TAMS HP BASIC/WS 6.4 Install Notes
You’re ready to upgrade your BASIC/WS system. Congratulations! It may have been a long while since you last did this, so we thought we would give you a simple review.
Trying out BASIC/WS 6.4: Using the autostart process
The easiest way to try out the product is to boot from the diskettes. Insert the SYSTEM diskette into a floppy drive attached to your current workstation, and turn on the power.
Hit the space bar to interrupt the automatic boot. Make note of the boot ROM revision.
Now wait for the system to complete its search for bootable files. You will be looking for SYSTEM_B64. Type in the two-character code in front of it, and press ENTER.
BASIC will boot and begin an autostart (AUTOST) program that will scan the local hardware and then load driver binaries and the most popular option binaries into memory. We recommend that you allow the to run its course. It will not do anything to your hard drive.
If the autostart program encounters a problem, such as not enough memory to load all the options, no lasting harm will be done. Simply turn the system off and start over. There is a slight pause between booting and the autostart execution, so if the autostart fails, start over and this time hit the stop key after you see that BASIC has booted.
STORING YOUR SYSTEM ON THE HARD DRIVE
There are two ways to put the new revision of BASIC/WS on your hard drive. You can do it manually, or use the HFS utility.
Storing Manually
The most direct way to put the new version of BASIC onto your hard drive is to boot from the floppies, go through the autostart process, and then MSI over to the root directory of your hard drive, catalog to make sure you are in the right place, and execute the STORE SYSTEM command.
For example, if you have a 382 with its drive at SCSI address 6, after booting from the new floppies, execute:
MSI ":,1406"
CAT (to check to see that you are where you want to be)
STORE SYSTEM "SYSTEM_B64"
NAMING RULES: In order to store a usable system file, you must use a name that your boot ROM will recognize as a bootable system. If you have a boot ROM revision 1.0 or 2.0, the system file must begin with SYSTEM_ followed by 1 to 3 characters. If you have Boot ROM revision 3.0 or A.0 or later, you have more flexibility. System files need only start with SYS instead of SYSTEM_; this allows you to use up to 7 letters for identification.
Storing with the HFS Utility
Another way to install the new version of BASIC/WS is to use the HFS Utility. This utility will allow you to view drives that are available, format a new drive if desired, and copy the system and binaries onto the hard drive.
After you boot BASIC, insert the HFS UTILITIES diskette into the same drive that you booted from, and execute:
LOAD "DISC_UTIL"
Press RUN and you will have a choice of options. Read the screen carefully as you complete the steps.
Have the program show all on-line mass storage devices. Highlight your hard drive, and press (return). You will now see a catalog, and will see whether the disk is formatted with the LIF or HFS file system. If your hard drive is shown as having an HFS file system, you may use the utility to store a copy of the binaries as well as the bootable system onto the hard drive. Go back to the main menu, and choose the option of storing system and binaries onto the drive. You will select the hard drive as the destination and the flexible drive as the source.
Test booting from the hard drive
After you have stored the system on the hard drive, remove the floppy. Cycle the power and again hit the space bar as the system test is underway. Now look for your new system on the hard drive, and boot it by typing the two or three digit code that corresponds, and hit return.
Which BASIC version is running?
The boot screen will show version 6.4 when the system boots. If the boot screen is no longer visible, you can identify the version of BASIC that is running by executing:
SYSTEM$("VERSION:BASIC")
Custom Systems (optional)
The autostart program that came on the SYSTEM diskette created a typical BASIC with binaries that are the most commonly used. It did not load all of the available binaries. If you have need of other binaries, use the LIST BIN command to see what is already loaded; use the LOAD BIN command to add more binaries, and then you may store your custom system.
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