rgt%a@LANL.ARPA (Richard Thomsen) (10/17/85)
D. E. Rogers: DEC sells three manual sets for the Rainbow, each one is (I believe) about $75. I do not know why DEC does not include any data with its systems unless you buy the manual set, but that is what they do. If you want to know ANYTHING about the operating systems (other than the most basic stuff), you must buy the manual set. I could not even use MS-DOS DEBUG without the manual set. The manuals are as follows: CP/M Technical Documentation Manual MS-DOS Technical Documentation Manual Rainbow 100B/100+ Technical Documentation Manual. The CP/M and MS-DOS manuals contain data on the operating systems, and the other one is for the hardware itself. The hardware manual includes complete specs on the boards, connectors, memory map, etc. The operating system manuals give only memory maps for the operating system itself and the interrupts they use, plus BIOS listings, etc. All are from DECDIRECT. When I bought mine, they sent the manuals for the 100A, not the 100B. It took me quite a while to get the right ones. I hope that they have that corrected by now. If not, and you get the wrong manuals, you only have 30 days to correct the mistake. Richard Thomsen rgt@lanl CP/M is a trademark of DRI MS-DOS is a trademark of Microsoft DEC, Rainbow 100A, 100B, 100+, and DECDIRECT are trademarks of DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) Did I forget any?