User's Manual

Chapter 3

Using Diskettes and Disk Drives . . . . . . . . ...3-1

How Diskettes Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...3-2

Choosing Diskettes for the Apex . . . . . . . . . . . . ...3-3

Caring for Your Diskettes and Disk Drives . . . . ...3-4

Inserting and Removing Diskettes . . . . . . . . . . . ...3-6

Protecting Your Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...3-7

Write-protecting diskettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...3-8

Making backup copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...3-9

Chapter 4

Using MS-DOS with Your Apex . . . . . . . . . ...4-1

Introducing MS-DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...4-1

Starting and Exiting MS-DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...4-3

Entering MS-DOS Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...4-5

Storing Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...4-6

Preparing Diskettes for Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...4-8

Copying Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...4-10

Using the DISKCOPY command . . . . . . . . . ...4-10

Using the COPY command . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...4-12

Listing the Contents of a Diskette . . . . . . . . . . ...4-14

Changing the Default Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...4-15

Starting Your Application Program . . . . . . . . . ...4-16

Chapter 5

Installing Option Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...5-1

Removing the Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...5-2

Inserting the Option Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...5-4

Replacing the Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...5-7

Post-installation Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...5-8

Removing Option Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...5-9

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