Radio Shack Telephone Interface II System Manual

CHAPTER
2:
ABOUT DISKS
AND
PROGRAMS
Computers can
store
informal en in two ways:
Temporari
y,
in
memory
(turning :ne
computer
off erases
mcmo
f
y)
Permanently, in a
storage
device
Disks are one of
the
best borage devices available because of "he
way
the
system
can organize and index informa::on
on
[hem.
Types
of
Disks
Yolt Bui t-in Ha
r
o Dis-< System can i_.se two :ypes of disks:
•
Fopoy diskettes
—
Your 3-uilt-in Hard Jsk System has one
buih-in fbopy drive
(Drive
0)
and other
peripheral
floppy
diskette d'ves can
be
added
•
Hard disks
—
v
our Built-in Ha
r
d Disk System has one bui t-in
hard disk dnve (Drive £) and anc:her
oeripherai
secondary
hard disk
drive
can
oe added
(Drive
5).
Floppy
Diskettes
Fopoy
dis^elley
are
convenient
and
inexpensive. The
term
"floppy
1
'
neans *ne diskette oencs
if
mishandled.
Care of floppy
diske;tes
is discusseo
laler
in
this
manual.
"l
nere
are two
lyoes
oi I
loopy
diskettes
you
can
use
with
your
Built-in Hard D 2k System:
• Single
sided diskettes can store around 50Q 000 bytes of
information,
•
Double-sided
diskettes can store twice as much in
tor
ma
Li
on
because
they
use
both
sides.
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Radio Shack Telephone Interface II Specifications

General

Brand	Radio Shack
Model	Telephone Interface II
Category	Desktop
Language	English