 0076   29 23-Jan-84   Standard Release
DIRECT.SV 0133    7 23-Jan-84   Standard Release
FOTP  .SV 0142    8 23-Jan-84   Standard Release
PIP   .SV 0152   14 23-Jan-84   Standard Release
SET   .SV 0170   28 23-Jan-84   Standard Release
DATE  .SV 0224    3 23-Jan-84   Standard Release
LOG   .SV 0227    4 23-Jan-84   Standard Release
SETUP .SV 0233    2 23-Jan-84   Standard Release
EDIT  .SV 0235   18 23-Jan-84   Standard Release
VERIFY.SV 0257    3 23-Jan-84   Standard Release
FORMAT.SV 0262    8 23-Jan-84   Standard Release
RTFLOP.SV 0272   17 23-Jan-84   Standard Release
WPFLOP.SV 0313   14 23-Jan-84   Standard Release
BATCH .SV 0331   10 23-Jan-84   Standard Release
PAL8  .SV 0343   19 23-Jan-84   Standard Release
CREF  .SV 0366   13 23-Jan-84   Standard Release
FUTIL .SV 0403   27 23-Jan-84   Standard Release
BITMAP.SV 0436    5 23-Jan-84   Standard Release
SRCCOM.SV 0443    5 23-Jan-84   Standard Release
HELP  .SV 0450    8 23-Jan-84   Standard Release
HELP  .HL 0460   62 23-Jan-84   Standard Release
MOUNT .SV 0556   25 23-Jan-84   Standard Release
BOOT  .SV 0607   24 23-Jan-84   Standard Release
FIXDIR.SV 0637   30 23-Jan-84   Standard Release
MENU  .SV 0675    3 23-Jan-84   Standard Release
EDTHLP.TX 0700   26 23-Jan-84   Standard Release
NOTES .TX 0732   14 23-Jan-84   Standard Release
REMEM .SV 0750    5 31-May-87   CCL Remembrance Utility
DSKCPY.SV 0755   28 05-Oct-84   Copy disk 0 -> 1 Utility
TECO  .SV 1011   22 23-Sep-88   TECO V5
CMPARE.SV 1037    6 06-Oct-90   User-Written Compare Utility
ENCODE.SV 1045    6 12-Jul-92   Kermit-12 ENCODE Utility
DECODE.SV 1053    5 12-Jul-92   Kermit-12 DECODE Utility
ENBOO .SV 1060    4 12-Jul-92   Kermit-12 .BOO Encoder
DEBOO .SV 1064    4 12-Jul-92   Kermit-12 .BOO Decoder
K12MIT.SV 1070   33 06-Sep-90   Kermit-12 Standard Release
K24MIT.SV 1131   33 12-Jul-92   Kermit-12 2400 Baud
K96MIT.SV 1172   33 12-Jul-92   Kermit-12 9600 Baud
[ empty ] 1233  100

 100 Free blocks

The files that are not part of the standard release include a disk 0 to
disk 1 copy facility taken from an install diskette, the CCL remembrance
utility, an old version of TECO that essentially works on the incompatible
DECmate hardware due to coincidental quirks of its implementation, a
user-written file and absolute block compare utility, and a portion of the
Kermit-12 release in executable form.  This includes the .BOO and ENCODE
utilites enabling the user to acquire additional binary files from other
sources using Kermit-12's text-only file transfer mode, etc. 

cjl