PLEASE READ THIS
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I have done my best to bring NovaDOS up to professional standards and feel 
that although some work still remains to be done on it, it is a significant 
contender in the currrent field of CP/M operating systems.  It is almost 
totally unique in one respect.  IT IS DISTRIBUTED FREE IN SOURCE FORM FOR 
ALL TO USE AND ENJOY.  In this respect, it suffers from the stigma of "what 
you get is what you pay for".  I would like to suggest that with NovaDOS as 
with other good public domain software, WHAT YOU GET IS WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT. 
I labor on this piece of software from time to time with a compulsion which 
precludes food and sleep because I enjoy it and want to make it as versatile 
and bug-free as possible.  In this I depend everyone who has problems or 
questions with NovaDOS to communicate them with me.  It is largely through 
feedback from other NovaDOS users that I progress from good to better.  
EVERYONE WHO USES NOVADOS IS A BETA TESTER, and the only obligation which I 
place on you for your use of the program is that you DO communicate to me 
any problems or suggestions which you have. 

My thanks to Phil Newman, who has already contributed to this incarnation of 
P2DOS as NovaDOS as he did also for Ben Ho who upgraded it to SuprBDOS.

Lindsay Haisley
14206 Spreading Oaks Drive
Leander, TX  78641
(512) 259-1190   vox
(512) 444-8691   RBBS/RCPM (Z-node 77)

Both Jay Sage's Z-Node 3 ((617) 695-7259) and  Z-node 77 here in Texas have 
directory areas devoted to NovaDOS.  Updates, new versions and accessory 
software may appear from time to time in these locations for your 
downloading.

                               Forge Ahead ..........   Lindsay


Release I is in two libraries.  NOVADOSI.LBR contains run time code, 
sources and documentation for NovaDOS itself while NVDSUTIL.LBR contains 
several utilities which run under NovaDOS and provide service for it.  
Please watch for additional or improved utilitiesd which will be posted
under filenames of the form NDUTLxxx.LBR.

Files in this library:
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The following four files are documentation.  If you already have NovaDOS,
read the UPD file for relevant information on the new version.  The WS 
file has been updated from the DOC file to reflect changes in release H.

NOVADOS.WS		Documentation for NovaDOS
NOVADOS.FOR		A breif abstract on NovaDOS for RCPM use
NOVADOS.HIS		A history of NovaDOS
RELEAS-I.UPD		Improvements, bug fixes in recent releases.

If you are running Z34 with NZCOM you can use NOVADOS.ZRL immediately.
Unlike the version of the ZRL file in release G, this one is truly generic
and should run on any Z80 machine running ZCPR34.

NOVADOS.ZRL		Assembled NovaDOS for use with NZ-COM or JetLDR
MAKENVDS.COM		Self-generating BIN file

The following files are all necessary components of the source for NovaDOS.
Normallly the only file which will need editing is NDOSHDR.LIB which con-
tains the configuration options for NovaDOS.

NDOSHDR.LIB		User equates for configuring NovaDOS
NVDS.Z80		Source code for NovaDOS
NVDS-1.Z80			  "
NVDS-2.Z80			  "     
NVDS-3.Z80			  "
NVDS-4.Z80			  "
Z34CMN.LIB		Common block library for assembly for NZ-COM and JetLDR


Files in NVDSUTIL.LBR:
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DOSPATH manages the NovaDOS path, not the path facility.  Paths can be 
defined at any number of locations in memory.  It is up to the user or
other software to set the path address using NovaDOS function 42.

DOSPATH.COM		NovaDOS path manager
DOSPATH.Z80		Source for DOSpath
DOSPATH3.DOC		Documentation for DOSpath

PUBLIC sets and resets the public files attribute on files on disk.  It does
not change the public files facility within NovaDOS.

PUBLIC.COM		Public files manager
PUBLIC.DOC		Documentation for the public files manager
PUBLIC.SRC		Source for PUBLIC.COM

PFILE manages the public files facility within NovaDOS, enabling or dis-
abling the feature and setting public files R/W or R/O.

PFILE.COM		Public file facility utility
PFILE.Z80		Source code for PFILE.COM

FBOOT sets and resets flags bit 5 which controls the relogging of permanent
media on a function 13 call.  If the bit is reset, warm boot time is reduced
considerably.  See the manual for a full discussion.

FBOOT.COM		Facility to set/reset flags bit 5
FBOOT.Z80		Source for FBOOT.COM

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