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Radio Shack TRS-80 model III Owner's Manual page 15

Mini-disk operation, trsdos disk operating system, disk basic programming language
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OPERATION
Figure
6.
Inserting
a
Diskette.
If
you
can't
find
the
problem,
refer to the
Troubleshooting
and Maintenance
chapter
for further
suggestions.
TRSDOS
Start-Up Dialog
Whenever
you
reset the
Model
III
Disk System,
it
loads
trsdos
and
begins
the
start-up dialog.
1
The trsdos
version
number
and
date
of
creation
will
be
displayed,
followed
by
the
amount
of
ram
(32K
or
48K)
and
the
number
of
drives
in
the
system.
2.
trsdos
will
prompt you
to
enter the date
in
the
form mm/dd/yy. For example.
07/04/80
for
July
4,
1980.
Type
in
the correct date
and
press
(ENTER)
,
trsdos
will
not
continue
until
you
type
in
the date correctly.
3.
trsdos
will
prompt you
to
enter the
time
in
24-hour form hh:MM:SS. For
example,
14:45:00
for
2:45
p.m.
Type
in
the correct
time
and
press
[ENTER)
.
If
you
don't
wish
to set
the
time,
simply
press
CENTER)
at
the
beginning of
the
line,
trsdos
will
set
the
time
to
00:00:00.
4.
trsdos
will
now
display
the
message,
TRSDOS READY
Whenever
this
is
displayed,
you
are
in
the
trsdos
ready
mode,
and you
may
type
in
a
trsdos
command.

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