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CORVUS
Corvus Systems, Inc.
2100 Corvus Drive
San Jose, California 95124
(408) 559-7000
Telex 278976
20 August 1984
Dear Service Center,
There is a subtle, but very important, change to the 'Latest ROM
Releases' and the 'Current Software and Firmware Releases' in this
Update; a bold typeface is used to denote new items and italics to
denote changes from the previous list. The highlighting of
changes to the lists is a direct response to a request by a Service Center. We appreciate the suggestion and remind you that you
may send your comments or suggestions for the update to the Customer Service Update Editor.
There are several 'Hot' items this month. Pages 6 and 12 describe
software upgrades available from customer Service.
Ordering
information on the new Extended Limited warranties and an addendum to the Customer Service Price List are two other items which
should be of special interest to you.
In next month's issue there will be some tips on the Utility and
Printer Server operation.
A note here: When using the Printer
Server from an OmniDrive, it is necessary to initialize Pipes and
spool a file prior to turning on the Printer Server.
If this is
not done, the Printer Server may not find the pipes area.
,a~s,
cal
George lmarandos
Product Support Manager
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CORVUS
Corvus Systems, Inc.
2100 Corvus Drive
San Jose, California 95124
(408) 559-7000
Telex 278976
CUSTOMER SERVICE UPDATE 4.8
Letter from George Amarandos
Latest ROM Releases
Current Software and Firmware Releases
DEC Rainbo'w
Apple IIIIIe
Utility Server
IBM XT Mirror
Drive and Server Names and Passwords
Concept Buffered Floppy Interface Cards
Shugart Drives with IBM PCs and Zenith 150s
New Extended Limited Warranty Available
Customer Service Price List Addendum
20 AUGUST 1984
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C:ORVUS
Corvus Systems, Inc.
2100 Corvus Drive
San Jose, California 95124
(408) 559-7000
Telex 278976
20 AUGUST 1984
UPDATE VOLUME 4.8
LATEST ROM RELEASES
Note: Additions to the July 1984list are in bold face type. Changes to the July 1984 list are in italics.
Position
CONTROLl.ER ROMS
OmniDriveOmniDrive-Macintosh
ROM Code Firmware
Comments
Version
Version
FODR1.6
6801 MCV
V4
V24
ODCIOO
T9B
Boot PROM
6801 MCU
Logic Array
U4
U24
Ul5
MOD120
T9B
MCPALI
V62
C7.63
18.4AP
V31
C7.58
C8.58
18.4AP
V32'
F2
H2
C3.22
C4.22
18.4AP
VI05
VI03
BKB280
T9.B
FBNK4.3
Boot PROM
H·· Series Drives
6-MB Revision B Drives
lIl20-MB Revision B Drives
The Bank
On Diagnostic
diskette
OMNINET PERIPHERALS
Boot PROM
V3
6801 MCV
VI
DS9BID
T9.B
For use with Bank
and Multiple Servers
Boot PROM
V3
VI
DS18.A
8A
For use with Bank
6801 MCV
U3
VI
DS8A.A
8A
For use with H-Series
drives wlo Bank
Boot PROM
6801 MCU
U27
U15
CRB120S
T9.B
Boot PROM
V15
V5
AT 1.8
8A
For use with Canst I
U15
U5
ATB310
For use with Canst II
6801 MCV
Apple III
6801 MCV
V5
DEC Rainbow
EXT 6801 PROM
Disk Server
Disk Server
6801 MCV
Disk Server
Utility Server
Boot PROM
TRANSPORTER ROMS
Apple II
6801 MCV
Apple II
Boot PROM
T9.B
8A
6801 MCV
V16
V7
EXT9B
8A
IBMPCIXT
Boot PROM
6801 MCU
U36
U9
ITB150S
8A
TI Professional
Boot PROM
6801 MCU
U36
U9
TTB160
8A
Zenith Z100
6801 MCV
U8
1
8A
ROM Code
Position
Version
UIO
UI2
UIO
A4.7
IFBI50S
Firmware
Version
Comments
JlNTERFACE ROMS
Apple lIllIe
IBMPc/XT
Concept
A4.7
CONCEPT
Boot PROMs
Mapper PROM
U706
U7II
CCBO.7L
CCBO.7H
Rev A Processor
U706
U710
CCB1.7L
CCB1.7H
Rev B Processor
U309
CMO.4A
U24
M.BC240
MISCELLANEOUS
IBM XT Mirror Card
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CORVUS
Corvus Systems, Inc.
2100 Corvus Drive
San Jose, California 95124
(408) 559-7000
Telex 278976
20 AUGUST 1984
UPDATE VOLUME 4.8
CURRENT SOFTWARE AND FIRMWARE RELEASES
Note: Additions to the July 1984list are in bold face type. Changes to the July 1984list are in italics.
Computer
Apple Wile
Constellation
II
ApplellJlle
Constellation
I
Diskette
Firmware
Version
Software Date
Comments
FODR1.5
18.5
PascaI1.1/1.2
VOl 1
30 Apr84
FODR1.5
18.5
DOS3.3
Vol 1 &2
30 Apr84
FODR1.6
18.6
CP/M
Vol1 &3
Vol 2
30 Apr84
25 Jun84
FODR1.5
18.5
ProDOS
Vol 1 &2
14 Jun84
ConstUtils
Vol 1 &4
Vo12&3
25 Jun84
4 Jul84
Printer Server
Bank
11 Jun84
20 May 84
BASIC
Pascal Vol 1
PascalVol2
Pascal Diag
CP/M
CP/M 2.2
Pascal 1.1
Constellation
BASIC
Pascal
Remote Mirror
Utility Server
Disketteshare
DOS Utilities
Network Server
21
22
21
22
18.4AP
Nov82
Dec 82
Nov82
Dec82
Firmware versions given
are the lowest acceptable
version for use with that
operating system
All Drives except
OmniDrive
12 Jan83
12 Jan83
21 Nov82
21 Nov82
3 Dec82
30 Sep83
22 Aug83
22 Aug83
Apple III
18.4AP
CORII11
CORI1l2
CORII13
11 Mar83
11 Mar83
11 Mar 83
All Drives except
OmniDrive
Atari800
18.3
Vol 1 &2
14 Jan83
All Drives except
OmniDrive
3
Computer
Diskette
Firmware
Version
Software Date
Comments
Concept
8"
18.4AP
FBOOT
FSYSGEN
FDIAG
FCCSYS1
FCCSYS2
FCCSYS3
FCCSYS4
FPSYS
FPASCAL
FFORTRN
FLGICLC
FEDWORD
FCCLIB
FISYS1
FISYS2
FGRAPH
CP/M Emulator
CP/M Master
Printer Server
Bank Volume 1
Bank Volume 2
'C' Compiler
BASIC
FPAINT
1 Feb84
21 Mar84
1 Feb 84
21 Mar84
1 Feb84
1 Feb84
1 Feb84
1 Feb84
15 Feb84
15 Feb84
1 Feb84
1 Feb84
15 Feb84
1 Feb84
1 Feb84
1 Feb84
21 Jun83
20 Jun 83
30 Sep83
1 Feb84
1 Feb84
2 Jan84
2 Jan84
11 Dec83
All Drives
Concept
5.25"
18.4AP
FBOOT
FCCSYS1
FCCSYS2
FPSYS
FPASCAL
FFORTRN
FLGICLC
FISYS
FGRAPH
FPAINT
Bank
'C' Compiler
BASIC
1 Feb84
1 Feb84
1 Feb84
1 Feb84
1 Feb84
1 Feb84
1 Feb84
1 Feb84
1 Feb84
11 Dec83
1 Feb84
2 Jan84
2 Jan84
All Drives
DECLSI-11
(Flat-Cable Only)
CFLSI1.0
Vol 1 of 1
22 Aug 83
DEC Robin
17.3
Vol 1
Vol2
15 Nov 82
13 Apr83
Revision B Drives
DEC Robin
18.4
Vol1
Vol2
7 Dec 82
15 Nov 82
H-Series Drives
DEC Rainbow
CP/M 86/80
FODR1.4
Vol 1 &2
Vol3
24 May 84
22 Jun84
Omninet Only
All Drives
Vol 1
20 Apr84
Omninet Only
All Drives
MS-DOS 2.0
Printer Server
2 Nov 84
IBMPC/XT
DOS 2.)(
(Multiple Server Release)
FODR1.4
Vol 1 &2
Vo/3
Vol 4
23 Mar84
27 Apr84
17 Apr84
All Drives
IBMPC/XT
DOS 2.)(
18.4AP
VoI1,2&5
Vol3
Vol4
2 Aug 83
14 Sep83
6 Dec83
All Drives except
OmniDrive
IBMPC/XT
DOS 1.1
18.4AP
Vol1 &2
Vo13&4
22 Jul83
5 Aug 83
All Drives except
OmniDrive
4
Computer
Diskette
Firmware
Version
Comments
Software Date
IBM PC/XT
Printer Server
XT Mirror
Bank Diag
Transfer Utils
27
20
10
10
IBM XT OmniShare
Vo11-3
25 Jun84
Mar84
Jan84
Feb84
Feb84
DOS 1.1 or 2.X
NEC
17.3
Vol1
Vol2
15 Nov 82
1 Mar82
Revision B Drives
NEC
18.4
Vol1
Vol2
7 Dec 82
15 Nov82
H-Series Drives
Osborne
17.3
Vol1 &3
Vo12&4
17 Jan 83
29 Jul82
Revision B Drives
Osborne
18.4
Vol1 &3
Vo12&4
11 Jan 83
15 Nov83
H-Series Drives
S-100
CP/M2.2
17.3
Vol1
Vol2
30 Oet82
13 Apr82
Revision B Drives
S·100
CP/M2.2
18.4
Vol1
Vol2
7 Dec 82
29 Oct82
H-Series Drives
Sony
18.3
Vol1 &2
Mirror Utility
2 Nov 82
10 Jun 83
H-Series Drives
TI Professional
FODR1.4
18.4AP
Vol 1, 2. &2A
Vol 3
Vol 4
Printer Server
26
27
17
24
All Drives
TRS-80
Modell
18.4
Vol 1 &2
Vol3
21 Jul82
17 Jan83
All Drives except
OmniDrive
TRS-80
Modell!
17.3
Vol 1 &2
15 Nov 82
Revision B Drives
TRS-80
Modell!
18.4
Vol 1
Vol2
7 Dec 82
15 Nov 82
H-Series Drives
TRS-80
Model III
18.4
Vol 1 &2
Vol3
21 Jul82
17 Jan 83
All Drives except
OmniDrive
Xerox 820
5.25"
18.4
Vol1 &3
Vo12&4
15 Nov 82
17 Feb82
Revision B Drives
Xerox 820
8"
18.4
Vol 1
Vol2
15 Nov 82
17 Feb 82
Revision B Drives
Xerox 820
5.25"
18.4
Vol 1-4
15 Nov82
H-Series Drives
Xerox 820
8"
18.4
Vol 1 &2
15 Nov 82
H-Series Drives
ZenithZ89
17.3
Vol1
Vol 2·4
15 Nov 82
17 Feb82
Revision B Drives
ZenithZ89
18.4
Vol1
Vol 2-4
7 Dec82
15 Nov 82
H-5eries Drives
ZenithZ90
17.3
Vol1
Vol2
15 Nov 82
18May82
Revision B Drives
ZenithZ90
18.4
Vol1
Vol2
7 Dec82
15 Nov 82
H-Series Drives
ZenithZ100
CP/M
18.4AP
Vol 1 &4
Vo12&28
Vol 3
Vo15& 6
Printer Server
5 Apr84
22 Mar84
30 Mar84
20 Apr84
2 May 84
Omninet Only
All Drives
5
Mar84
Apr84
Apr84
Apr84
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CORVUS
Corvus Systems, Inc.
2100 Corvus Drive
San Jose, California 95124
(408) 559-7000
Telex 278976
20 AUGUST 1984
UPDATE VOLUME 4.8
DEC RAINBOW
The 24 May 1984 release of utilities for the DEC Rainbow contains errors in two areas:
I) A problem has been discovered when using the Mirror program to restore an image. The program will continue to run and never return to indicate a successful restore.
2) The Omninet driver may occassionally repon erroneous transmission failures. These will
appear to the user as OInninet Errors 80, 82, or 83.
Both items have been corrected with the release of the Omninet driver. A single diskette is availab!C'
from Customer Service at no charge. Specify Part Number 9000-00072-00 when ordering.
A separate item to note concerning the 24 May release of DEC Rainbow MS-DOS utilities: This
release is intended for Omninet installation; although flat cable operation may work, it is not
supported by Corvus.
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CoRVUS
Corvus Systems, Inc.
2100 Corvus Drive
San Jose, California 95124
(408) 559-7000
Telex 278976
UPDATE VOLUME 4.8
20 AUGUST 1984
APPLE lIllIe
When installing Constellation II on the Apple lIllIe, operating systems (Le. DOS 3.3 or Pascal) are
added after the drive has been "Sysgen-ed" for Constellation II use. If when installing an operating
system the "Modify Existing Drive" option does not allow the addition of the four Apple operating
systems (Le. the options are not displayed), the Transponer card is probably not installed in slot 6
per the instructions in the System Generation Guide. or the floppy interface card is not in slot 4.
Make the appropriate slot corrections and re-boot as A2MGR to install the desired operating system.
If the message "Corvus Volume Table Not Found" appears, the problem may be a non-standard
floppy controller or drive.
When using The Bank in conjunction with the Apple II under Constellation II, note that to format
a tape the Transponer card must be in slot 7. Attempting to use any other slot will cause the Apple
to jump into the machine language monitor when format is selected.
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CORVUS
Corvus Systems, Inc.
2100 Corvus Drive
San Jose, California 95124
(408) 559-7000
Telex 278976
20 AUGUST 1984
UPDATE VOLUME 4.8
UTILITY SERVER
This month two issues will be addressed concerning the Utility Server. One involves difficulty
installing the Printer Server software; the other, setting the time and date.
Numerous calls have been received from customers who are receiving Pascal "I/O Error #8" when
attempting to install the Printer Server software. Failing to correctly create the PSERVER volume
is normally the cause of this error. Instructions for creating the PSERVER volume can be found on
page 6 of the Utility Server Manager's Guide; Constellation II Printer Server (7100-04910).
Failure to correctly mount the PSERVER volume will result in the error message "I/O Error #9"
when attempting to "Update Utilities" from the Maintenance Manager. The error appears when
the update program fails to find either the Printer Server distribution diskette in the first available
floppy drive or the PSERVER volume is not on the required mount unit. Instructions are given in
step 5 on page 9 of the above mentioned Utility Server Manager's Guide.
The correct unit to mount volume PSERVER on by computer type is:
Apple II/IIe
11
DEC Rainbow
9
10
IBM PCIXT
Texas Instruments Professional 10
Zenith Z100
10
As the PSERVER volume must be mounted on the unit specified above, the availability of that unit
should be ascertained prior to mounting the volume. List the mounted volumes, and remount any
volume cUlTently mounted to the desired PSERVER unit.
Some users have reported difficulty in setting the time and date when using the Time Service portion
of the Utility Server Manager software.
In most cases the difficulty was caused by the incorrect setting of a DIP switch within the Utility
Server. Note that when position 8 of the DIP switch is "OFF" the time and date will be loaded
from the disk drive at power-on. When position 8 is "ON" the time and date will be loaded from
the internal clock chip.
It is recommended that once the time and date are loaded initially to the Utility Server, that position
8 be turned "ON" and that the server be left on to retain the current time and date.
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CORVIJS
Corvus Systems, Inc.
2100 Corvus Drive
San Jose, California 95124
(408) 559-7000
Telex 278976
20 AUGUST 1984
UPDATE VOLUME 4.8
IBM XT MIRROR
Some users have reported that when attempting to back-up using the XT Mirror card for the first
time the computer "hangs~' The problem has been traced to the incorrect setting of jumper "E I "
on the XT Mirror card. (The jumper is located on the lower portion of the card between ICs U I 9
and U20). This jumper should be installed either on position A or position B, but not both. A
number of cards were shipped from Corvus with both positions jumpered. For proper operation
these cards should be checked before use.
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CoRVUS
Corvus Systems, Inc.
2100 Corvus Drive
San Jose, California 95124
(408) 559-7000
Telex 278976
UPDATE VOLUME 4.8
20 AUGUST 1984
DRIVE AND SERVER NAMES AND PASSWORDS
The April 1984 Service Update detailed a procedure to alter the names and passwords of both the
disk server and disk drive. Following the use of the FIXIT program to modify drive or server names,
or passwords, the users' attributes must be modified using Constellation II utilities to reflect the
changes made.
It should be noted that with the release of multiple server software an additional step is now
required to specify the "Home Server:'
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CoRVUS
Corvus Systems, Inc.
2100 Corvus Drive
San Jose, California 95124
(408) 559-7000
Telex 278976
20 AUGUST 1984
UPDATE VOLUME 4.8
CONCEPT BUFFERED FLOPPY INTERFACE CARDS
Several calls have been received from customers who have removed jumpers which are installed
on the buffered floppy interface and subsequently could not use the interface card.
The correct jumper settings are as follows:
5 114" Double Sided Drive
EI -
B & C
E3 E5 E7 -
Jumpered
Jumpered
Jumpered
EIO -- B & C
EII--B&C
8" Double Sided Drive
EI -
A & B
E2 E5 E6 -
Jumpered
Jumpered
Jumpered
EIO--A&B
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CORVUS
Corvus Systems, Inc.
2100 Corvus Drive
San Jose, California 95124
(408) 559-7000
Telex 278976
20 AUGUST 1984
UPDATE VOLUME 4.8
SHUGART DRIVES WITH IBM PC'S AND ZENITH 150'S
IBM PC and Zenith 150 users with Shugart floppy disk drives have been unable to initialize their
Corvus disk drives. This is the result of a slower step rate used by Shugart. To rectify this problem,
a new set of CORMS diskettes has been released. These are CORMS21 and CORMS22, part number
9000-0070-00. This 3 August release is available through Customer Service as a no-charge upgrade
to users who have previously purchased this Corvus software.
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Corvus Systems, Inc.
2100 Corvus Drive
San Jose, California 95124
(408) 559-7000
Telex 278976
UPDATE VOLUME 4.8
20 AUGUST 1984
NEW EXTENDED LIMITED WARRANTY AVAILABLE
A new Extended Limited Warranty package is available (United States only). All Corvus products
may be covered, and at more attractive prices. Coverage may be purchased for a period of 6 or 24
months and is renewable; there is no longer a 30-month limitation on warranty coverage. Each
Warranty Agreement can be tailored to the individual customer's needs which eliminates the need
to stock product-specific warranties.
Further details on the new Extended Limited Warranty (Part Number 7100-06531-01) are available
from Corvus Customer Service Administration at 408-559-5229.
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CORVUS
Corvus Systems, Inc.
2100 Corvus Drive
San Jose, California 95124
(408) 559-7000
Telex 278976
20 AUGUST 1984
UPDATE VOLUME 4.8
CUSTOMER SERVICE PRICE LIST ADDENDUM
The prices below are additions or changes to the "Corvus Customer Service Administration Manual
Supplement:' June 1984, Part Number 7100-06176-0 I. Price changes shall be effective 20 September
1984.
Customer Service Retail Price Schedule
Description
H-Series Power Supply
SNA Gateway Parts
NCPanel
Power Supply
Memory Board
Controller
Processor PCA
Part Number
Retail
Dealer
Service
8010-09322
235.00
188.00
164.55
C
8010-08091
8010-08522
8010-08737
8010-10350
8010-10 III
82.00
355.00
1645.00
290.00
835.00
65.60
284.00
1316.00
232.00
668.00
57.45
248.50
1151.50
203.00
584.50
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Customer Service Exchange Price Schedule
Description
Non-Etched Monitor
SNA Gateway Parts
NCPanel
Power Supply
Memory Board
Controller
Processor PCA
C - Price Change
A-Newltem
Part Number
Retail
Dealer
Service
8010-08082
805.00
644.00
563.50
8010-08091
8010-08522
8010-08737
8010-10350
8010-10111
60.00
265.00
1234.00
215.00
630.00
48.00
212.00
988.00
172.00
504.00
42.00
185.50
863.80
150.50
441.00
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