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Introduction to your disk system
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To
copy
the
MODELA/III
file
to
a
TRSDOS
1.3 diskette, follow
these
steps:
t.
Start
up your system,
using
TRSDOS
Version
6.1
.1
2.
At
"TRSDOS
Ready,"
insert
a blank
diskette
into
Drive
1.
[First
mate
sure
the blank
disk-
ette's
write-protect
notch
is
not
covered by
a
tab.
J
Now,
format
the
Drive
1
diskette
by
typing:
FORMAT
il
(SDEH
f
CTL=35
f
Q=N
f
ABS>
•ENTER;
This
command
makes
the diskette
Identical
to
those formatted
by
the
Model
I
disk oper-
ating
system
fTPJSOOS
Version 2,31
Later,
you'll
copy
the
file
from
this
diskette to
a
TRSDOS
Version
1.3 diskette.
3.
Copy
the
MODELA/UI
file
to the
newfy
for-
matted
diskette,
by
typing
-
COPY HODELfl/IltiO
:1
(HUB
4.
Press
RESET;
then, within
three
seconds,
press
O
and
a
tower-case
(E
at
the
same
time.
Pressing
(F31
tells
the
hardware
to
load the
Model
III
ROM;
pressing <E
1ells
it
that
the diskette
in
Drive
contains the
MODELA'IU
file,
but
that
you want
to
use o
program
that
is
on
anolher
diskette.
If
the
mee&aga
"'Loading
ROM
Image
-
Please
Wait"
is
not displayed
within
10
sec-
onds, repeat
this
step. After
several
seconds,
you
should
see
the
prompt
telling
you
to
swap
diskettes.
If
this
message
is
not
displayed- repeat
this
step.
5.
At the prompt,
remove
the
TRSDOS
Version
6.
T.I
diskette
from
Drive
and
insert a
TRSDOS
1.3 diskette,
(First,
make
sure the
1.3 diskette's
write-protect
notch
is riot
covered by a
tab.}
Closo
the drive
door and
press
[
UrtEB
).
(Note;
Leave
the Drive
1
disk-
ette
in
the
drive.)
The
TRSDOS
1
.3
operating
system
should
laab
and
ask
you
Tor
the
dare
and
time.
6.
Alter
enterfcng
the
date
and
time, type:
COHMERT
(HUES)
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