User's Manual

Chapter 2
Using Your Apex.
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2-1
Special Keys on the Apex Keyboard
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2-1
Selecting Execution Speed
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2-4
Stopping a Command or Program
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2-5
Resetting the Computer
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2-5
Turning Off the Computer.
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2-6
Using Diskettes and Diskette Drives
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2-7
How diskettes work
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2-7
Choosing diskettes for the Apex
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2-8
Caring for your diskettes and diskette drives.
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Inserting and removing diskettes.
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2-10
Write-protecting diskettes
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2-12
Making backup copies
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2-12
Using Your Hard Disk.
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2-13
Using a single diskette drive system
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2-14
Preparing the hard disk for moving
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2-15
Chapter 3
Using MS-DOS with Your Apex
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3-1
Introducing MS-DOS
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3-1
Starting and Exiting MS-DOS
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3-2
Changing the Default Drive.
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Entering MS-DOS Commands.
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3-3
Creating Files
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3-4
Naming a File
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3-5
Creating and Using Directories
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3-6
Creating directories
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3-8
Changing directories
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3-8
Using pathnames
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3-9
Other directory commands
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3-10
Copying from one directory to another.
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3-11
Displaying a list of directories
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3-12
Removing a directory
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3-13
Formatting Diskettes.
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3-13
Formatting diskettes with an Apex Plus
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Formatting diskettes with an Apex Plus 20
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3-14
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