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Read the information on this page only when using:
•
disks that have different densities.
•
disks that have different numbers of sides.
Should this situation arise, use the following guidelines:
•
Use the PIP program (the DIRECTORY chapter has detailed instructions)
to copy files between disks with different densities or numbers of sides.
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Remember that the 820-11 "sets" a disk drive to work in a certain density
and number of sides when it reads the first disk you insert after loading
the software.
If
you want to insert another disk with a different density
and number of sides, you'll have to tell the 820-11 to "reset" the drive in
one of two ways:
You can press CTRL
+
C to reload the software, or
You can tell the 820-11 to pretend that the drive has a different
name. The A Drive can be referred to as Drive C and the B Drive
can be referred to as Drive D.
For example: This means that you can put a double density disk in
Drive B and work in double density by using 8 as the drive name (e.g.,
use B:filename to address a file on the disk). Then when you remove
that disk and insert a single density disk, you can refer to the drive as
n
(e.g., D:filename) so the 820-11 will recognize the change in
density. Using this method, you can switch back and forth between
densities without reloading software by referring to the drive as B
and D.
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Should you ever want to check to see what kind of disk a drive is set to read, you
can use the WHA TSA program.
This program will display a list of the possible
drive names (A through P) and the type of disk that is read (logged) by each drive.
Remember, the first disk inserted and read by a drive after Word Processing is
loaded determines what type of disk the drive is set for.
It should be noted that the A drive can be referred to as A or C. The B drive can
be referred to as B or D.
The other drive names (E through
p)
are used in
conjunction with a rigid disk.
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