Radio Shack TRS-80 - Page 15

Chapter 3
Powering
Up
and Powering
Down
To
prevent
information
loss,
always
use
the
proper sequence to
power
up and
pow*r
down your syEtgrn.
Refer
to the
illustration
below,
as
wet I
as
to the
procedures
that tallow.
DrivG-Attiwt!
Light
Write-Pmtect
Smite
fi
PowtT Key
Figure
5.
Front
Yidw of r Primary
H#tf
Dfsfr
fJnye
Power Kay (primary
drive
only). This key controls
the
power
to all
the
hard
dish
drives
Turn
it clockwise
to turn on the
drives
and
counterclockwise
to
turn
off
the
drives.
To
avoid
accidentally
erasing information
on your hard disks,
remove
the
key
once
the drive? are
on.
Two power
keys are provided.
If you
kjee
a
key,
the
nearest
Radio Shack
Computer Centet caji
repiaue
it.
Powwr
Light (on all secondary drives in
place
of power key). When
the light Is on,
the
drive
is
powered
up.
Drive-Active
Light,
When the light
is
on,
the
drive
is powered up
and
has
been selected tor
use.
When
Ihe
light is blinking, the
drive
is in
use,
Only
one
drive-active light
should be on at
a
time. If
moreihan
one light
is on,
turn
off
the system, wait
a few
minutes,
and
turn M on again.
If
the problem
r&curs, contact
a
Radio
Shack
service
technician.
(Note: When
you
use two
drives
in
rapid
succession,
more than
one light may appear
to
be on at the
same time,
without
actually
being so)