Commodore PC - Page 60

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Programming language, gw-basic 41
Prompt
A> 18
date 17
default drive letter 42
definition 42
Edlin, asterisk (*) 37
MS-DOS 4, 42
time 17
Protecting your disks 11, 14
Quitting
Edlin 37
MS-DOS 19
Re-booting ms-dos. See Restarting ms-dos
References
msdos User's Reference 38
Terms 38
Removing a file 28
Rename command 29, 42
Renaming a file 27, 29
Reserved filenames 41
reset key 7
Restarting ms-dos 6, 18
return key 7, 41, 42
right arrow key 6
.Rpt extension 3
Running application programs 35
Screen
Diskcopy 19, 34
Edlin 37
Format 32
startup, ms-dos 17
Scrolling, starting and stopping 26, 30, 39
Setting the date and time 18
shift key 6
Shortcuts
Rename command 29
wildcard abbreviation 28, 39
Single drive computers 23
Software
application 42
operating system 42
program 42
spreadsheet 42
Software (continued)
word processing 42
Software, definition 39
See also Application programs
spacebar key 6
Special characters 13
Special files, ms-dos 32
Special keys 6
Starting
application programs 35
MS-DOS 6, 17, 18
Startup screen 17
Stopping
a command 6
scrolling 6
Storage, computer. See Memory
Synonym
Del 28
Erase 28
System prompt, ms-dos 4
Tab, write-protect 42
Task 5, 42
Terms, ms-dos 2, 39
Text editor, Edlin 36
Text file 29
Time prompt 17
.Txt extension 3
Type command 29, 42
Typing mistakes, correcting 6, 18, 37
up key 6
Uppercase letters 3, 5, 13
Valid filename characters 13
Volume label 3, 21, 33, 42
Wildcard characters, asterisk (*) 28, 39
Write-protect notch 12, 42
Write-protect tab 11, 42
Write-protected disk 42
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