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CHAPTER 3
SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION
3.1 INTRODUCTION
This chapter provides an overview of the system features, configuration 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/286.
Assuming you have connected the Little Board/286 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/286 ROM-BIOS
and utilities software to create a customized DOS-based installation. You can tailor your software
configuration to a wide variety of hardware configurations, as indicated in Chapter 2. This chapter
provides a discussion of how to configure 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/286 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>SETSPEED B=HI<Enter>
has the same effect as:
A>setspeed b=hi<Enter>