Start-Up; Trsdos; Commands And Utilities - Radio Shack 4 Quick Reference

Start-Up
Make
sure
all
floppy disk drives are
empty and
all
equip-
ment
is off.
1
Turn
on
all
peripheral
equipment (such as a
printer),
except
the hard
disk.
2.
Hard
disk users: Turn
on
the primary hard
disk
drive.
3.
Turn
on
the
computer.
4.
Insert
a
system
diskette
into
Drive
and
close the
drive door.
TRSDOS
displays
its
start-up
message.
5.
TRSDOS
prompts you
for
the
date.
Enter
it
in
the
mm/dd/yy
format.
6.
The
following
system prompt
will
appear on
your
screen:
TRSDOS
Ready
Now, you can
type
in
a
TRSDOS
command.
7.
To
start
BASIC,
type:
BASIC
(ENTER)
and you see
the
BASIC
prompt:
Ready
represents a value
that
you
supply. Information within
brackets
is
optional.
Now, you can
type
in
a
BASIC command.
This
Quick Reference Guide
is
divided
into
two
sections:
TRSDOS
and BASIC.
Information
which
is
non-shaded
(like
this)
pertains
to:
•
TRSDOS
intermediate
commands
and
utilities
•
BASIC
statements
Information
which
is
shaded
like this
pertains
to:
•
TRSDOS
advanced
commands
and
utilities
•
BASIC
functions