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Chapter 7 Disk Definition Tables
DISK PARAMETER TABLE FORMAT ............................. 7-1
DISK DEFINITION TABLES ...................................... 7-7
PHYSICAL AND LOGICAL STRUCTURES
FOR FLOPPY DISKETTES ........................................ 7-11
Chapter 8 CP /M-86 Bootstrap and Adaptation Procedures
THE COLD START LOAD OPERATION.. .. .. . . .. .. . . .. .. .. . .. .. .. 8-2
ORGANIZATION OF CPM.SYS. . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. 8-4
Chapter 9 GSX-86: Graphics for the APC
WHAT IS GSX-86................................................. 9-1
GSX-86 and Application Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9-1
GSX-86 and Graphics Products... . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. 9-2
USING GSX-86 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9-2
Setting Up GSX-86 ............................................ 9-2
Updating the Assignment Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9-3
Device Drivers ............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9-4
Invoking GSX-86 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9-6
Warm Starts and Cold Starts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9-6
OVERVIEW OF GRAPHICS SYSTEM EXTENSION STRUCTURE .... 9-6
GSX-86 Architecture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9-6
Memory Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9-7
THE GRAPHICS DEVICE OPERATING SYSTEM (GDOS) ........... 9-8
Virtual Device Interface (VDI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9-9
Normalized Device Coordinates ................................. 9-10
G DOS Opcodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9-11
THE GRAPHICS INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM (GIOS) ................. 9-44
Creating a GIOS File ........................................... 9-44
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