Tandy 1000 MS-DOS Reference Manual page 5

ABOUT THIS MANUAL
MS-DOS® is an extremely powerful computer managing tool and
has numerous commands and options. If you are a beginner,
don't let this worry you. MS-DOS is not difficult to use.
This section provides information that greatly facilitates your
use of the MS-DOS commands listed in Part 1. Be sure to read
it before going on to Part 2.
This manual helps you make immediate use of MS-DOS's func-
tions. Part 1 describes how to begin using the operating system's
commands and editing features as well as the organization of
directories and files.
Part 2 begins by giving you specific instructions on how to inter-
pret and use command references. The command references
which follow provide the syntax, parameters, special instructions,
and examples of use for each of the MS-DOS commands.
The MS-DOS powerful line editor, EDLIN, is described in detail,
and with numerous examples, in Part 3. Your understanding of
the special features in this section will greatly increase the
advantages of MS-DOS and save you time.
Part 4 is for assembly language programmers. It describes the
functions of the MS-DOS Linker. LINK is used to produce
machine language code from assembler or compiler object
modules.
The MS-DOS DEBUG program provides for the testing of execut-
able object files and lets you alter the contents of a file or regis-
ter. The use of DEBUG functions and commands is described in
Part 5.
The use of MS-DOS is greatly facilitated by its descriptive error
messages. The error messages you might encounter when using
any of the MS-DOS functions are listed in Part 6.
The
CONFIG.syS
file, described in Appendix B, lets MS-DOS
install device-specific drivers as part of the system start-up.
With
CONFIG.SYS
you can establish the number of buffers and
files, install a printer driver and set other parameters as part of
the system boot process.