Chapter
1
GENERAL
DESCRIPTION
INTRODUCTION
With the purchase of your Commodore 2031 Floppy Disk Drive, you have
greatly enhanced the computing power of your disk-oriented Commodore
Computer system. The system has been designed around the central concept of
providing you, the user, with large file-handling capabilities supported by
BASIC programming commands and further simplified by Disk Operating Sys-
tem (DOS) Support command abbreviations.
Because the disk drive is an "intelligent" peripheral device, its operation
requires no additional space in the computer's memory. This means you have just as
much computer memory available to you as when the disk drive is not attached.
When the disk drive is properly interface to a Commodore Computer, YOU
become an important element of the system. Your importance, however, is
measured directly with how well you understand how to effectively utilize the
hardware and software. That's why it is best to think of your computer and disk
drive as only part of a system. Grasping and understanding the concept that each
individual component acts and reacts to signals and commands from other
devices in the system will accelerate your fundamental grasp of how to operate,
control, and master the system. This concept forms the basis of this manual:
teaching you how to gain mastery of the system so that it will perform as desired.
That is the reason this manual is organized in a building block fashion; it permits
you to advance as fast as you desire.
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