Commodore 8000 Series User manual

Commodore

Business

Computer

User's

Guide

Series

8000

(=:

commodore

Commodore

Business

Computer

User's

Guide

Appropriate

for

use

with:

•

Series

8000,

16K

32K

Part Number 320894

-----

commodore

PREFACE

Suitable for use with BASIC Version

4.0

and

Models 2040, 3040, 4040

Dual

Drive

Floppy

Disk

Drives,

•

DOS

Version

•DOS Version 2

Suitable for use with BASIC Version

4.0

and

the

Model

8050

Dual Drive

Floppy

Disk.

•

DOS

Version

2.5

•

iii

Chapter

Chapter 2

Chapter

Table of Contents

Introduction. ............................................

The

Commodore

Business

System. ............................

Preparing

The

CBM

For

Use

.............................

Turning

The

Computer

..............................

Care Of Your

CBM

Exploring

the

Keyboard

....................................

Character

Reverse

Key

RUN/STOP

Key

Cursor

Control

Keys. ..................................

Cursor

Control

Modes

Taking

Command

.........................................

Run

Command

List

Command

New

Command

Save

and

Dsave

Command

Verify

Command.

.....................................

Load

and

Dload

Command

..............................

Peripherals

IEEE488

Interface

Parallel

User

Port

Memory

Expansion

Port

Commodore's

Dual

Drive

Floppy

Disk

.....................

Disk

Commands

..............................

Formatting

Your

Disk

Header

Command

.........................

Directory

Command

.......................

Initializing

Your

Disk

..........................

2040

Disk

Drive

8050 Disk Drive 28

Chapter 6

Using

the

Disk Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

:Dsave

"fn",

Dx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Verify

"dr:fn",

829

Verify "*",8 , 29

Dload

"fn

", Dx 30

Dload

"*"

Quick Load

For

Program Files

Relative Files. ................................

Creating ARandom File 34

Accessing ARandom

File.

......................

User's Quick Reference: Commands 34

Cassette Tape Interface 36

Tape

Commands.

.............................

Save

"fn"

...............................

Save

"fn",

2 .............................

Verify

"fn"

Load

"fn"

...............................

Load

"fn",

241

Commodore Printer 41

Special Printer Associated Commands. .............

Open

CMD 43

Print#

and close

..........................

Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Errors Encountered While Trying

Load AProgram

Device not Present

Load and Status

Errors.

........................

Read Error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

File

not

Found .................................

DOS Mismatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

.. .. ..

. . . . . . . . . .

Disk

ill

Mismatch. . . . . . . . .

.. .. ..

. .

. . . . . . . .

Device Not Ready 49

Errors Encountered While Trying

Run AProgram 49

Syntax Error 49

Input

Error 50

Redo from

Start

Device Not Ready 51

Errors Encountered While Trying

Save AProgram 51

Verify Error 51

File Exists 52

Write Project On ..............................

Device Not Ready 52

User's Quick Reference: Error Messages 52

List of Illustrations

Figure Title

1The Commodore Business System. ..................................

2The Series 8000 Computer ........................................

3Rear View

Series 8000 Computer. . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4The Series 8000 Keyboard ...................

5Series 8000 Character Display. .....................................

6IEEE Peripheral Device Contact Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7IEEE Interface Cables. ...........................................

8Model 2040 Dual Drive Floppy Disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9Model 2040 Dual Drive Floppy Disk, Rear View 24

10 Model

C2N

Tape Cassette

Commodore Model 2022 Printer 42

12 Commodore Model 2023 Printer. ...................................

List of Tables

Table Title

1Suggested Reading List ...........................................

2Function Keys 12

3User's Quick Reference: Commands 35

4User's Quick Reference: Error Messages 53

vii

Chapter 1

INTRODUCTION

Congratulations

selecting

the

Commodore Series 8000 Computer. You will find

that

your computer

aflexible and easy·to-use

tool-quite

suitable for whatever applications

you have in mind.

Commodore

the leading innovator and advocate in bringing personal computers into

the

business office--delivering

both

professional capability and results. Your computer has been

thoroughly tested and certified

Commodore prior

leaving

the

factory. You will find

that your computer can be immediately on-line and ready to

to work.

This guide discusses the computer's features in an easy-to-understand non-technical manner.

This approach will enable you

become familiar with

your

computer's basic capabilities

without being intimidated

technical sounding jargon.

This guide is comprised

the

following chapters:

•

INTRODUCTION

•

THE

COMMODORE

BUSINESS

SYSTEM

•EXPWRING

THE

KEYBOARD

•

TAKING

COMMAND

•PERIPHERALS

•ERROR

MESSAGES

The information presented in these chapters will allow you

to:

•unpack and install

the

computer,

•attach computer peripherals,

•use commercially prepared software, and

•recognize and correct error conditions.

Commodore makes no assumptions as

the

user's expertise, but does recommend

the

SUGGESTED READING LIST, Table 1, which, should the user wish

pursue it, can pro-

vide detailed programming and technical information. Additionally, your Commodore

dealer can assist you in expanding

your

knowledge and understanding, thereby enhancing

your

proficiency.

The best teaching device for learning how

the

computer

works and

what

can

the

computer

itself.

some cases

you

will

instructed

use

the

computer

conjunction

with specified procedures

addition

reading what

do.

Every

effort

has been

made

provide sufficient

documentation

allow

you

get started. Essentially,

then,

the

rest is

you.

By constructing similar,

and

then

progressively

sophisticated procedures

and

examples

your

own,

any

questions which might arise will

all

probability be

answered

the

machine itself.

The Series

8000

is a

complete

computer

and

its

potential

is virtually limitless.

Information

entered

via

the

keyboard

and

displayed

the

CRT.

The

computer

is programmable

using alanguage called Beginners All·purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (BASIC). BASIC

an English·like

computer

language designed

permit

you

and

the

computer

under·

stand

and

communicate

with

each

other

in afriendly

and

non-threatening way.

the

heart

your

computer

is amicroprocessor. The microprocessor

totally

controls

the

operation

the

CRT,

keyboard

and

assorted peripherals. Compatible

Commodore

peri-

pherals include:

•Model

2040

Dual

Floppy

Disk Drive

•Model

8050

Dual

Floppy

Disk Drive

•Model

2022

2023

CBM

Printer

•Model C2N Cassette Recorder

Table

Suggested Reading List

Entering Basic

Sack

and

Meadows, Science Research Associates, 1973

BASIC: A

Computer

Programming Language

Pegels, Holden·Day, Inc., 1973

BASIC Programming

Kemeny

and

T. Kurtz, Peoples Computer Co.,

1967

1010

Doyle (P.O. Box

3100),

Menlo Park, CA

94025

BASIC

Albrecht, Finkle,

and

Brown

Peoples Computer

Co"

1973,

1010

Doyle (P.O. Box

3100),

Menlo Park, CA

94025

AGuided

Tour

Computer

Programming in BASIC

Dwyer, Houghton-Miflin Co., 1973

Programming aTime Shared

Computer

BASIC

E. H.

Barnett,

Wiley-Interscience

LIC

72·175789

Programming Language

Digital

Equipment

Corp., Maynard,

01754

101

BASIC

Computer

Games

Software Distribution Center,Digital

Equipment

Corp., Maynard,

01754

What

After

You Hit

Return

Peoples Computer Co.,

1010

Doyle (P.O. Box

3100),

Menlo Park,

94025

Table 1. Suggested Reading List (cont.)

Basic BASIC

S. Coan, Hayden

Book

Co., Rochelle Park,

Workbooks

1-5

T.I.S., (P.O.

Box

921),

Los Alamos,

BASIC With Style

Hayden

Book

Co., Rochelle Park,

Progranuning Proverbs

Hayden

Book

Co., Rochelle Park,

PET

and

the

IEEE

Bus (GPIB)

Osborne/McGraw-Hill,

630

Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA

94710

NOTES

Chapter2

THE COMMODORE

BUSINESS SYSTEM

Your

computer

the

brain of

the

Commodore business system, and, in conjunction with

the

peripherals is designed

to:

•Store information

•Find stored information

•Update stored information

•Calculate

•Manipulate information

•Print information

Your

computer

is constructed in such away

that

it cannot be damaged via

the

keyboard.

The operating system

cannot

be destroyed because

the

computer

software, or operating

instructions, are contained in afixed memory called aRead-Only-Memory (ROM). This

feature allows

the

user

use

the

computer with impunity.

Just what is the Commodore business system? See Figure 1. The system consists

the

following components:

•

Computer

•Storage Device

•Printer

•Software

•

Data

file

COMMODORE

PRINTER

OR SUITABLY

INTERFACED

ASCII

PRINTER

COMMODORE

COMPUTER

,,"

CASSETTE

Figure 1 - The Commodore Business System 5

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