Apple IIe - Page 187

Cassette
and
Disk Storage with
the
Apple
lie
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Another
method
for
booting
DOS
from
the
monitor
is
to
enter
the
slot
number
of
the
drive
to
be
booted
from
(generally
6)
followed
by
Ctrl-P
and Return.
Restarting DOS
If
the
computer
is
already
powered
on,
and
you
wish
to
restart
the
System using DOS, you can
do
so
by
as
follows
:
1.
Insert
the
DOS
diskette
in
drive
1.
2.
Hold
down
the
Open
Apple
key
simultaneously
with
Ctrl-
Reset.
Release
Ori-Reset
and
then
release
the
Open
Apple
key.
3.
The
computer
will
beep. The
drive
's in-use
light
will
come
on
and
the
drive
will
begin
spinning
.
4.
When
DOS
has
been
loaded,
the
drive
will
stop
and
the
DOS
initial
screen
display
will
appear
on
the
screen.
Booting DOS
Conclusion
Once
you
have
booted
DOS,
you
will
still
be
able
to
execute
most
of
your
BASIC
commands
in
the
same fashion
as
if
DOS had
not
been
booted.
A
few
BASIC
commands
will
have
additional
capabilities
under
DOS.
You
will
also have
the
op
t
ion
of
executing
DOS commands.
This
is
not
the
case
in
other
operating
systems such
as
CP
/ M
where
DOS
commands
cannot
be
entered
when
BASIC
is
active
and vice versa.
Using
13-Sector Diskettes
While
DOS
3.3 initializes diskettes
with
16
sectors
per
track
,
the
earlier
verison
ot
DOS
(3
.
21
and 3.
2)
used diskettes
with
13
sectors. The
13
sector diskettes can
be
run
under
DOS 3.3
by
using
the
BASICS
diskette
rather
than
the
System Master
in
the
loading
process. A
prompt
will
appear
instructing
you
to
load
your
13 sector
diskette.
Remove
the
BASICS
diskette
, insert
the
13 sector diskette, and press
return.
You can
now
use
the
13
sector diskette.
You can also
convert
13
sector diskettes
to
16
sector
by using
the
CONVERT13
program
located
on
the
System Master.
CON
-
VERT13
does
not
actually change
the
diskette
's
format
,
but