Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 4 Quick Reference Guide

Start-Up
Make sure all floppy disk drives are empty and all equip- IIII
ment is off.
1. Turn on all peripheral equipment (such as a printer),
except the hard disk.
2. Hard disk users: Turn on the primary hard disk drive.
3. Turn on the computer.
4. Insert a system diskette into Drive 0 and close the
drive door. TRSDOS displays its start-up message.
5. TRSDOS prompts you for the date. Enter it in the
mm/dd/yy format.
6. The following system prompt will appear on your
screen:
TRSDOS Ready
Now, you can type in a TRSDOS command.
7. To start BASIC, type:
BASIC
(ENTER)
and you see the BASIC prompt:
Ready
represents a value that you supply. Information within
brackets is optional.
Now, you can type
in a BASIC command.
This Quick Reference Guide is divided into
two sections:
TRSDOS and BASIC.
Information which is non-shaded (like this) pertains to:
• TRSDOS intermediate commands and utilities
• BASIC statements
Information which is shaded
like this pertains to:
• TRSDOS advanced commands and utilities
• BASIC functions
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Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 4 Specifications

General

Brand	Radio Shack
Model	TRS-80 Model 4
Category	Desktop
Language	English