Re: Sider (Xebec/Datamac SASI) drive and UCSD Pascal 1.1 (Apple Pascal)

[Hans Otten <nobody@yahoo.com>]

"John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

>In article <40C1576B.E24A585C@REMOVETHIScybertheque.org>,
> msg <msg@REMOVETHIScybertheque.org> wrote:
>
>> Thanks again Wayne for your efforts!
>> 
>> [...]
>> 
>> There must have been some additional installation code to prep
>> the Pascal volumes in some way to make them appear on-line to
>> Apple Pascal.
>
>I seem to recall a utility named SYSTEM.ATTACH that was used to 
>bind drivers to unit numbers. I used it with a RAM disk driver 
>and OKS Cache Card Pascal driver. It appeared on the volume 
>named APPLE4: with Pascal 1.3. Previously it had been sold by 
>Call-APPLE. Sadly, I can't find the docs, but it might be the 
>missing piece.
>

If you want doc's on system.attach, look at the book by Randy Hide:
http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~rhyde/psource.htm

A large appendix contains the official document on attaching devices.  Not
specific about the Sider though.

The book further explains a lot about UCSD and the Apple Pascal implementation.
It's often available on amazon.com  

Hans, http://www.hansotten.com