Date   : Thu, 17 Oct 1985 11:31:28 mdt
From   : Richard Thomsen <rgt%a@LANL.ARPA>
Subject: DEC Rainbow Manuals

D. E. Rogers:

       DEC sells three manual sets for the Rainbow, each one is
(I believe) about $75.  I do not know why DEC does not include any
data with its systems unless you buy the manual set, but that is what
they do.  If you want to know ANYTHING about the operating systems
(other than the most basic stuff), you must buy the manual set.
I could not even use MS-DOS DEBUG without the manual set.

       The manuals are as follows:

               CP/M Technical Documentation Manual
               MS-DOS Technical Documentation Manual
               Rainbow 100B/100+ Technical Documentation Manual.

       The CP/M and MS-DOS manuals contain data on the operating systems,
and the other one is for the hardware itself.  The hardware manual includes
complete specs on the boards, connectors, memory map, etc.  The operating
system manuals give only memory maps for the operating system itself and
the interrupts they use, plus BIOS listings, etc.

       All are from DECDIRECT.  When I bought mine, they sent the manuals
for the 100A, not the 100B.  It took me quite a while to get the right ones.
I hope that they have that corrected by now.  If not, and you get the
wrong manuals, you only have 30 days to correct the mistake.

                                               Richard Thomsen
                                               rgt@lanl

       CP/M is a trademark of DRI
       MS-DOS is a trademark of Microsoft
       DEC, Rainbow 100A, 100B, 100+, and DECDIRECT are trademarks of DEC
       (Digital Equipment Corporation)
       Did I forget any?