Section 2: Getting Started With Dos 2.5; Loading Dos - Atari DOS 2.5: XF551 Owner's Manual

SECTION 2
GETTING STARTED
WITH OOS2.5
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Loading DOS
Follow Ihese steps to load DOS 2.5 with ATARI BASIC (il you do
not want to load BASIC , see "DOS With and Without BASIC ,"on
the following page):
1. Make sure that your computer and disk drive are t urned off. If
you have an ATARI 400, BOO, or 12QOXL Computer, insert an
ATAR I BASIC cartridge into your computer's cartridge slot.
Make sure that there is no diskette in your disk drive. If you
have an ATARI XE Game System, 130XE, 65XE, or BOOXL with
built-in BASIC, be sure there is no cartridge in your computer,
and no diskette in your disk drive.
2. Turn on your disk drive-
if
you have more than one disk
drive in your system you must always use Drive 1 to toad
DOS. The drive makes a whirring sou nd when turned on,
and the BUSY light goes on.
Caution:
Never insert or remove a diskette in your drive while
the BUSY light is on .
3. When the BUSY light goes off, turn the latch on the fron t
of your ATARI XF551 Di sk Drive to the open (horizontal)
position. Remove your DOS 2.5 Master Diskette from its
protective paper sleeve and insert
it
in your drive, with the
label faci ng up and toward you, until
it
clicks into place.
Then turn the latch to the closed (vertical) pOSition.
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