Commodore PC User manual

Commodore

PERSONAL

COMPUTEB

•

MS-DOS®

3.2

User's

Guide

•

MS-DOS®

3.2

User's

Reference

COMMODORE

PERSONAL

COMPUTER

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•

MS-DOS

User's

Guide

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•

MS-DOS

User's

Reference

Information

this

document

subject

change

without

notice

and

does

not

represent

commitment

the

part

Commodore

Business

Machines

the

Microsoft

Corporation.

The

software

described

this

document

furnished

under

license

agreement

non-disclosure

agreement.

The

software

may

used

copied

only

accordance

with

the

terms

that

agreement.

against

the

law

copy

the

MS-DOS

Disk

Operating

System

magnetic

tape,

disk,

any

other

medium

for

any

purpose

other

than

the purchaser's

personal

use.

1987

Commodore

Electronics

Limited.

All

rights

reserved.

Microsoft

Corporation, 1984,

1982,

1983, 1984,

1985,

1986,

1987.

All

rights

reserved.

Commodore

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trademark

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Electronics

Limited.

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MS-DOS®,

GW-BASIC®

and

the

Microsoft

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Microsoft

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USER'S

MANUAL

STATEMENT

WARNING:

This

equipment

has

been

certified

comply

with

the

limits

for

Class

computing

device,

pursuant

subpart

Part

the

Federal

Communications

Commission's

rules,

which

are

designed

provide

reasonable

protection

against

radio

and

television

interference

residential

installation.

not

installed

properly,

strict

accordance

with

the

manufacturer's

instructions,

may

cause

such

interference.

you

suspect

interference,

you

can

test

this

equipment

turning

off

and

on.

this

equipment

does

cause

interference,

correct

doing

any

the

following:

•

Reorient

the receiving

antenna

plug.

(]

•

Change

the

relative

positions

the

computer

and

the

receiver.

•

Plug

the

computer

into

different

outlet

the

computer

and

receiver

are

different

circuits.

(]

CAUTION:

Only

peripherals

with

shield-grounded

cables

(computer

input-output

devices,

terminals,

printers,

etc.),

certified

comply

with

Class

limits,

can be

attached

this

computer.

Operation

with

non-

certified

peripherals

likely

result

communications

interference.

Your

house

wall

receptacle

must

three-pronged

type

(AC

ground).

not,

contact

electrician

install

the

proper

receptacle.

multi-connector

box

used

connect

the

computer

and

peripherals

AC,

the

ground must

common

all

units.

necessary,

consult

your

Commodore

dealer

experienced

radio-television

technician

for

addi

tional

suggestions.

You

may

find

the

following

FCC

booklet

helpful:

"How

Identify

and

Resolve

Radio-TV

Interference

Problems."

The

booklet

available

from

the

U.S.

Government

Printing

Office,

Washington,

D.C.

20402,

stock

no.

004-000-00345-4.

This

manual

contains

copyrighted

and

proprietary

information.

part of

this

publication

may

reproduced,

stored

retrieval

system,

transmitted

any

form

any means,

electronic,

ftm*^

mechanical,

photocopying,

recording

otherwise,

without

the

prior

written

permission

Commo-

dore

Electronics

Limited.

User's

Guide

Contents

Welcome

What

ms-dos?

Before

You

Begin

How

Use

This

Guide

viii

Learning

About

ms-dos

Terms

You

Should

Know

Program

File

Filename

Directory

Volume

Label

Disk

drive

Drive

name

Commands

Keys

You

Use

with

ms-dos

Special

Keys

Control

Key

Combinations

The

Return

Key

Learning

About

Disks,

Files,

and

Directories

Floppy

Disks

Disk

Protection

Hard

Disks

The

Format

Command

How

Name

Your

Files

Invalid

Filenames

Directories

Getting

Started

How

Start

ms-dos

How

Quit

How

Make

Backup

Copy

Your

ms-dos

Disk

You

Have

Hard

Disk

You

Have

Only

One

Floppy

Disk

Drive

Contents

Using

Commands

File

Commands

The

Dir

Command

(

The

Copy

Command

27 ^^^

The

Del

Command

The

Rename

Command

The

Type

Command

The

Command

Disk

Commands

The

Format

Command

The

Diskcopy

Command

Using

Applications

with

ms-dos

How

Run

Application

Programs

—^

How

Create

File

with

Edlin

Summary

Terms

Index

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