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Refentries for CoCo OS-9 commands
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1 <refentry id="iniz">
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2 <refnamediv>
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3 <refname>INIZ</refname>
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4 <refpurpose>Initialize a device.</refpurpose>
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5 </refnamediv>
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7 <refsynopsisdiv>
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8 <cmdsynopsis>
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9 <command>INIZ</command>
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10 <arg choice="opt">
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11 <option>devicename [...]</option>
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12 </arg>
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13 </cmdsynopsis>
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14 </refsynopsisdiv>
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16 <refsect1><title>Description</title>
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18 <para>
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19 Links the specified device to OS-9, places the device addres in a new device
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20 table entry, allocates the memory needed by the device driver, and calls
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21 the device driver initialization routine. If the device is already
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22 installed, INIZ does not reinitialize it.
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23 </para>
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24 <para>
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25 Options:
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26 </para>
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27 <para>
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28 devicename is the name of the device drivere you want to
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29 initialize. Specify as many device drivers as you
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30 wish with one INIZ command.
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31 </para>
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32 <para>
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33 Notes:
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34 </para>
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35 <para>
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36 You can use Iniz in the startup file or at the system startup to initialize
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37 devices and allocate their static storage at the top of memory (to reduce
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38 memory fragmentation).
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39 </para>
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40 <para>
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41 Example:
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42 </para>
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43 <screen>
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44 INIZ P T2 [ENTER]
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45 </screen>
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46 <para>
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47 initializes the P (printer) and T2 (terminal 2) devices.
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48 </para>
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49 </refsect1>
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50 </refentry>
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