Alpha VS 100 - Detailed installation; Transferring VS-100 Disk Files

5. Detailed
installation
ISTE^
)
i:
Transferring
the
disk
files.
•Do NOT plug the
VS-100
in yett
First
let's
transfer
the disk
files from
your
VS-100
master
disk to
your
own disk.
The
software
is
supplied
on an 18
track Model
I data
diskette.
(Higher
tracks
are
locked
out;
your
DOS
should have
no
trouble
reading
the
diskette).
MODEL I USERS
WITH
MORE
THAN ONE
DRIVE:
Use
the BACKUP
or COPY
command
to
move
the
files
from
the master
disk to
another
disk.
MODEL
I
USERS
WITH
ONE DRIVE:
If you
have
-
•NEWDOS:
use COPY
with
the "S
M
option or
the CBF
option
Ex:
COPY
SVSEDIT/BAS:0
TO
VSEDIT/BAS:0
•DOSPLUS:
use the
C0PY1
utility
•LDOS:
use
COPY
with
the "X"
option
•TRSDOS: we
have
included
on
our
disk,
some
TRSDOS
system
files- We
don't
include
much of
it, and
we
do
not
provide
any
documentation
for
it.
This
is our
effort
to
protect
Tandy
Corp.'s
copyright.
Our
program
TRANSFER/BAS
is
included,
which
allows
you
to copy
the files
onto
a working
TRSDOS
disk.
To
transfer
your
files, do the
following:
1- Boot up
with
your
TRSDOSdisk.
Go
into
BASIC.
2- Remove
the
TRSDOS
disk
and
insert
the VS-100
disk.
3- Type:
RUN"TRANSFER/BAS**
and hit
<enter>
.
4* Specify one
of the
files
that you
want
to
transfer
The
file
will be read
from the
disk
into
memory.
5- You
will be
told to swap
disks.
When you
do,
your
TRSDOS
disk
should
be in
your
drive.
Hit
<enter>.
6-The
file will
be written
to your
TRSDOS
disk.
7-
You
will be
told to swap
disks again.
When
done,
the
VS-100
disk
will
be in the
drive.
Hit
<enter>.
8- Repeat
steps 4 to 7 for
each
file.
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