NEC PC-8201A - Page 88

Chapter 5
Once any of these modes has been entered by using an IPL
Command file, commands specific to those modes can be executed.
If an error occurs during the execution of these commands, then the
IPL file will interrupt its operation and display a message appropriate
to the error. The lines following the command causing the error
will not be executed.
If an invalid file name is designated as an IPL file, a "BEEP” sound is
generated when the power switch is turned ON, and the IPL process
will not work.
If an IPL Command file already exists and another file has been
designated as an IPL Command file, the original IPL Command file
"*DO" will revert to an ordinary text ".DO" file, allowing the newly
designated file to become the IPL Command file. The IPL
Command file will also return to its original form when the CLRIPL
(Clear IPL) command is used.
A SAMPLE OF AN IPL Command File:
The PC-8201 can be used for note taking during meetings, which is
done in the TEXT Mode. An IPL command file can be designated
to perform the steps of entering the mode and the file, each time a
meeting is attended.
Select the MENU mode, move the cursor onto "TEXT' and then
press the 0 key. Type "IPL.DO" for the file name, in response to
the prompt "File to edit?", and then press the Key. Then type
the following lines while in the TEXT mode:
TEXT
MEMO.DO
Notice the symbol (carriage return) is displayed each time the Q
Key is input in the TEXT Mode. In the above example, the
command line "TEXT" instructs the PC-8201 to automatically enter
the TEXT mode when the power is turned ON. The command line
"MEMO.DO" answers the prompt "File to edit?" in the TEXT Mode
and the contents of the MEMO.DO file is displayed on the screen.
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