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AST RESEARCH, INC. TECHNICAL BULLETIN #0604 01-29-90
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AST DOS 3.3 AND IBM PC SUPPORT INSTALL UTILITY
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The IBM AS/400 PC Support Install utility Release 1.02 Level 00 does not work
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on a PC which uses MS-DOS instead of PC-DOS. The following is a method that
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may be used to install the AS/400 PC Support software on an MS-DOS system
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that has an AT-style bus and uses the IBM 5250 Enhanced Adapter card. If
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using an Enhanced AST-5251/11, Enhanced AST-5251/11 Plus or Enhanced AST-
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5251/11A Plus Adapter card, use the AST Twinax Adapter Handler for AS/400 PC
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Support and its documentation.
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This method assumes that the user is using two 360k diskettes on which to
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install the PC Support system. If the user is using a hard disk or diskettes
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with higher capacity, all of the files may be put on the single disk in a
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single subdirectory.
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1. FORMAT THE DISKS:
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Format the first working disk and install the operating system on it.
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Label the disk AS/400 PC SUPPORT, FIRST WORKING DISK. An example of the
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command to use for formatting:
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format a: /s
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Format the second disk without the operating system. Label the disk
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AS/400 PC SUPPORT, SECOND WORKING DISK. An example of the command to use
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for formatting:
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format a:
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Copy COMMAND.COM onto the second disk root directory.
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2. CREATE CONFIG.SYS:
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Using a text editor such as edlin, create a CONFIG.SYS file in the root
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directory on the first working disk which contains the following lines:
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device=\pcs\eimpcs.sys
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device=\pcs\ecyddx.sys
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device=\pcs\fsdd.sys
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files=15
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3. CREATE PCS SUBDIRECTORY:
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On each working disk, create a PCS subdirectory using the command:
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mkdir \PCS
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4. CREATE CONFIG.PCS:
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This file is used by the PC Support system to get information on the
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"name" of the PC, the "name" of the host AS/400 and the station address
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that should be used to communicate to the AS/400. The CONFIG.PCS file
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should be created with a text editor and placed in the PCS subdirectory
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of the second working disk. Typical contents are:
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RTYP 5250
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RTLN APPN.Pcname
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EMLI Hostname,2
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Pcname is the name of the PC you are using. Each PC connected to the
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AS/400 via PC Support should have a different name. Hostname is the name
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that was given to the host AS/400 when setting up the system. The number
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2 indicates station address 2 is to be used to connect to the AS/400.
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This number ranges from 0 to 6 and should be unique for each station on a
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single twinax cable.
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5. CREATE PCS.BAT FILE:
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This batch file is used to start the AS/400 PC Support system. Using a
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text editor create a pcs.bat file on the second working disk in the root
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directory which contains the following lines:
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[d:]* \PCS\E5250AH
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[d:]* \PCS\STARTRTR \PCS\CONFIG.PCS
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[d:]* \PCS\FSPC ASSIGN I: QIWSFLR
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I:PCSUPDT I:\ \PCS
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I:STARTMSG \PCS\CONFIG.PCS
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I:VPRT
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I:WSF /T
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IF ERRORLEVEL 20 GOTO DONE
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IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 10 GOTO WORKSTRT
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I:STARTWSF 1
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:WORKSTRT
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I:PCO \PCS\CONFIG.PCS
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:DONE
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* Drive letter should designate drive where PCS subdirectory exists.
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This batch file may be customized to start only those features of PC
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Support that are desired.
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6. COPY THE FILES FROM THE IBM DISTRIBUTION DISKS TO WORKING DISKS:
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Copy the files from the IBM Distribution Disks to the subdirectory \PCS
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on the working disks using the DOS copy command. For example:
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copy a:eimpcs.sys b:\pcs\eimpcs.sys
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From IBM Distribution Disk 1 to working disk 1 subdirectory \PCS copy:
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EIMPCS.SYS
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ECYDDX.SYS
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FSDD.SYS
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From IBM Distribution Disk 1 to working disk 2 subdirectory \PCS copy:
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E5250AH.COM
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FSPC.EXE
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FSPC.HLP
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XXRTRS.MRI
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From IBM Distribution Disk 2 to working disk 2 subdirectory \PCS copy:
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STARTRTR.EXE
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E5250RTR.EXE
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STOPRTR.EXE
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7. REBOOT USING FIRST WORKING DISK:
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Insert the first working disk in drive A and reboot your computer.
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8. START PC SUPPORT:
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Insert the second working disk in the default drive or set the default
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drive to the drive which contains the second working disk. Type PCS to
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invoke the PCS.BAT batch file and start PC Support.
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Steps 7 and 8 may now be repeated to run AS/400 PC Support at future
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times.
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