Table Of Contents - Commodore 1541 User Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction .............................•............................
The advantages of a disk drive .................................. .
Features of the 1541 . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . • . • . . . . • . . . • . . • . • . • . • . . . • . . . 1
How to use this book . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . • • . . . . • • • . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 2
Basic Operating Steps. . • . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . • • . • . . • . • . . . . . 2
Specifications of the 1541 Disk Drive ..•...•...............•...•..
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PART ONE: GUIDE TO OPERATION
Chapter
1:
Disk Drive ...•.....•..............................•...•......
s
Unpacking . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Empty the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Connecting the cables ........................................... 6
Turning on the power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Simple maintenance tips ........................................ 11
Chapter 2: Diskettes .................................................... 12
What is a diskette? ............................................. 12
Safety rules for diskette care ..................................... 1J
Inserting a diskette ............................................. 13
Safety rules for removing diskettes ............................... 14
Loading a packaged program .................................... 14
How to prepare a new diskette ................................... 15
Reusing an old diskette ......................................... 16
Organizing a diskette library .................................... 17
Backups ...................................................... 17
Chapter 3: Directories .............•.................................... 18
~ha~ is a di.rectory? ........................................... . 18
V1ew1ng a directory ............................................ 18
What a directory shows ......................................... 18
Watch out for splat files ......................................... 20
Printing a directory ............................................ 21
Reading a directory as a file ..................................... 21
Another way to
be
selective ...................................... 21
Pattern matching and wild cards ............•.................... 22