IBM 5150 Manual To Operations

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Things You Can Do with DOS

• 121

  Summary of Commands

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Format-Getting a Diskette Ready to Be Used

• 124

  Before You Begin
• 125

  If You Want DOS On Your Diskette
• 126

  If You Do Not Want DOS On Your Diskette
• 127

  Formatting Several Diskettes

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Dir-Finding Out What Is On a Diskette

• 128

  Before You Begin
• 128

  To List All the Files
• 130

  To List One File

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DISKCOPY -Backing Up a Diskette

• 132

  Before You Begin
• 133

  Protecting Your Original Diskette
• 134

  Backing Up with One Drive
• 136

  Backing Up with Two Drives

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Copy-Backing Up One File

• 141

  Before You Begin
• 141

  Copying a File to the Same Diskette
• 146

  Copying a File to Another Diskette Using Two Drives

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Type-Displaying What Is in a File

• 148

  Before You Begin
• 148

  Here's How You Do It

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Rename-Changing a File's Name

• 150

  Before You Begin

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Erase-Removing a File From a Diskette

• 153

  Before You Begin
• 155

  Global Filename Characters

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Mode-Shifting the Display On the Screen

• 156

  Before You Begin
• 156

  Shift Right

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Helps and Hints

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Dos

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Introduction

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Starting BASIC

• 164

  For Cassette BASIC
  • 164

    If Your Computer Is Off
  • 164

    If Your Computer Is On
• 165

  For Disk BASIC
• 165

  For Advanced BASIC
• 166

  The BASIC Start-Up Screen
• 166

  The BASIC Prompt
• 167

  Shifting the Display On the Screen
• 167

  Returning to DOS
• 168

  Several BASIC Commands
• 168

  Some Keys You Will Use with BASIC
  • 168

    Function Keys

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Running a BASIC Program

• 169

  Running the SAMPLES Program
  • 171

    For Choices A, B, C, H and I
  • 171

    For Choices D, E, F, G, and J
• 173

  Running the COMM Program
  • 175

    COMM Program Choices
• 176

  Running a BASIC Program On Another Diskette
  • 176

    With One Diskette Drive
  • 177

    With Two Diskette Drives
• 178

  If You've Forgotten the File's Name

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Entering Your Own BASIC Program

• 182

  Storing Your BASIC Program
• 182

  Changing Your BASIC Program
  • 183

    Finding Out What the Statements Are
  • 184

    Retyping
  • 185

    The EDIT Command
• 186

  Adding a Statement
• 187

  Removing a Statement

• 191

  What Is Problem Determination

• 205

  Loading Diskette
• 206

  Loading Cassette

• 233

  Summary