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Contents
Table of Contents
Troubleshooting
Bookmarks
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction
About the Commodore PC
About Your PC User Documentation
Unpacking and Setting up Your Equipment
Checking What You Received
Setting up and Connecting the Equipment
The System Unit
FIGURE 2. PC 10-2 System Unit
Connecting the Keyboard to the System Unit
FIGURE 3. Power Cable Connection to the System Unit
Connecting a Monitor to the System Unit
The ATI Graphics Solution Adapter
Video Modes
Connecting Accessory Equipment (Peripherals)
Connecting a Parallel Printer
Connecting a Serial Printer
FIGURE 6. Connecting a Centronics (Parallel) Printer to the System
FIGURE 7. Connecting an RS 232 C (Serial) Printer to the System
Connecting an External Modem
The First Steps
What to Do First
What Is an Operating System
What Is MS-DOS
Starting or Booting MS-DOS
FIGURE 9. Write-Protect Tab
FIGURE 10. Inserting the System Disk
The Opening Screen Display
The Cursor
Adjusting the Screen Display
Setting the Date and Time
If You Make a Mistake
Using the Keyboard
The A> Prompt
What's on the Disk
How to Quit
Appendices
List of Filename Extensions
List of Logical Device Identifiers
Special Key Sequences
0.2.1 Installation Instructions
0.3.1 Software Supplied
0.3.2 Mode Switching Software
Special Note for Using
0.3.4 Configuring Your Application Software
0.3.5 Running Wordstar in 132 Column Mode
0.4.1 the ATI Graphics Solution
Co-Existence with Other Video Adapters
0.6 for Advanced Users
0.6.1 Video Memory Organization
Video Data Format
0.6.3 Mode Select Registers
0.6.4 Programming the 6845
Ati Graphics Solution Specifications
0.8 Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
110 Address Jump Settings on Motherboard
DIP Switch Settings
Pin Definitions for Parallel Port (Centronics)
Pin Definitions for Serial Port (RS 232 C)
Welcome
What Is MS-DOS
Before You Begin
How to Use this Guide
Learning about MS-DOS
Terms You Should Know
Program
File
Filename
Directory
Volume Label
Disk Drive
Drive Name
Commands
Keys You Use with MS·DOS
Special Keys
Control Key Combinations
The Return Key
Learning about Disks, Files, and Directories
Floppy Disks
Disk Protection
Hard Disks
The Format Command
How to Name Your Files
Invalid Filenames
Directories
Getting Started
How to Start
Ms-Dos
How to Quit
How to Make a Backup Copy of Your MS·DOS Disk
If You Have a Hard Disk
If You Have Only One Floppy Disk Drive
Using Commands
File Commands
The dir Command
The Copy Command
The del Command
The Rename Command
The Type Command
Disk Commands
The Format Cqmmand
The Diskcopy Command
Using Applications with MS-DOS
How to Run Application Programs
How to Create a File with Edlin
Summary
Index
Description 10
Appendix
Modes
Introduction
About this Manual
How to Use this Manual
More about Files and Directories
Before You Start
File Protection
How MS-DOS Keeps Track of Your Files
Multilevel Directories
Paths
Pathnames
Wildcards
The ? Wildcard
Using Directories
How to Create a Directory
How to Change Your Working Directory
How to Display Your Working Directory
How to Delete a Directory
How to Rename a Directory
About Commands
Types of MS-DOS Commands
Redirecting Command Input and Output
How to Redirect Your Output
Filters and Pipes
Command Pipes
MS-DOS Commands
About this Chapter
Command Options
More about Options
MS-DOS Commands
Batch Processing
Why Use Batch Files? 10
How to Create Batch Files
About Batch Processing
What Is an Autoexec_Bat File
How to Create an Autoexec_Bat File
How to Create a Batch File with Replaceable Parameters
How to Run a Batch File
How to Use Temporary Files
Batch Processing Commands
Echo
For
Goto
Pause
Rem
Shift
MS-DOS Editing and Function Keys
Special MS-DOS Editing Keys
How MS-DOS Uses the Template
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