PRELIMINARY SERVICE CHECKS (Continued)
GENERAL OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
POWER
UP
(COMPUTER ONLY)
Turn On the Computer. The
words
nMEM SIZE?"
will
ap·
pear on the
Monitor
screen. Press the Enter key once. The
word"
READY" and a
prompt
character
will
appear on the
Monitor
screen. The
Computer
is
now
in Basic mode.
POWER
UP
SEQUENCE (WHEN USING DISK DRIVE)
1.
Turn On the Expansion·Interface.
2.
Turn
On
the Disk Drives (Terminal Drive 26·1164A, first)
and then any
other
peripherals.
3.
Put a
diskette
(containing
DOS, Disk
Operating
System)
into
Disk Drive
O.
Turn On the Computer. The
Computer
will
automatically
boot
up from Disk Drive
O.
The version
of
the
Disk
Operating System
will
appear on the
Monitor
screen along
with
the words "DOS READY" and a
prompt
character.
NOTE:
If
an Expansion
Interface
unit
is used
without
a
Disk Drive,
hold
down
Break key when
turning
On Com·
puter. A
double"
MEM SIZE?"
will
appear on
Monitor
screen. Press Enter key and the
word"
READY"
will
ap·
pear followed by a
prompt
character. The
Computer
is
now in Basic mode.
RESET
Press the Break key and the Reset
button
(on
right
rear
of
the Computer) to reset the
Computer
to
Basic mode.
If
Disk
Drives are attached,
insert
a
diskette
containing
DOS infor-
mation
into
Disk Drive 0 and press
only
the Reset
button.
This
will
reboot
the
Computer
from Disk Drive
O.
DISK OPERATING SYSTEM (DOS)
Type DIR and press the Enter key
to
display
a
directory
of
programs
that
are on the
diskette
in Disk Drive
O.
Type DIR :
and the
number
of
the Disk Drive
holding
the
diskette
which
contains
the
information
desired. Example: Type DIR
:2
to
list
programs
on
diskette
in Disk Drive
2.
To load a program from a
diskette,
type the name of the pro-
gram and press the Enter key. Use a
colon
and the
number
of the Disk Drive
which
contains
the program
to
be loaded_
If no
number
is given, the
system
will
assume
Disk Drive
O.
NOTE:
Basic
program
will
not load from
diskette
unless
the
Computer
is
in the Disk Basic mode.
To get back to the DOS from Disk Basic mode, type
IV
CMD"S"
and press the Enter key. Any program in
memory
will
be
lost
when leaving Basic
mode
by
using
"CMD"S".
DISK BASIC
To load Disk Basic
into
the Computer,
boot
up on DOS. In-
sert a
diskette
containing
Disk Basic (usually a part
of
the
DOS
diskette)
into
Disk Drive
0,
type BASIC, press the Enter
key and
follow
prompts.
To
go
from Disk Basic
mode
to
DOS, type
CMD"S"
and press the Enter key. Any program
in memory
will
be lost.
To load a program from a
diskette,
type LOAD and the pro-
gram name enclosed in
quotes
and press the Enter key. To
load from a Disk Drive
other
than Drive
0,
add a
colon
and
the
Disk
Drive
number
at the end
of
the program name. Ex-
ample: LOAD
"SAMS:1"
for Disk Drive
1.
To save a program
onto
a
diskette
in a Disk Drive, type
SAVE and the program name in
quotes
and press the
Enter
key. To save a program
onto
a
diskette
in a Disk Drive
other
than Disk Drive
0,
add a
colon
and the Disk Drive
number
at
the end
of
the program name. Example: SAVE
"SAMS:1"
for
Disk Drive
1.
FORMATIING
A
DISKETIE
NOTE: This procedure
does
not
copy Disk Operating
System
sections
required for normal
disk
operations. A
diskette
thus
formatted
must
be used
only
with
systems
containing
2
or
more Disk Drives.
Use"
Back-up"
function
to
format a
diskette
containing
DOS
information.
A blank
diskette
must
be
formatted
before it can be used
for
saving data. To
format
a
diskette,
boot
up
on DOS, insert a
diskette
with
the
format
program on it (usually part
of
the
DOS
diskette)
into
the Disk Drive, type FORMAT and press
the Enter key.
After
the program has been loaded, insert a
blank
diskette
into
the Disk Drive and
follow
the instruc-
tions
on the
Monitor
screen.
CASSETIE
OPERATION
To load a program from tape, type CLOAD (with
or
without
the program name enclosed in quotes),
put
the Recorder in
play
mode
and press the Enter key. Prompt
will
indicate
when program has been loaded.
To save a program
onto
tape, save CSAVE (with
or
without
the program name enclosed in quotes),
put
the Recorder in
record mode and press the Enter key. A
prompt
will
in-
dicate
when
writing
has been completed.
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