C
HAPTER
1
INSTALLATION
AND
HANDLING
UNPA
C
KING
Your
disk drive
pac
comes with several
items.
These are:
1.
The
disk drive (the main box)
2.
A serial
cable
3.
A power
adaptor
(120
volt AC for
USA,
240 volt AC for Europe)
4.
This
operation
manual
Save the
packing
material in
case
you
wish
to transport your
drive - or even
in
the unlikely case that you must return it to your
dea
ler or to the factory for service.
IMPORTANT
NOTE
Before
connec
ting or disconnecting anything on the drive
or computer.
TURN
O
FF
T
HE
PO
WER.
This
is
a
must!
CARE
OF
THE
DRIVE
AND
DISKETTES
The
disk
dr
i
ve.
unlike the computer.
is
a
mechanical
device
with
motors
and
moving parts. Therefore it
is
somewhat more delicate
than t
he
computer. Rough handling. such
as
dropping
the drive
or having things
drop
on
it.
can
cause it to malfunction.
The
diskette
is
a plastic disk wi
th
magnetic
coating.
so
that
in-
formation
can
be
stored on
and
erase out from
its
surface.
The
coating
is similar to the
magnetic
coating
on recording tape.
The
diskette
is
permanently
packed
in a square
black
plastic
cover which
is
used to protect
it.
Please keep it cl
ean
and
allow
it to spin freely
This
package
is
never
opened.
DRIVE
SETUP
PROCEDURE
STEP
1:
Setup your
Commodore
computer
system.
STEP
2:
TURN
OFF your
computer
and
its
periphrals.
STEP
3:
Using the drive serial
cable
link
up
the drive
and
compu
t
er.
STEP
4:
TURN
OFF
your drive.
STEP
5:
Pl
ug
the
bot
h ends of the
AC
adaptor
into the wall outlet
and
the drive's power connector.
STEP
6:
Remove out the
head-p
r
otec
tion sheet from the drive.
STEP
7:
TURN
ON
your drive.
STEP
8:
TURN
ON
the
compu
t
er.
STEP
9:
It
is
ready
and
type:
10
PRINT
"
DEM
O".
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