Alpha VS 100 - Try out your VS-100 without reading the manual; Initial Setup and File Transfer

1 - Try
out
your VS-1
00 without
reading
the
manual
We
know
that
you
would
like
to
hear your
VS-100
right
away.
If
you have
a
two
disk
system,
here
are
three
quick
steps to
get
speech:
(If you
have
a tape
or
single
drive
system,
please
refer
to
the
detailed
instructions)
.
Step
1 :
Transferring
the
programs
to
your
disk
Step
2
:
Connecting
the
hardware
Step
3 :
Running
the
demonstration
software
If
you have
any
problems
with
the quick
shortcut
instructions
described
below,
refer
to
the
"Detailed
instal la
t
ion"
chapter
.
IDPSTEP lj
:
Transferring
the
disk
files.
Do
NOT
plug the
VS-100
in
yet!
First we
must
transfer
the
files
from your
VS-100
master
disk
to
your
own
disk.
The
software
is
supplied
on
an
18
track
Model
I data
diskette.
Your
DOS
will
read
this
disk
just
as easily
as a
35 track
diskette.
Tracks 18
and
up
are
locked
out
.
&*>
Model
III
users
must
use
the
CONVERT
utility.
(Please
refer
to your
DOS
manual
if
you
are
not
familiar
with
this
utility)
.
®o
Model T
users
with two
or
more
drives:
insert
the
VS-100
master
disk
in drive
1 then
use the
COPY
command
(Example COPY
VS48/CMD:i
TO
VS48/CMD:0)
for
each file.
The
files
that
you are
going
to
transfer
are:
•
VS48/CMD
--
Text
to
speech
for
48K
computers
•
VS32/CMD
--
Text
to
speech
for
32K
computers
•
VSEDIT/BAS
--
Phoneme
editor
•
VSDEMO/BAS
--
Introduction
and
test
program
•
PRTSTAR/TXT
--
PRINT*
pokes
for
a
MERGE
•
QUIET/CMD
--
To
silence
the
VS-100
When
the
six
files are
transferred
to
your
system
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