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The
DOS Menu
Once you 've
loaded
DOS
into
your computer and
,
if
necessary,
typed
DOS
and pressed
(AetuTl I.
the DOS Menu appears
on
your
TV
or monilor screen
.
The menu
presents a list of DOS func-
tions.
The
prompt below the menu invites you to make a selec-
tion. You choose the function you want to
use by
pressing
the
letter corresponding to your selection and
pressing
I
FIeWTl
J.
DOS
then asks you for the information
it
needs to
proceed
(see
"
Prompts and
Responses
,"
later in this
section).
DISK OPERATING SYSTEM II VERSION 2.5
COPYRIGHT 1984
ATARI
CORP.
A.
DISK DIRECTORY
B
.
RUN
CAFITRIDGE
C.
COPY FILE
D.
DELETE
fllE{S)
E.
RENAME FILE
F.
LOCK
FilE
G.
UNlOCK
FILE
H.
WRITE DOS
FILES
I.
FORMAT
DISK
J
DUPLICATE DISK
K.
BINARY
SAYE
l.
BINARY
LOAD
M. RUN AT
ADDRESS
N.
CREATE
MEM.
SAY
O.
OUPLICATE
FILE
P.
FORMAT SINGLE
SELECT ITEM OR
(
Aeb.rn
)
FOR MENU
•
Here
is
a
summary of
the
DOS 2.5
Menu
options
.
Those marked
with an •
are introduced later
in
this
section
;
all
are explained
in
detail
in
Section 3 .
•
A. DISK DIRECTORY
This
option
allows
you
to
call
up a
complete or selective list
of the files
on a
diskette,
showing the
filenames,
extenders
(if
any),
the
number of sectors allocated
to each
file,
and
the
number
of
free
sectors stilt available on
the diskette.
·8.
RUN CARTRIDGE
10
(Can ON LY
be used
with
built-in BASIC or
with a cartridge
installed in
the computer console.)
This
option
allows
you
to
return
control
of your
system
to buill-in BASIC
or
to
the car-
tridge
inserted in
the cartridge
slot
(the left
cartridge
slot
in
the ATARI800 Computer)
.
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