INTRODUCTION
About
Your System
Cong
fat
u
-anions
on your
purchase
of the TRS-80* 15-Meg Built-in
Hard
Disk
System.
This
is
a
computer
system
with
a buit-in mass
storage device. YouT find it to be a
valuable
tool which
gives
you
more
information
storage
and faster
data
retrieval
than ever before
with a TRS-30 System. And with Radio
Shack's large
selection
of
peripherals you can expand your system to include printers
:
a
second
hard disK
graphics
options, and more.
The Hard Disk System
soecial
features he
ude:
•
Maximum storage caoacity of 15 megabytes (per
drive).
5- M bits/second data
transfe
r
rate which is at least 1Q times
faster man
floppy
diskettes.
•
Environmentally sealed head and ciisk chamber
for
safer
data
storage and longer disk life.
* An
enhanced floopy
diskette
data
storage format
:hat lets you
store move information on an
8"
diskette than ever
before.
About This Manual
This
manual
contains the information you need to get
started.
It
explains
the
various
oarts
of
your system,
h
.ne different :ypes of
disks, and how to insta I your system.
It
also
shows
how to operate
the
System,
load a
program,
and use some of the more helpful
commands, in addition, it
also exp
:
ains
some
terms
you need to
know.
Since
this
is
a ''getting-star:ed
:
"
manual, it does not describe all
the
optional
features
availaole with
eacn command.
For
cornp'ete
information on eaoh command, refer to the programming
manuals.
Notational Conventions
Tne
following
conventions
are
used to show syntax in this
manual:
CAPITALS
Any words or
charae'ers
wnich
are
uopercase
must be typed in
exactly
as they appear.
lowercase Italics
Fields shown in ower case
it
a ics
are variable
information
that you
must substitute a
value
for.
(Keyboard:
Any
word
or character
contained
within a box represents a
keyboard key to be pressed.
*
Ellipses
indicate
that a
fie
d
entry
may be reoeated.
fitespec
A field shown as a
filespec
indicates a standard
TRSDOS
file
specification
of the
form:
fiiename/exLpas5WQrd:d(disk
name) Note
that with
the
Built-in
Hard
Disk
System,
d (Drive) can be any
number between
0-7.
punctuation
Punctuation
other than ellipses must be entered as shown.
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