Tandy TRS-80 4D - Page 20

Now,
you can
start
up TRSDOS.
To
do
this,
press the
reset button.
You
hear the
disk
drive
load
TRSDOS from
the
diskette
to
memory.
The
screen then
shows the
TRSDOS
copyright'startup
message.
Whenever
you press
reset, the
system returns
to
this
startup
message.
At the
bottom
of the
startup
message,
TRSDOS
asks
you for the
date.
Enter today's
date in
the form
mm/dd/yy.
For
example, for
June
14, 1985, type:
06/1 4/85
CENTER:
TRSDOS
displays
the
date in an
expanded
form
and then
displays the
TRSDOS
prompt:
TRSDOS
Ready
Your
computer
is now
under the
control
of
TRSDOS
and
is ready for
use.
Note: If
the screen
shows
a
"Cannot
boot. DATA
DISK,"
"No
system,"
or
"Not
a SYSTEM
disk" message,
the
diskette
in
Drive
is not
an
operating
system
diskette.
Remove
the
diskette and
insert
a
diskette
that
contains
TRSDOS.
If no
startup
message
is displayed
or if
the
"Diskette?" message
is
displayed:
•The
diskette
may
be in
backwards
or
upside-down.
Remove
the
diskette
—
even
if the
drive light
is
on
—
and
cor-
rectly
insert
it.
•Adjust the
brightness
and
contrast
controls.
•
If the
drive light
is off,
press
reset.
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