User guide
If all the users are within shouting distance, this is probably the quickest way to tell
them.
If not:
1.
Select the main menu, press LOGON and log on as SYST.
2.
Select BASIC, or the command screen of an application, and type:
*USERS I <
-
1 I
to list the station numbers of all the people currently using FileStore.
3.
Check each station number in your list of user ids and get a message to
them, warning that you will soon be shutting down.
Wait at least 5 minutes before proceeding.
4.
Open the access flap on FileStore.
5.
The disc drive activity lights should start to flicker quickly as FileStore
copies all the information it has been holding onto the discs. Wait for
the drive lights to stop flickering and flash slowly — this should only take
a minute or two.
FileStore is now shut down. You can either:
—
Close the access flap to start FileStore up again, for example after changing
discs.
—
Turn FileStore off, together with its hard disc and printer (if present). The
order in which you turn these off is unimportant.
Formatting discs
New
(blank)
FileStore discs
must
be prepared for use by 'formatting'. You should
do this at a time when other users do
not want to
use FileS
tore.
To format a disc:
1.
Select maintenance mode (see
Selecting maintenance mode).
2.
Insert a blank floppy disc in the lefthand drive.
Make sure that it is blank, ie does
not
contain information that
you want to
keep, as
it will be deleted! (If it is
not blank, there
should be handwriting
on
its label
indicating what is on it). Leave the flap open.
3.
Type:
*FORMAT 4
title
I
I
where
title
is the title that you want to give the disc.
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