AMSTRAD cpc 6128 User Instruction page 53

To look briefly at some of the CP/M commands, type in:
d i r [RETURN]
On the screen you will see a D I.Rectory ofCP/M and utility COMmands, one of which
is D I S C KIT 3. Type in:
d i s c kit 3
[RETURN]
After a few moments, you will see the DISC KIT opening message at the top of the
screen, followed by:
One drive found
This message tells you that you are running the DISC KIT utility program, and the
computer has detected that you are operating only one disc drive (the one within the
computer).
If you have connected an additional disc drive to the system, the message will say:
Two drives found
At the bottom of the screen, you will see the following:
Copy
7
Format
4
Verify
Exit from program
This is known as the main DISC KIT menu. The numbers in boxes refer to the
function keys at the right hand end of the keyboard (marked
fQl,
11,14, and f7), and
pressing one ofthese keys takes you to your selected menu choice.
Note that pressing function key number 0 at this point will exit from the DISC KIT
program back to CP/M Direct Console Mode (the A
>
prompt).
We now want to format a disc, so press function key number 4( 14).
BEWARE
FORMATTING A PREVIOUSLY RECORDED DISC WILL ERASE ITS CONTENTS
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