Radio Shack TRS-80 model III Owner's Manual page 18
Mini-disk operation,
trsdos disk operating system,
disk basic programming language
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TRS-80
MODEL
III
DISK
SYSTEM
If
the diskette
contains
data,
trsdos
will
warn
you:
DISKETTE CONTAINS DATA
»
USE DISK
OR
NOT?
The
warning
is
needed
since
format
erases
all
previous information
from
the
diskette.
Type
N CENTER)
to
cancel
format;
type
Y CENTER]
or U
CENTER]
to
continue
it.
3.
trsdos
will
now
format and
verify the
diskette.
The
data
diskette
will
then
be ready
for
use
in
Drive
1
,
2,
or
3.
Model
I/III
Conversion
(CONVERT)
In
general,
Model
I
trsdos
diskettes
cannot be used
in
a
Model
III
Disk
System.
However, Model
III
trsdos
includes
a
special
program,
convert,
to
read
a
Model
I
trsdos
diskette
and copy
its
non-system
files
onto
a
Model
III
trsdos
diskette.
In
two-drive systems,
the
files
must
be copied onto
a
Model
III
system
diskette;
in
three-
or four-drive
systems,
the
files
may
be copied onto
a
data
diskette.
Here
are
abbreviated
instructions for
using
this
program. For
further
details,
see
convert.
1
.
Using
a
Model
I
Disk System,
remove
all
passwords from
the diskette
to
be
converted.
You
can do
this
with
the
prot
command,
described
in
the
Model
I
TRSDOSlDisk
basic
Owner's Manual.
2.
Start
Model
III
trsdos.
3.
Place
the
Model
I
diskette
in
Drive
I,
2 or
3.
(In
two-drive systems, use
Drive
1;
in
three-
or four-drive systems, Drive
2.)
4. In
three- or
four-drive systems, place
a
Model
III
data
diskette
in
Drive
1
.
5.
Type:
CONCERT
CENTER)
4.
The
conversion
program
will
start
by
asking
for the
source
drive
number.
Type
in
the
number
of
the drive
containing
the
Model
I
diskette,
then press
CENTER]
.
5.
Next,
the
conversion
program
will
ask
for the
destination drive
number. Type
in
the
number
of
the drive
containing
the
Model
III
diskette,
then press
(ENTER)
.
(In
two-drive systems,
use
Drive
0;
in
three-
or four-drive systems,
Drive
1
.)
6.
Now
all
the
non-system
files
will
be converted
and copied
onto
the
destination
diskette.
As
each
file
is
copied,
its
name
will
be
displayed.
7.
When
the
process
is
completed,
you
may
remove
the
Model
I
diskette.
It
is
unchanged by
the
convert
program.
The
destination diskette contains the
converted
files.
8.
To
restore
password
protection
to
the
converted
files,
you
may
use
the
prot
or
attrib
command.
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