Commodore PC 20 - The Opening Screen Display

16 Operations Guide
7. CLOSE DRIVE A BY MOVING THE DOOR LEVER TO THE
VERTICAL POSITION.
8. TURN
ON THE SYSTEM UNIT.
Press the power switch on the rear of the System Unit. The red
light on the left front side of the System Unit then comes on.
After a
short time the computer accesses the System Disk in
Drive A and the red light on the front of that drive comes on,
indicating that the disk is being read. In a few seconds the
"booting" or loading of MS-DOS is completed, and the initial
MS-DOS
screen display appears.
WARNING
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REMOVE ANY DISK WHILE
THE DISK DRIVE
UGHT IS ON. DOING SO
DAMAGES THE INFORMATION ON THE DISK
NOTE:
If your Commodore PC is equipped with a "fixed" or "hard"
disk,
you will only use the above procedure for the first time that
you load MS-DOS. See Appendix F, CONFIGURING YOUR HARD
DISK, in the MS-DOS User's Reference manual for more details on
hard disk operations. This manual is located after the MS-DOS
User's Guide portion of this volume.
The Opening Screen Display
When MS-DOS is first "booted" or "loaded", you should see a
display similar
to this on your monitor screen:
COMMODORE PC BIOS 2.02 380204-01C
640KBYTES OK
COPYRIGHT © 1985 COMMODORE ELECTRONICS LTD, ALL RIGHTS
RESERVED.
COPYRIGHT © MICROSOFT CORP.
1981, 82, 83, 84. ALL RIGHTS
RESERVED.
COMPA TIBILITY SOFTWARE
COPYRIGHT ©
1984, 85 BY PHOENIX SOFTWARE ASSOCIATES LTD. ALL
RIGHTS RESERVED.
MICROSOFT MS-DOS
VERSION 3.2
COPYRIGHT 1981, 82, 83, 86 MICROSOFT CORP.
COMMODORE PC MS-DOS VERSION 3.2
CURRENT DATE IS TUE 1-01-1986
ENTER NEW DA TE: CURSOR
CURSOR-----
FIGURE 11. THE OPENING SCREEN DISPLAY
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