Date   : Mon, 16 Mar 1987 16:45:33 GMT
From   : fluke!doctor@BEAVER.CS.WASHINGTON.EDU (Doug Klopfenstein)
Subject: Northstar Horizon

I purchased a Northstar Horizon at a ham radio flea market this weekend. The
box contains a 20-meg hard drive and a 5.25" half-height Shugart disk drive.
I'm not sure, but I think the system is running ZCPR3.

My problem --> I can't seem to get the floppy to SYSGEN a new disk. Each
time I try it, the disk is accessed, then the terminal displays the message;
T 5 D 1 S 0000. If I put in another disk, the only thing that changes is the
number after the "T". I thought the problem might be that the system could
not write to the disk, but just PIPing files works ok.

Since the system came without manuals, I have a few questions.

1.  Does a standard SYSGEN for CP/M work with ZCPR3?

2.  Does T 5 D 1 S 0000 mean Track 5 Disk 1 Sector 0000? Is there anything I
    can do to continue the operation after this message appears? (So far,
    only ^C, which returns to the operating system, and RETURN, which
    repeats the message, seems to do anything.)

3.  Does anyone know where I can get some manuals for this computer?

Any information I could get would be greatly appreciated.

Doug Klopfenstein                               uw-beaver!fluke!doctor
John Fluke Mfg.                                         allegra!fluke!doctor
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