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5.
The prompt
SELECT
ITEM OR
lReW"n
1
FOR MENU
appears
each time
the
computer system completes a request.
If
you
choose to select another item
,
type
the
leiter for the option
you
need
and
press
[
ReWTl
J
.
The bottom
half of
the
screen will
scroll
upward
to
make
room
for
the
next
option 's prompts.
If
you press
I
ReWT1]
, the screen will clear and redisplay
the DOS
Menu
.
If
your
system includes both an ATARI
XF551 and
an 810 Disk
Drive,
or
if
you
have files
originally created and stored
using
ATARI OOS
2.05,
see
Appendix H
for detailed
information
on
managing your files
and diskettes
with
DOS 2.5.
If
you
have
files formatted with
OOS
3,
see
Appendix L.
A. DISK DIRECTORY
A
Disk Directory
is a
list
of the files on a diskette
,
showing the
filename,
the extender (if
any),
and
the
number of sectors
allo-
cated
to
each
file.
It will either display a partial list or a complete
list
,
depending on
the
parameters entered
.
Wild
cards
can be
used
in
the parameters.
With the SELECT
ITEM
OR
[ReWTl
I
FOR
MENU prompt on the
screen
,
type
A
and press
I
AeWTl
I.
The screen immediately
dis-
plays this message
:
DI
RECTORY--SEARCH
SPEC.LIST FILE'
If
you
press
I
ReW"n
1
again
,
you will see a listing of
all
the
file
s
on
the diskette
,
the size
(i
n
sectors)
of each
file,
and the number of
free
sectors
remaining
on the
diskette.
The following example
shows
the files
in the directory of your
DOS
2.5 System
Diskette
.
SELECT
ITEI'!
OR
1'"""'
1
FOR
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