Radio Shack TRS-80 Hardware Manual page 27

Operating Your
Computer
as
a Floppy Disk System
The
computer
operates as a hard disk system only
because
the
configuration
file tells
it
to
do SO To
operate
it
as 3
floppy disk
system,
do
either
rjl
the
lol
lowing:
* Remove
the
Boot
diskette
from Floppy
Drive
and
insert
any other operating system diskette Reset
the system.
(Only the Boot Diskette contains the hard disk configura-
tion
file.)
• Leave
the
Boul
Diskette
in
Fluppy
Drive
©
but
tell
ll
le
com*
puter
to
ignore
its
configuration
fits.
To do
this
press
CLEAR.'
and
hold
it
rinwn whilp
resfltling
'hft
systfim
and
waiting
for
TRSDOS Ready
to
appear.
{If
you
are
star-
ling
up
the
computer
hold
down clear
i
after
you
enter
the date.)
If
you
didn'l
do
this correctly,, try
it
again.
Remember:
The
Boot Diskette
docs
not
contain a
com-
plete
operating system.
See
the
BOOT
and
SYSGEN
library
commands
In
the
Mode/
4/4P Disk
System
Owners
Manual
for
more
information,
To see
that
your system
is
now
a
floppy disk
system, type
(fit
TftSDOS Ready):
DEVICE
LIrdlER.
T R
SDOS
d
iapl
ays the physical
devices and
the
ir
assigned
I
ogicol
Oevic* numbers,
Type:
DIR
:0
(ENTER:
TR5DOS
displays a directory
ul
the diskette
in
Floppy
Drive
9-
Note:
If
your system
is still
responding as
a
hard disk system,
you
probably
did not
press
_c_LEAfl
long
enough.
Try again.
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