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Does anyone have the Xtal System 5 manual?

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 3:03 pm
by Lardo Boffin
There is a manual up for sale on eBay and I wondered if anyone had already scanned it?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363770477821 ... media=COPY

If not I will buy it and scan it.

Re: Does anyone have the Xtal System 5 manual?

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 3:24 pm
by MikeDHalliday
Sure. it is already scanned as PDF on my file server

http://tatungeinstein.hopto.org/8-bit/T ... manual.zip

It looks like its an earlier revision maybe?

Mike.

Re: Does anyone have the Xtal System 5 manual?

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 4:00 pm
by Lardo Boffin
Thanks Mike - saved me a fiver!

Re: Does anyone have the Xtal System 5 manual?

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 8:12 pm
by retrogamer
System 5 (1985) has DOS version 2 that is faster (using skewed sectors) and allows larger disc formats (up to 786k formatted).

In June 1987 System 5 was apparently upgraded to DOS version 2.05. Has anyone come across this upgraded version of the DOS?

The COPY.COM supplied with the original System 5 was different from earlier versions and should be version 1.4. Has anyone come across this later version of COPY.COM?

Re: Does anyone have the Xtal System 5 manual?

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 7:04 am
by MikeDHalliday
There are lots of System 5 versions here

http://tatungeinstein.hopto.org/8-bit/T ... ftware/os/

Maybe one is the updated version?

Mike.