Commodore PC 40 - Table of Contents

Contents
1 Introduction 1
About the Commodore PC 1
About your PC User Documentation 2
2 Unpacking and Setting Up Your
Equipment 3
Checking What You Received 3
Setting
Up and Connecting the Equipment 4
The System Unit 4
Connecting
the Keyboard to the System Unit 6
Connecting a Monitor to the System Unit 7
The ATI Graphics Solution Adapter 8
Video Modes 8
Connecting Accessory Equipment (Peripherals) 9
Connecting a Parallel Printer 9
Connecting a Serial
Printer 10
Connecting an External Modem
11
3 The First Steps 13
What to Do First 13
What Is an Operating System? 13
What is
MS-DOS? 13
Starting or Booting MS-DOS 14
Thrning On the Computer for the First Time 14
The Opening Screen Display 16
The Cursor 17
Adjusting
the Screen Display 17
Setting
the Date and Time 17
If You Make a Mistake 17
Using the Keyboard 17
The A> Prompt 18
What's
On the Disk? 18
How to Quit 20