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Documentation

The current ReNOVAte User's Manual exists in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format and can be viewed now by clicking on the product name, or right-clicking on the product name to download the file to your own system:
 ReNOVAte.pdf (487,091 bytes)

If you do not currently have the Adobe Acrobat reader, it may be downloaded by selecting the following icon:

Product Catalog

The current Product Catalog exists in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format and can be viewed now by clicking on the product name, or right-clicking on the product name to download the file to your own system:

 Product_2004 (52 KB)

Demo System

Single-user, non-commercial use demo copies of reNOVAte are available for the following popular platforms.  The system provides standard Nova support with TTI, TTO, RTC, PTR, PTP, LPT and DKP (4047 Diablo 31-style) disk controller interfaces.  It is provided with a non-commercial-use RDOS license for demonstration purposes.
 

The DOS demo is a self-extracting .ZIP files and contains the reNOVAte files and the RDOS system files.
 

The Win/32 demo is a .ZIP files and contains the new reNOVAte/Plus files and the RDOS system files.


The Linux for X86 systems contains a new 
reNOVAte/Plus files and the sample .ini and .vc files for the new release.  Please use these files rather than the older .vc and .ini files contained in the renodemo.tar.Z RDOS file.

 

U*IX and Linux system users should download the reNOVAte file for their corresponding U*IX platform and then download the RDOS demo files as a separate download.

Platform Users File Name Format File Size (bytes)
DOS 1 reno_DOS.exe 1,054,872
Win/95/98/Millenium/NT/2000/XP 1 demoW32.zip 882,716
DEC/Compaq Alpha 1 reno_alpha.tar.Z 419,242
IBM RS/6000 AIX 1 reno_aix.tar.Z 423,241
Linux X86 1 demoX86.tar.z 305,522

SPARC Solaris

1 reno_sparc.tar.Z 314,057
UnixWare x86 1 reno_x86.tar.Z 299,469

 

Required RDOS demo system files for U*IX systems (do not download for Windows or DOS systems):

Platform Users File Name Format File Size (bytes)
all U*IX platforms - renodemo.tar.Z 882,563

 

Installation Notes for Win/32 systems (Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/Millenium)

The demo.exe file contains 8 files and requires 4 megabytes of file system space for downloading, unpacking and program use.

Chapter 2 in the User's Manual describes how to load the reNOVAte product and obtain the software installation key codes.

The following list summarizes the steps needed to get RDOS up and running on a Win/32 system:

  1. Create a test directory on your machine (something like "renovate") to contain the demonstration system.
  2. Download the reno_NT.exe program to the created directory using your browser.

  3. Run the reno_NT.exe program in the created directory; the unpacking program will request the name of the target subdirectory, so use the full name of the created test directory.

  4. As described in the Chapter 2 of the User's Manual, the 'install' program needs to be run that generates the software keys for your particular system.  The software key code information must be presented to Wild Hare or SimuLogics so the corresponding  key code may be given to you.  These codes are not known until the software has been loaded on a specific computer.

  5. The software keycodes may be either e.mailed, phoned or faxes to Wild Hare or SimuLogics.  E.mail to install@SimuLogics.com might be the most convenient method, but the Wild Hare phone (303) 466-7717 or installation pages (303) 546-5733 may be used in time-sensitive situations.

  6. Enter the returned key code in response to the corresponding 'install' question.

  7. Run the ReNOVAte program - in a few moments the RDOS "FILENAME" prompt will appear.

  8. Hit the enter key to load the default RDOS "SYS"tem; answer the date question with 12/31/99 and the time with whatever value is appropriate (i.e. 13:23:23).

  9. The infamous RDOS "R" prompt should appear.

  10. Now enjoy the thrill of running an exciting piece of history on your PC.

Note that not all RDOS 7.5x utilities are Y2K compliant. 

 

Installation Notes for U*IX systems

The demo.exe file contains 8 files and requires 4 megabytes of file system space for downloading, unpacking and program use.

Chapter 2 in the User's Manual describes how to load the reNOVAte product and obtain the software installation key codes.

The following list summarizes the steps needed to get RDOS up and running on a U*IX system:

  1. Create a test directory on your machine (something like "renovate") to contain the demonstration system.
  2. Download the reno_xxx.tar.Z program appropriate for your computer  to the created directory using your browser.

  3. Uncompress the file in the created directory; then extract the final files from the resulting .tar file.

  4. Download the renodemo.tar.Z program appropriate for your computer  to the created directory using your browser.

  5. Uncompress the file in the created directory; then extract these final files from the resulting renodemo.tar file.

  6. Run the renovate program - in a few moments the RDOS "FILENAME" prompt will appear.

  7. Hit the enter key to load the default RDOS "SYS"tem; answer the date question with 12/31/99 and the time with whatever value is appropriate (i.e. 13:23:23).

  8. The infamous RDOS "R" prompt should appear.

  9. Now enjoy the thrill of running an exciting piece of history on your PC.

 

Note that not all RDOS 7.5x utilities are Y2K compliant. 

 

 

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