Owner`s manual
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1.2GRAPHICS CONVENTIONS
This manual conforms to the other Alpha Micro publications in its use of a standard set
of graphics conventions. We hope these graphics simplify our examples and make
them easier for you to use.
Any example that shows you pressing the
RETURN
key (see below) is a command entered
at AMOS command level. We do not show an AMOS prompt symbol in these
examples. The AMOS prompt defaults to a period (.), but may be set to any symbol or
group of up to 19 characters. See the SET reference sheet in your
System Commands
Reference Manual
for information on setting the AMOS prompt.
SYMBOL MEANING
devn: Device-Name. The "dev" is the three letter physical device code, and the
"n" is the logical unit number. Examples of device names are DSK0:,
DSK5:, WIN1:, and MTU0:. Usually, device names indicate disk drives,
but they can also refer to magnetic tape drives and video cassette
recorders.
filespec File Specification. A file specification identifies a specific file within an
account. A complete filespec is made up of the devn:, the filename, the
file extension, and the project-programmer number. For example:
devn:filename.ext[p,pn]
-or-
DSK0:SYSTAT.LIT[1,4]
[p,pn] This abbreviation represents an account on a disk you can store files and
data in. An actual disk account number looks like this: [100,2] or [1,4].
TEXT Bold text in an example of user/computer communication represents the
characters you type.
TEXT Text like this in an example of user/computer communication represents
the characters the computer displays on your terminal screen.
KEY
In our examples, the keycap symbol appears whenever you need to
press a certain key on your terminal keyboard. The name of the key you
need to press appears inside the keycap symbol, like this:
RETURN
. If you
need to press the TAB key, you would see
TAB
, or the ESCAPE key,
ESCAPE
. (Sometimes the ESCAPE key is labeled ESC or ALT MODE.)
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