Owner`s manual
Page 3-11Getting Started
To insert a diskette, hold it so the side with the label is up and the cutout or door is
pointing away from you.
For a 51/4" diskette, open the drive door by turning the lever so it points toward the red
indicator light. Insert the diskette so the oval cutout is on same side as the lever. Close
the drive door by turning the lever 90 degrees clockwise. To remove the diskette, turn
the lever back, 90 degrees counterclockwise.
For a 31/2" diskette, push the diskette into the door until it is seated in the drive. To
remove the diskette, push the eject button on the front of the drive.
Mounting Diskettes
Whenever you insert a diskette into the disk drive, you need to tell the computer you did
so by using the MOUNT command. This is true even if you re-insert the same diskette
you just took out. If you forget to use the MOUNT command, AMOS won’t know which
diskette is in the drive and when you want to write on the diskette, the data may get
scrambled!
When you boot the computer, that process automatically mounts your boot device,
DSK0:. You must mount any other disk devices in order to use them. For example, if
your computer contains your boot device, DSK0:, and a diskette drive called FLP0:, you
need to type the following MOUNT command at AMOS command level to access a
diskette in the diskette drive:
MOUNT FLP0:
RETURN
Whenever you change the diskette in the drive, you must use the MOUNT command
again.
ABOUT STREAMING TAPE
There are four different 1/4" streaming tape drives available for your computer: the
AM-625, AM-626, AM-627, and AM-628. For information on transferring data to and
from streaming tape, see the
System Commands Reference Manual
. For information on
cleaning tape drive heads, see Chapter 6.
Tape Capacity
The storage capacity of your tapes depend both on the drive you have and the type of
tape cartridge you are using. The following table shows the different types of tape
cartridges available and the corresponding capacity for the AM-625, AM-626, AM-627,
and AM-628 drives.
Eagle Series Computer Owner’s Manual, Rev. 03