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Refentries for CoCo OS-9 commands
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| 1 <refentry id="iniz"> | |
| 2 <refnamediv> | |
| 3 <refname>INIZ</refname> | |
| 4 <refpurpose>Initialize a device.</refpurpose> | |
| 5 </refnamediv> | |
| 6 | |
| 7 <refsynopsisdiv> | |
| 8 <cmdsynopsis> | |
| 9 <command>INIZ</command> | |
| 10 <arg choice="opt"> | |
| 11 <option>devicename [...]</option> | |
| 12 </arg> | |
| 13 </cmdsynopsis> | |
| 14 </refsynopsisdiv> | |
| 15 | |
| 16 <refsect1><title>Description</title> | |
| 17 | |
| 18 <para> | |
| 19 Links the specified device to OS-9, places the device addres in a new device | |
| 20 table entry, allocates the memory needed by the device driver, and calls | |
| 21 the device driver initialization routine. If the device is already | |
| 22 installed, INIZ does not reinitialize it. | |
| 23 </para> | |
| 24 <para> | |
| 25 Options: | |
| 26 </para> | |
| 27 <para> | |
| 28 devicename is the name of the device drivere you want to | |
| 29 initialize. Specify as many device drivers as you | |
| 30 wish with one INIZ command. | |
| 31 </para> | |
| 32 <para> | |
| 33 Notes: | |
| 34 </para> | |
| 35 <para> | |
| 36 You can use Iniz in the startup file or at the system startup to initialize | |
| 37 devices and allocate their static storage at the top of memory (to reduce | |
| 38 memory fragmentation). | |
| 39 </para> | |
| 40 <para> | |
| 41 Example: | |
| 42 </para> | |
| 43 <screen> | |
| 44 INIZ P T2 [ENTER] | |
| 45 </screen> | |
| 46 <para> | |
| 47 initializes the P (printer) and T2 (terminal 2) devices. | |
| 48 </para> | |
| 49 </refsect1> | |
| 50 </refentry> | |
| 51 |