Specifications

STEP 3: Press the Time softkey and select the current time with the
Hour (00-23) and Minute pushknobs. The 8150 uses a
24-hour clock, where midnight is 00:00, 6 AM is 06:00, noon
is 12:00, and 6 PM is 18:00.
STEP 4: After entering the current date and time, press the Date &
Time softkey. This enters the settings into the 8150’s real-time
clock, where it is not disturbed, even if the battery backed
RAM is cleared. Whenever you save a file to floppy disk, it is
"stamped" with the current date and time according to these
settings.
Formatting a Disk
STEP 1: Insert a blank floppy disk, either 720KB or 1.44MB, into the
floppy disk drive (internal or external, if connected).
STEP 2: Press the DISK menu button, then the Format softkey. If an
external disk drive is connected, make sure that you select the
correct drive with the Drive softkey.
STEP 3: Press the Confirm softkey; the prompt "are you sure you want
to do this?" appears. To continue, press the Confirm softkey
again. Press any other button to abort the format command.
STEP 4: If you press Confirm again, the prompt "formatting: A:"
appears if you are formatting with the internal disk drive;
"formatting: B:" appears if you are using the optional external
drive to format the disk; "formatting: C:" appears if you are
formatting the optional hard disk. Since the hard disk is
already formatted by Accom, you probably will never need
to format it.
STEP 5: When the formatting process is complete, the display adds
the word ". . . done" to the "formatting" prompt. You may
remove the disk and format another, or save files to this disk.
Disk Drive Operations 8150 Technical Guide
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Engineering Setup
9100-0212-04 - May 2000