ZIP.SYSTEM INSTALLATION DOCS

                             by Tom Hoover


The enclosed configuration program will add "Zip.System" to any application disk
that you choose.  "Zip.System" will configure your ZipChip automatically any time
that you boot the modified application disk.  (Otherwise, you have to boot your
Zip Utilites disk, configure the chip, change disks, and then run your
application).

"Zip.System" and the associated installation programs will run on any Apple ][
computer.  They do not require 80 columns, etc.  They do required ProDOS,
however.

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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:

1.  Make a backup copy of the ZipChip Utilities disk that you received with your
ZipChip.

2.  Copy the files "zip.system" and "zip.sys.instl" onto your BACKUP ZipChip
Utilities disk.  Additionally, replace the original "startup" program with the
enclosed "startup" program.

3.  Boot this ZipChip Utilities disk and select "Zip Configurer".  After you have
configured and saved a "zipcfg" file, you may select "Zip Startup Install".  You
will be prompted for slot and drive of the disk onto which the pre-boot will be
installed.  When prompted for the slot, you may remove your Zip Utilities disk
(if necessary) and insert the disk to be modified.  This program searches for
only the first ".system" file, as that is the one that will be executed when
booting the disk.

4.  During the installation, any "xxxxx.system" files that you have on the
selected volume will be renamed "xxxxx.sys" (if they precede "Zip.System" in the
volume directory).  This is necessary so that ProDOS will load "Zip.System"
before any other "xxxxx.system" file.

If you do not want any files to be renamed, perform the following before running
the installation program:

   a.  Using your favorite file utility program, rename the first ".system"
       file on the disk to be modified to "temp.file"
   b.  Now, make a copy of "temp.file" and give it the original ".system"
       file name.
   c.  Delete "temp.file"

       These steps will insure that "Zip.System" is the first file on the
       disk to be modified.  The installation program will then leave all
       file names alone.

Please send any comments/suggestions via GEnie mail, and I will make the
appropriate changes.

Tom Hoover