Table Of Contents - Commodore 1551 User Manual

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ...................................................... 1
Advantages of a disk drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1
Features of the 1551 ..•.•....................................... 1
How to use this book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
PART ONE: GUIDE TO OPERATION .................................... 3
CHAPTER 1: DISK DRIVE .........•................................... 3
Unpacking ........•..................................•........ 3
Connecting the cables . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4
Turning on the power. . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5
Troubleshooting guide .......................................... 6
Simple maintenance tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7
CHAPTER 2: DISKETTES ..............•............................... 9
What is a diskette? .•...•.......•..........................•.... 9
Safety rules for diskette care .....•.............................. 10
Using packaged programs .......•.............................. 10
How to prepare a new diskette ...•..........•...............•... 12
Organizing a diskette library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . .. 12
Backups ......................•................... ' ........... 13
What is a directory? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 13
Viewing a directory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 14
What a directory shows ........................................ 14
CHAPTER 3: OPERATION . . . . . • . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . .. 16
The command channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 16
Error checking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 17
Error check subroutine ......................................... 17
BASIC housekeeping hints. . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 17
More about directories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 18
Selective directories ............................................ 19
Printing a directory. . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 19
Pattern matching and wild cards ................................. 19
Splat files ..•......................•.......................... 20
Verify .•......................•.............................. 22
Copy ..•....•................................................ 23
Scratch •..............•..•....•.......•..............••...... 24
Rename •......................•.............................. 26
Renaming and scratching troublesome files (advanced users) ......... 26
Collect. ....•..•......................•.....................•. 27
Initialize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 28