Maintaining A Hi Profile!; A Helping Hand; One Drive Or Two? - AMSTRAD cpc 6128 User Instruction

Maintaining a Hi profile!
The system disc provides a special file called PRO F I LE. SUB, which contains a list
of commands that are executed automatically when
CP/M
Plus is started. You may
then (if you have not already done so) insert a COPY of Side 1 of the System discs, and
at the A
>
prompt, type:
REN PROFILE.SUB=PROFILE.ENG
.... which creates the file
PRO F
I
LE. SUB
from
PRO F
I
LE. EN
G. This profile, which
will be acted on next time
CP/M
Plus is started, contains the commands:
SETKEYS KEYS.CCP
LANGUAGE 3
.... to set the cursor keys to be suitable for typing
CP/M
commands, and to convert the
screen output to UK (from USA), effectively making [SHIFn3 display as a '£'
symbol.
When the keyboard has been set up with the SET KEY S KEY S • C C P command,
then
CP/M
command lines can be edited in much the same way as a line of BASIC.
Full details of SET KEY S are given in Chapter 5 part 2.
A Helping Hand
Side 3 of your system discs package has a special program called 'Help' which is
designed to be an electronic instruction manual for
CP/M
Plus utility programs. To
activate this facility, insert Side 3 and type, at the
A>
prompt:
HELP
.... and the 'Help' program will prompt you with further questions, guiding you to the
information you require.
One Drive or Two?
When
CP/M
Plus is first loaded, it detects the number of disc drives attached. This
number is displayed as part of the sign-on message. Note that the process can be
fooled if the second drive has a disc partially inserted.
All error messages relating to the disc mechanisms are displayed by default, as a
banner on the 25th line of the screen. The programs themselves use only the first 24
lines of the screen.
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