erkyrath.infocom-zcode-terps/create/ibm.rno

.c;FORMATTING DISKS FOR THE IBM PC & TI PROFESSIONAL
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1.  Put the working disk in the left-hand drive (drive A) and turn on the
power. (The machine may take as long as a minute to come on.)
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2.  Enter the date and time or simply hit Return twice to bypass.
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3.  You will see a prompt that looks like "A>".  Type "Format b:"
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4.  Place a blank disk in the right-hand drive (drive B).
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5.  Hit any key to begin the formatting process.
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6.  When the formatting process is complete, you will be asked if you wish to
format another disk.  If you do, type "Y" and go to step four.
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NOTE:  Disks must be formatted on the machine for which the master is
being made.  The procedure is the same for both machines, however.

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.C;CREATING AN IBM/TI CREATE DISK FOR A NEW GAME
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1. Put the disk labelled "working disk" in Drive A (the left-hand
drive) of the IBM PC.
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2. Turn on the IBM PC's power (the switch is on the right-side of the
CPU).
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3. Enter the date or type Return twice to bypass it.
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4. You will see the "A>" prompt. Type "DISKCOPY A: B:".
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5. Put any existing create disk in Drive A.  Put any blank disk (it
doesn't have to be formatted) in Drive B (the right-hand drive).
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6. Hit any key to start the copying procedure.
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7. When the screen says "copy completed", remove the disk from Drive B
and label it as the IBM/TI Create Disk for the new game.

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.c;TRANSFERRING A GAME FROM THE DEC-20 TO THE IBM PC
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NOTE:  Copying a game to the IBM is a two-step process.  The first step is
transferring the game file to the create disk.  The second step is making a
game disk from the create disk.
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NOTE:  IBM masters and TI masters are both made on the IBM PC from the
same create disk. The only difference is step 20. In other words, to
make masters of a game for both machines, you would only have to TFTP
from the DEC-20 once.
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1.  Put the working disk in the left-hand drive (drive A).  This is the
disk which says "working disk" AND NOTHING ELSE.
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2.  Put the create disk for that game in the right-hand drive (drive B).
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3.  Plug the TN20 line into the back of the IBM.
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4.  Turn on the IBM.
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5.  Enter the date and time or simply hit Return twice to bypass it.
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6.  You will get a prompt that looks like "A>".  Type "B:"
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7.  You will get a prompt that looks like "B>".  Type "erase game.zip".
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8.  When the prompt reappears, type "a:basica tftp/s:512/c:512".
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9.  You will be asked for the name of a file.  Type "game.zip".
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10. Type control-right-brace as instructed.  The IBM is now waiting to
receive the file from the DEC-20.
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11. Go to a DEC-20 terminal and follow the instructions for running TN20.
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12. When the transfer is complete, go to the IBM and type
control-right-brace as instructed.
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13. Type "system".
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14. The "B>" prompt will appear. Type "A:".
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15. You are now ready to begin phase two, making the game disk from the master
disk.  When you see the "A>" prompt, remove the working disk from drive A.
Take the create disk from drive B and put it in drive A. Put a blank,
formatted disk in drive B.
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16. If you are making an IBM master, type "create".  If you are making a
TI master, type "ticreate".  The copying process will take about a minute.
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17. When the copying process is complete, remove the create disk.  Put the
newly-created game disk in drive A and boot it (by hitting the CTRL, ALT, and
DEL keys at the same time).  When the game prompt appears, test it by typing
"$verify".  The verification process should take about a minute.

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.C;HOW TO BOOT DISKS ON THE IBM PC
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1. Put the game disk in the left-hand drive, Drive A.
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2. Turn on the power (the large red-orange toggle switch on the
right-hand side of the CPU).  If the color monitor is attached instead
of the regular monitor, you will have to turn that on as well.
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3. Wait a little while. The IBM PC will take up to a minute to come on,
depending on how much memory is hooked up.
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4. If no back-up copy has been made of the game disk, you will be asked
if you want to make it at this point. Type "N".
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5. If there is no write-protect sticker on the disk, you will be asked
to put one on. These are the silver-colored peel-off squares. Put one
over the notch on the upper-right corner of the disk.
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6. The game should appear almost instantly.
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7. To boot another disk, you don't need to turn the power off and on
again. Just put the new disk in Drive A. Then hit the keys labelled
CTRL, ALT, and DEL at the same time. (These keys are in the lower left
and lower right corners of the keyboard). The new disk will boot almost
instantly.

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.C;HOW TO BOOT DISKS ON THE TI PROFESSIONAL
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1. Put the game disk in the left-hand drive, Drive A.
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2. Turn on the TI power using the toggle switch on the right side of the
CPU. The game will boot in a matter of seconds.