VECTOR
4:
USER'S
MANUAL
VECTOR
4:
OPERATING
COMMANDS
Silice some Vector 4 models have only one physical drive for floppy
diskettes,
the
operating
system
can
consider
several
IOiical
drives
in
one
physical
location.
This way,
it
is possible
to
set
up the computer with one logical disk
drive for single-sided diskettes, and another drive for double-sided (even if you
only have one
slot
in which
to
insert your diskettes).
Why
Do I Need
Both
Kinds
Of
Diskettes?
You may
not.
A double-sided diskette
can
hold
twice
as
much information
as
a
single.
But
if
you
have
an
older
Vector
Graphic
machine
which
uses
single-sided
diskettes,
and
you
wish
to
transfer
information from
the
older
machine
to
your Vector
4,
you will need a single-sided drive.
To
run
the
CONFIG
F options:
1.
When
you
see
the
A)
prompt,
enter
CONFIG F [RETURN].
The
screen
will display:
FLOPPY
DISK
CONFIGURATION (SINGLE/DOUBLE)
SET
DRIVE
d:
TO [S] SINGLE OR [D]
DOUBLE
-
(1):
2.
The
set
drive
line
will
display
for
each available drive (listed as d: in
the
above example) currently supported
by
your system.
Set
up
diskette
configuration
aC,cording
to
the following:
Press
[S]
to
set
drive
to
single-sided.
Press [D]
to
set
drive
to
double-sided.
Press [RETURN]
to
leave
drive
as
indicated on screen.
3. When
all
floppy
drives
have
been selected for configuration,
the
screen
will display:
MAKE
SELECTION PERMANENT [YHN]?
Entering
[y]
wfil make
the
selection
permanent
until
the
next
time
you
change
it.
That
is, the floppy drive will be configured for
either
single
or double sided operation. Entering
[N]
will
make
the
system
return
to
the
previous settings
after
the
next reset or
other
cold boot.
Remember also
that
"permanent"
means
until
you
change
it
to
another
way.
You
can
alter
this,
simply by
running
CONFIG F again,
at
any
later
date.
When
the
program
is
completed,
the
system
will
boot
itself
to
reset
the
operating system for the newly-specified drives.
Rev. A - 9-01-82
PIN
7100-0001
V-9
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