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Atari XF551 Owner's Manual

Atari XF551 Owner's Manual (137 pages)

Brand: Atari | Category: Floppy Disk Drive | Size: 10 MB

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
4
Introduction
8
- The XF551 Disk Drive
  8
- What DOS XE Does
  8
- Usingthis Manual
  9
Chapter 1 : Your Atari

11
- Xf551 Disk Drive
  11
  - Connecting Your XF551 Disk Drive
    11
    
    Connecting Multiple Peripherals
    12
    
    Setting Drive Select Switches
    13
  - Taking Care of Your Disks
    14
Chapter 2: Getting Started

16
- Loading DOS XE
  16
  - Boot Errors
    17
- Configuring DOS XE
  18
  - Copy3 Xe.com
    24
- Files and Directories
  24
  - Naming Files and Directories
    25
- Pathnames
  26
  - Working Directories
    27
- Wildcards
  30
- Error Messages
  30
- Duplicating a Disk
  31
- Initializing a Disk
  32
- Copying Files
  33
- Erasing Files and Deleting Directories
  33
- Protecting Files and Directories
  34
Chapter 3: The Main Menu

35
- Options
  36
  - File Access Menu
    36
  - Machine Language Access Menu
    36
  - System Function Menu
    36
  - Exit to Cartridge or Exit to Basic
    37
Chapter 4 The File Access Menu

38
- Options
  39
- Files Listing
  39
  - Protect Files
    42
  - Unprotect Files
    43
  - Erase Files
    44
  - Rename Files
    45
- View a File
  47
- Working Directory
  48
- New Directory
  49
- Delete Directory
  50
- Copy Files
  50
  - Copying a File
    51
  - Copying a File to the same Disk
    54
  - Copying a File with Two Disk Drives
    55
  - Copying Directories
    55
  - Copying a Group of Files
    56
  - Copying to and from Devices
    56
- Append to a File
  58
- Initialize Disk
  59
Chapter 5 The Machine Language Access Menu

62
- Options
  63
- Files Listing
  63
- Working Directory
  63
- Run a Binary File
  63
- Load a Binary File (Do Not Run)
  64
- Save Memory to a Binary File
  65
- Append Memory to a Binary File
  68
- Display Memory
  71
- Change Memory
  73
- Go to a Machine Language Program
  74
Chapter 6 The System Function Menu

76
- Options
  77
- Files Listing
  77
- Working Directory
  77
- Run a Batch File
  77
- Set Current Date
  78
- Initialize Disk
  79
- Create DOSXE.SYS File
  79
- Duplicate a Disk
  80
- Allow DOS 2.X Access
  83
Chapter 7: Advanced Topics

85
- Command Line Entry
  85
- Batch Files
  90
- Binary Files
  91
- Using DOS XE with Other Disk Drives
  94
- Using DOS XE with Existing Programs
  94
- Changes to Note and Point
  96
Chapter 8 Using Dos Xe with Atari Basic

97
- Tokenized and Untokenized Programs
  97
- DOS XE Pathnames and Atari Basic
  98
- Clearing the Symbol Table
  98
- Using Save. Load. Run. List, and Enter
  99
  - Save
    99
  - Load
    100
  - Run
    100
  - List (L.)
    101
  - Enter
    101
- Interactive BASIC Commands
  102
  - Open
    104
  - Close
    105
  - Note
    106
  - Point
    107
  - Print (PR. or ?)
    110
  - Input
    111
  - Put
    113
  - Get(Ge.)
    113
  - Status
    114
  - Xio
    115
Chapter 9: Structure of Dos Xe

119
- Disk Utilization
  119
- Sector Labels
  119
- Sector Organization
  120
  - Boot Sectors
    120
  - The Volume Table of Contents (VTOC)
    120
  - Directory Sectors
    120
  - File Map Sectors
    121
  - Data Sectors
    121
- Memory Utilization
  122
- Memory Map of DOS XE
  122
- Glossary
  123

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Atari XF551 Owner's Manual

Atari XF551 Owner's Manual (164 pages)

ATARI DOS 2.5 Disk Drive

Brand: Atari | Category: Storage | Size: 19 MB

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
5
Your Atari Xf551 Disk Drive and Dos
7
Section 1: Your Atari Xf551 Disk Drive
11
Section 2: Getting Started with Dos 2.5
17
- Loading DOS
  17
- The DOS Menu
  20
- Looking at a Disk Directory
  23
- Duplicating a Diskette
  24
- Formattingadiskette
  27
- Naming and Referring 1 Files
  29
- Running a Cartridge from DOS
  32
- Copying Files
  34
- Erasing Files
  37
Section 3: Selecting Ados Menu Option
39
- Disk Directory
  40
- Run Cartridge
  44
- Copy File
  45
- Delete File(S)
  48
- Rename File
  49
- Lock File
  51
- Unlock File
  52
- Write Dos Files
  52
- Format Disk
  53
- Duplicate Disk
  54
- Binary Save
  57
- Binary Load
  63
- Run at Address
  64
- Create Mem.sav
  65
- Du Plicate File
  69
- Formatsingle
  71
  - With Dos
    73
- BASIC Commands Used with DOS
  73
- Tokenized and Untokenized Files
  73
- Input/Output Control Blocks
  76
- Using the OPEN/CLOSE Commands
  77
- Using the INPUT/PAINT Commands
  78
- Direct Accessing with the Notelpointcommands
  80
- The PUTIGET Commands
  84
- Using the STATUS Command
  86
- Substituting the XID Command for DOS Menu Options
  86
- Accessing Damaged Files
  89
- The AUTORUN.SVS File
  90
Appendices
93
- Used with Disk Operations
  93
- B: Notations and Terminology Used with Dos
  97
- C: Error Messages
  101
  - And How to Recover
    101
  - For 64K Ram System
    111
  - Conversion Table
    113
- How to Speed up Data Transfers to Disk Drive
  115
- G: How to Tell Dos How Many Disk Drives You Have
  117
- H: Using Dos 2.5 with an Atari 810 Disk Drive or with Dos 2.0S Files
  121
- Structure of Acompound Binary File
  127
- Glossary of Terms
  129
- Dos 2.5 and the Atari130Xe Ram Disk
  135
- L: the Dos 2.5 Disk Utilities
  139
- Atari Xf551 Disk Drive Specifications
  151
- N: Power Connection in
  153
  - The United Kingdom
    153
Index
155
Customer Support
159

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