Changing Your Computer's Functions; Introduction; The Setup Program; The Power Program - Tandy 1500HD User Manual

COMPUTER'S FUNCTIONS
INTRODUCTION
Your Tandy 1500 HD computer comes with two
programs that let you control some of the
computer's start-up parameters and let you set the
computer to use less power when you use battery
power. The programs are called Setup and Power.
Start-up parameters you can control include serial
port assignment, DOS cursor type, the start-up
program (MS-DOS or DeskMate), memory diag-
nostics on/off, and the internal speaker on/off.
The power management parameters let you set
the hard drive, diskette drive, and display to auto-
matically turn off after a selected number of min-
utes of inactivity. Of course, each of these devices
turn on again whenever they are needed.
The Setup program lets you select start-up and
power-management parameters, and store the pa-
rameters you select in memory. The computer
uses these parameters each time you start it up,
unless you change the parameters using Setup.
Whenever you use the Setup program, you must
turn off the computer or press
CTRL+ ALT+ DEL
to ini-
tialize the new parameters.
The Power program lets you temporarily change
the power-management parameters without re-
starting the computer. However, changes you
make using this program are not stored in mem-
ory, and when you restart the computer, it returns
to the parameters you stored using the Setup pro-
gram.
You can run Setup and Power from DeskMate or
MS-DOS. In both cases, you select parameters
from easy-to-use menus.
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