Table Of Contents - Atari DOS 2.5: XF551 Owner's Manual

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YOUR ATARI XF551 DISK DRIVE AND DOS ................ ,
What DOS Does . . . . . . .. .......... ... ..... . . . ......... v
DOS 2.5 and Your ATAAI Personal Computer System ........... vi
How to Use This Manual . . ............................... vii
SECTION 1: YOUR ATARI XF551 DISK DRIVE ..
. . ... . 1
Connecting Your XF551 Disk Drive ....... . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1
Connecting More Than One Disk Drive . . ............ . . .. .... 3
Taking Care of Your Diskettes ......... . . .... . . ............ 4
SECTION
2:
GETTING STARTED WITH DOS
2.5 .......... 7
Loading DOS . . ......... .
.......... . .............. 7
The DOS Menu ............... . . . ........... 10
looking at a Disk Directory. . . . .. . . . .......•....•....... 13
Duplicating a Diskette ............•.. _ • . • .• • . . • • • ...... 14
FormattingaDiskette .............. . .... . ••...•. . _ ..... 17
Naming and Referring 1 0 Files ....... ... • • . • •• .. . •. . ...... 19
Running a Cartridge From DOS ...... . . .••. • • • • . . .•....... 22
Copying Files. . . . . . . ............................. 24
Erasing Files ........................ _ ................. 27
SECTION
3:
SELECTING
A
DOS MENU OPTION .........
29
A. DISK DIRECTORY ................. . ................ 30
B. RUN CARTRIDGE ................................... 34
C. COPY FILE. . . . . . .. . . . • . . . . • . . . . .. . • . . .. 35
D. DELETE FI LE(S) ...... . ... .. ................. . .. .... 38
E. RENAME FI LE. . . . . . . . • . . . . .. . . . ................ 39
F. LOCK FILE ..... . .. . ..........•................. ... 41
G. UNLOCK FILE . ....... • ... .•. ... . ..•.. . . . . . . .•..... 42
H. WRITE DOS FILES. . . . . • . . . . . ........ ... ... . 42
I. FORMAT DISK ........•....•....•..•....• . . . . •..... 43
J . DU PLICATE DISK .......... .... ... . .. . . .. . .......... 44
K. BINARY
SAVE .............. .. ..... . . . . .. .... . ...... 47
L BINARY LOAD ......... . . . ............ . .. . ... .. .... 53
M. RUN AT ADDRESS .............. ... ......... .. ...... 54
N. CREATE MEM.SAV ........ • • • • .• • • • •• • . • • • • .•• • ..... 55
O. DU PLICATE FILE .. . .. .... ..... .. . .. .... ... ... . 59
P. FORMATSINGLE. .. . ...•....•..... . .............. 61
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