6500/Vanguard Naming Conventions

 

  

 

   WWWXXYZZ.XRC (42301c01.XRC)

 

Where:

      

WWW    Is the software release number i.e. 4.23 (Note that with the release of Rev 5.X software the this has now changed to a 2 digit number i.e. 5.0 and 5.1.

XX     Is the Patch Number and is only added if the software is patched i.e. 4.23.01

Y      Is the product platform

 

Platform Ref Codes.

 

                   a for 6500+

                   b for 6520

                   c For Vanguard 100/100PC

                   d For Vanguard 200

                   e For Vanguard 300 (4MB image)

                   f For Vanguard 305 (4MB image)

                   g For Vanguard V311

                   h For Vanguard V311/V312 Plus

                   i For Vanguard 650D

                   j For Vanguard 6500 Reserved

                   k For Vanguard V320 (4MB image)

                   l For Vanguard V300 (8MB image)

                   m For Vanguard V305 (8MB image)

                   n For Vanguard V320 (8MB image)

                   o For V6400 (4MB image)

                   p For V340

                   q For 6435

                   r For 6560

                   s For 6455

                   t For 7310

                   u For 7330

                   v For 6520 Voice

                   w For V342

 

          ZZ   Is the image identification i.e.

 

   Example = 423c01

 

   This would be Software for the Vanguard 100, Rev 4.23, option 01.(New York) and the corresponding BBS or CD-ROM file would be 423c01.XRC. On the 6500+ these images (Up to but not including Rev 5.0) also refer to the Extended and non extended versions of software. In the example below the first digit after the platform identifier is the economy/extended image identifier the next digit is the image number. i.e.

 

          Images

 

                   XXXa10    is image #1, an economy image.

                   XXXa11    is the extended version of image #1

 

   These two images have different image names. In 5.0 and greater this has changed so that the images now number sequentially:

 

 

                   XXXa01    Image Number 1

                   XXXa02    Image Number 2

 

   These images are the full extended images (Two disks), if you require the economy image then only load the first disk. Both images have the same name but the node reports that either economy or extended is loaded.

 

 

   Now that we supplying C-MEM images in the form of MEM files we have developed a naming convention for these too. The name convention for these files is as follows:

 

 

   WWWXYYZZ.MEM for the MEM file its self and

 

   WWWXYYZZ.des for the 65XX/Vanguard description file that associates with equivalent MEM file.

 

   The break down of the format for these files is:

 

          WWW  =    Software 480 = 4.80

          X    =    Product Platform as above

          YY   =    The node identifier for configs with multiple nodes.

          ZZ   =    The config identifier.

 

 

   Example = 455hR105.des

 

   This would be the text image for the a Vanguard 310, that contains the printable information for an image based on 4.55 software for config #5 device R1. The associated MEM file would be 455hR105.MEM

 

 

Rev 5.4 Image naming Changes.

 

With the renaming of the software in the 5.4 release the Software naming scheme under took some more changes this of course affected the Image naming as follows:

 

       Image names are now 9 characters long

 

       Typical image name = 55T2IAs12.xrc

       Typical Description file name = 55T2Ias12.des

 

The naming breaks down as follows.

 

  The first 6 digits follow the ZYWVUT convention of the Software naming Scheme. Major release 5, Minor release 5, Patch “T”, includes Service Pak 2, Patch # = I, Revision of Patch = “A”, See Software Naming Convention. The seventh digit indicates the platform type as listed above. The last two digits are the Image option number as referenced within Vanguide Software builder.