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### Logical Record 0
"The purpose of this program is to divide the resources of the 2200 MVP      "
"among the various users. This may be done by loading a configuration        "
"previously created and stored on disk, or by creating a new configuration.  "
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"If a file of stored configurations exists on the system disk,               "
"the configuration used during the last run (called 'current')               "
"has already been automatically loaded.                                      "
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"To configure the system in the same manner as the last run,                 "
"key SF'15 at this time.                                                     "
### Logical Record 6
"\8CEach user (terminal) may be assigned one or more partitions of memory.     "
"A PARTITION may be any multiple of .25 K in size, with a minimum size       "
"of 1.25 K                                                                   "
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"MVP systems with more than 64K of user memory divide user memory into up to "
"4 banks, the boundaries of which are indicated by lines of underscores on   "
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"the display.  A partition may not cross a bank boundary.  Global subroutine "
"and variable references may not cross bank boundaries, with the exception   "
"of a 5K "window" in the lowest part of bank 1.  All partitions that fit     "
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"entirely within the 5K "window" may be referenced from any bank.            "
"@GENPART displays a lower case 'u' to indicate that a partition is          "
""universally sharable".                                                     "
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"\8CAny partition in any bank may be assigned to any terminal. Partitions may  "
"also be assigned to the null terminal, terminal 0.  Partitions assigned to  "
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"terminal 0 may execute 'background jobs' that do not interact with an       "
"operator, or they may simply act as a pool of spare partitions that may be  "
"acquired by any terminal by executing the appropriate $RELEASE TERMINAL TO  "
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"statement.  (If a terminal is not assigned any partitions at partition      "
"generation time, a partition may be obtained from the pool assigned to      "
"terminal 0 by keying RESET.  Only partitions that are waiting to perform    "
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"CRT or local printer I/O may be obtained from the pool in this manner.)     "
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"Thus the assignment of partitions to terminals by @GENPART is only the      "
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"initial condition of the system.  A terminal may acquire additional         "
"partitions with the $RELEASE TERMINAL TO statement, and may give up         "
"partitions no longer needed with the $RELEASE PART statement.               "
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"\8CProgramming may be enabled or disabled for each partition,                 "
"as security dictates.                                                       "
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"A program may be automatically loaded into each partition,                  "
"provided that all 'automatically bootstrapped' programs reside              "
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"on the same disk as the system file ('@@') and this program ('@GENPART').   "
"Leaving the PROGRAM field blank will cause the standard 'READY (BASIC 2)'   "
"message to appear when the configuration is executed (SF'15).               "
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"\8CAll peripheral devices (other than the terminals and their local printers) "
"must be listed in the 'MASTER DEVICE TABLE' created by this program.        "
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"By default (SF'01), this device table consists of                           "
"Printer /215, Disk /310, and Disk /320.                                     "
"(Note that Disk /310 includes other drives on the same controller,          "
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"      /B10, /350, /B50)                                                     "
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"A peripheral may be permanantly assigned to one partition by so designating "
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"in the MASTER DEVICE TABLE.                                                 "
"\8CA configuration may be loaded from disk using SF'08.                       "
"SF'04 and SF'05 may be used to display and/or edit the configuration.       "
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"A new configuration may be created by editing an old one,                   "
"or by first using SF'00 and SF'01 to clear out the old configuration.       "
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"SF'02 may be used at any time to divide remaining memory evenly             "
"among partitions that have not been assigned any memory.                    "
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"Configurations may be loaded, saved, or deleted from the disk file          "
"using SF '08, '09, and '10 respectively.                                    "
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"When the desired configuration has been built up in memory                  "
"using this program, key SF'15 to pass the configuration parameters          "
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"to the operating system.                                                    "
"\8CWhen SF'15 is keyed, the user is given one more chance                     "
"to verify the configuration.                                                "
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"The user is then asked for an 8 character password that will allow          "
"the system to be reconfigured later, without powering off the CPU.          "
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"A copy of the executed configuration is saved in the configuration file     "
"under the name 'current'.  The contents of the configuration file           "
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"may be examined by any of the MVP's partitions by executing this program.   "
"                              ('@GENPART')                                  "
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"This program may be used for editing and storing new configurations         "
"after a configuration has been executed.                                    "
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"\8C                                                                           "
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"\8C                                                                           "
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"\8C                                                                           "
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"\8C                                                                           "
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"\8C                                                                           "
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"\8C                                                                           "
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"\8C                                                                           "
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"\8C                                                                           "
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"\8C                                                                           "
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"\8C                                                                           "
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"\8C                                                                           "
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"\8C                                                                           "
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"\8C                                                                           "
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"\8C                                                                           "
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"\8C                                                                           "
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"\8C                                                                           "
"\8B                                                                           "
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"\8C                                                                           "
"\8B                                                                           "
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