changeset 1017:c9b63a3c0a17

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author boisy
date Tue, 04 Mar 2003 20:47:34 +0000
parents df32e1597294
children c76af1cfbc9e
files docs/nitros9guide/chap1.chapter docs/nitros9guide/chap2.chapter docs/nitros9guide/chap3.chapter
diffstat 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/docs/nitros9guide/chap1.chapter	Tue Mar 04 20:37:43 2003 +0000
+++ b/docs/nitros9guide/chap1.chapter	Tue Mar 04 20:47:34 2003 +0000
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 <section>
 <title>What You Need to Run OS-9</title>
 <para>
-&os9level; &os9version; has been tailored to run on the &make;. To use it you'll need the following things:
+This version of &os9level; runs on the &make;. To use it you'll need the following:
 </para>
 <itemizedlist mark="bullet">
-  <listitem><para>A &minmem; &make; </para></listitem>
-  <listitem><para>A Disk Drive With Contoller Cartridge</para></listitem>
-  <listitem><para>An OS-9 &make; System Disk</para></listitem>
+  <listitem><para>&minmem; &make; </para></listitem>
+  <listitem><para>Disk Drive With Contoller Cartridge</para></listitem>
+  <listitem><para>&os9level; System Disk</para></listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
 <para>
 OS-9 is also ready to use the following optional equipment that you
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@
 <itemizedlist mark="bullet">
   <listitem><para>Additional Floppy Disk Drives</para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>SCSI or IDE Hard Drives</para></listitem>
-  <listitem><para>Printers and Serial Ports</para></listitem>
-  <listitem><para>Game Joysticks</para></listitem>
+  <listitem><para>Printers and Modems</para></listitem>
+  <listitem><para>Additional Serial Ports</para></listitem>
+  <listitem><para>Joysticks and Mice</para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Other OS-9 Compatible Languages and Software</para></listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
 
@@ -92,8 +93,8 @@
 keep track of the date and time of creation of new files and disks.
 Enter the current date and time in the format requested like this:
 <screen>
-            yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
-     Time?  2003 03 01 14 20
+             yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
+     Time ?  2003 03 01 14 20
 </screen>
 In the example above, the date entered was March 1, 2003. OS-9
 uses 24-hour time so the date entered was 1420 hours or 2:20 PM.
@@ -205,8 +206,8 @@
 
 <screen>
 COLOR COMPUTER FORMATTER
-FORMAT DRIVE /D0
-Y (YES) OR N (NO)
+Formatting drive /d0
+y (yes) or n (no)
 Ready?
 </screen>
 
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@
 type:
 </para>
 <screen>
-FORMAT /D1
+format /d1
 </screen>
 <para>
 WHEN THE BLANK DISK IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE, type &quot;Y&quot;, then &quot;ENTER&quot;.
@@ -269,14 +270,14 @@
 The BACKUP program will respond with
 </para>
 <screen>
-Ready to BACKUP from /D0 to /D0 (or /D1) ?
+Ready to backup from /d0 to /d1?
 </screen>
 <para>
 Now enter Y  for yes. It will then ask:
 </para>
 <screen>
 X is being scratched
-OK ?:
+Ok ?:
 </screen>
 <para>
 Answer &quot;Y&quot; for yes again, and the BACKUP process should begin.
--- a/docs/nitros9guide/chap2.chapter	Tue Mar 04 20:37:43 2003 +0000
+++ b/docs/nitros9guide/chap2.chapter	Tue Mar 04 20:47:34 2003 +0000
@@ -216,12 +216,12 @@
 <screen>
 DIR [filename] [-e] [-x]                   dir myfiles -e
 </screen>
-List names of files contained in a directory. If the &quot;x&quot; option is
+List names of files contained in a directory. If the &quot;-x&quot; option is
 used the files in the current <emphasis>execution</emphasis>
 directory are listed,
 othervise, if no directory name is given, the current
 <emphasis>data</emphasis> directory will be listed.
-The &quot;e&quot; option selects the long format
+The &quot;-e&quot; option selects the long format
 which shows detailed information about each file.
 <screen>
 FREE devicename                            free /d1
--- a/docs/nitros9guide/chap3.chapter	Tue Mar 04 20:37:43 2003 +0000
+++ b/docs/nitros9guide/chap3.chapter	Tue Mar 04 20:47:34 2003 +0000
@@ -781,14 +781,14 @@
 attributes of the files in the current working directory is:
 </para>
 <screen>
-   Directory of . 10:20:44
+   Directory of .   2003/03/04 10:20
 
-Owner Last Modified     Attributes Sector Bytecount Name
+Owner  Last Modified    Attributes Sector Bytecount Name
 ----- ----------------- ---------- ------ --------- ----
-   1  2002/05/29 14:02   --e--e-r       47        42 file1
-   0  2002/10/12 02:15   ---wr-wr       48        43 file2
-   3  2002/04/29 23:35   -s----wr       51        22 file3
-   1  2003/01/06 16:19   d--wr-wr       6D       800 NEWDIR
+   1  2002/05/29 14:02   --e--e-r      47        42 file1
+   0  2002/10/12 02:15   ---wr-wr      48        43 file2
+   3  2002/04/29 23:35   -s----wr      51        22 file3
+   1  2003/01/06 16:19   d-ewrewr      6D       800 NEWDIR
 </screen>
 
 <para>
@@ -990,12 +990,7 @@
 <section>
 <title>Directory Files</title>
 <para>
-Directory files play a key role in the OS-9 file system.
-Sections 3.3 through 3.7 of this chapter describe how they are used by
-various OS-9 features.
-</para>
-<para>
-Directory files can only be created by the &quot;makdir&quot; command, and
+Directory files play a key role in the OS-9 file system.  They can only be created by the &quot;makdir&quot; command, and
 can be identified by the &quot;d&quot; attribute being set (see 3.8.1). The
 file is organized into 32-byte records. Each record can be a
 directory entry. The first 29 bytes of the record is a string of