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Chadwick-Helmuth Company, Inc.
Chapter 1
- Introduction
Chapter 9. Status Screen Operation -
Explains the 8500C/C+ Status screen, and explains procedures
for modifying the date and time, reviewing other work, formatting disks, and other 8500C/C+
status-related features.
Chapter 10 Printer and Disk Drive -
Describes the 8500C/C+ printer and disk drive, and how to use
them to create printouts and to load and store data from a disk.
Chapter 11.Model8520C Signal Selector -
Gives details on the Chadwick-Helmuth Mod el8520C
Signal Selector and its use with the 8500C/C+.
1.1.2 Document Conventions
This manual uses the following text and format conventions:
• Keys on the Mod el8500 are shown in
boldface
type. Dedicated keys are in regular type, for
example,
PRINT
. Soft keys are in italic type, for example,
ENTER
. For details on the 8500C/C+
keys see Section 4 .2 “Keypa ” on pa ge4-3.
• Keys on your PC keyboard are shown in boldface and italic. For example, the “Shift” key is shown
as
Shift
and the “Enter” (or Return) key is shown as
Enter.
Sometimes keys are used in
combination.
Ctrl+F1
means hold down the “Control” key and press the “F1” (Function one) key,
both together.
Ctrl~F1
means to press the two keys in succession, one at a time.
• Take care to distinguish between the number
1
and the letter
I
. The text tries to help you out as
much as possible in this regard.
• Text on a display screen, for example, the Mo del8500 screen, is shown in
monospaced type
. This
represents text in this guide exactly as it appears on screen. When you see the instruction, “Typ
this text
,” it tells you to type the text as it appears, then press the
Enter
key.
• Important
topics
or
terms
are in italics. Definition lists have the first term or software menu option
at the start of the list entry in boldface, for example,
Product Name -
The Mode l8500C/C+ Balancer/Analyzer
• Titles of chapters or sections are in quotation marks, for example, “Document Conventions,” but
the section numbers are not, for example, see Sect ion1.1.2 “Document Conventions” on pa ge1-2.
• MS-DOS file and directory names are shown in all-capital letters. For example,
AUTOEXEC.BAT and C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM. The letters after the dot are called the file
extension
. An asterisk (*) followed by a dot and a file extension means
all
files with that
extension, for example, *.COM means all files with the COM extension.
1.1.3 Formats
In many places in the manual, special notices appear. Their headings and formats have the following
meanings:
• NOTE: Here is additional useful information pertaining to the current subject.
• CAUTION: Be careful with the current procedures or items because of possible damage to
equipment or loss of data.
• WARNING: Exercise extreme care with current procedures because of possible personal injury.
Special notices appear in the format you see here, with the heading in capital letters and the rest of the
notice next, after a colon, with the entire paragraph set in boldface italic type.