Table of Contents
Chapter1
General Description 1
Introduction 1
The Manual - A Learning Tool 2
General Hardware Information 3
Front Panel 3
Back Panel 4
Interior Configuration 4
The Diskette 4
Specifications 5
Care of the 2031 5
Care of the Diskettes 7
Unpacking the Disk Drive 7
Chapter 2
Preparing Your Disk Drive 9
Connecting the Disk Drive To The Computer 9
Performing the Power-On Test 10
Inserting The Diskette Into The 2031 12
The 2031 Performance Test 12
Chapter 3
Learning How To Use Your Floppy Disk Drive 15
The Block Availability Map (BAM) 16
The Disk Operating System (DOS) 17
Disk Maintenance Commands 18
NEW 18
HEADER (BASIC 4.0 Direct Command) 20
Initializing The 2031 20
The Directory 20
LOAD$ 21
DIRECTORY (BASIC 4.0 Direct Command) 21
Printing The Directory 21
VALIDATE 22
COLLECT (BASIC 4.0 Direct Command) 22
COPY 23
COPY (BASIC 4.0 Direct Command) 24
CONCAT (BASIC 4.0 Direct Command) 24
RENAME 24
RENAME (BASIC 4.0 Direct Command) 25
SCRATCH 26
SCRATCH (BASIC 4.0 Direct Command) 26
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