Specifications
CHAPTER
3
SOFTWARE
CONFIGURATION
3.1
INTRODUCTION
This chapter provides
an
overview
of
the system features, confIgUl'ation options, and utilities
that
are
available
under
the
DOS
operating
system. A
combination
of
standard
DOS
and
Ampro-supplied utilities
and
drivers allows you
to
create a highly customized system
based
on
the Little
Board/PC.
Assuming you have connected
the
Little
Board/PC
to
a monitor, keyboard,
and
floppy drive
as described
in
Chapter
2,
you should have
no
difficulty booting
the
system under DOS.
You
will
probably
want
to
take
advantage
of
the
flexibility designed
into
the
Little
Board/PC
ROM-BIOS
and utilities software to create a customized DOS-based installation.
You
can
tailor your software confIgUl'ation to a wide variety
of
hardware configurations,
as
indicated
in
Chapter
2.
This
chapter provides a discussion
of
how to confIgUl'e
the
operating system
and
utility software for many typical installations.
Some
familiarity with
DOS
(pC-DOS, MS-DOS,
or
DR-DOS)
is assumed. Please refer
to
the
appropriate
IBM,
Microsoft,
or
Digital
Research
DOS
reference
manuals
for
further
information
on
the
use
of
the
DOS
operating system
and
its drivers
and
utilities.
In
addition,
Appendix
A
of
this
manual
contains
detailed
descriptions
of
each
of
the
Ampro
Little
Board/PC
driver and utility programs.
3.1.1
Conventions
In
the
descriptions
of
the use
of
software utilities, keyboard inputs which you
will
make
to
the
system
are
shown underlined.
This
has
been
done
to
make
it
easy
for
you
to
distinguish
between
the
computer's prompts
and
the operator's keystrokes.
For
example,
A>
DIR
<
Enter
>
means
that
you
type "DIR"
and
then
press
the
<Enter>
key
on
your
keyboard.
(On
some
keyboards
this
key
may
also
be
labeled
<Return>.)
In
most
cases,
upper
and
lower case
letters
can
be
used
interchangeably
when
you
supply
parameters
to
a program.
For
example:
A>SCSIPARK
<Enter>
has
the
same
effect as:
A>
scsipark <
Enter>
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