AT&T PC 6300 User manual

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Written by
Agora Resource, Inc.
Lexington,
MA
©1984, 1985 AT&T
©1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 By Microsoft Corp.
All Rights Reserved
Printed
in USA
NOTICE
The information in this document is subject to change without
notice.
AT&T assumes no responsibility for any errors that may
appear
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MS™-DOS is a trademark and Microsoft., is a registered
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MS-DOS User's Guide
Contents
Introduction
What Is MS-DOS?
What Is Covered in This Guide?
How to
Enter Keystrokes
What Is Included with This Guide
Before You Start MS-DOS
About Diskettes
Caring for Diskettes
Write-Enable Notch
Why Copy Your MS-DOS System Diskettes?
Diskettes Need to Be Formatted
1- 2
1- 3
1- 4
1- 5
2- 1
2- 1
2- 6
2- 8
2- 9
What System Do You Have? 2-10
If You Have a Single-Diskette Drive System 2-11
If You Have a Two-Diskette Drive System 2-12
If You Have a Fixed Disk Drive and a
Diskette Drive System 2 -1 3
Files 2-14
Naming Files 2-15
Reserved
Filenames and Extensions 2-20
Wild
Card Characters 2-22
File Specifications 2-24

MS-DOS User's Guide
3
Starting MS-DOS
Loading MS-DOS 3- 1
Inserting Diskettes
3- 3
If Your Computer Is OFF
3- 4
If Your Computer Is ON
3- 5
When MS-DOS Is Ready:
The Prompt
3- 6
Entering Commands
3- 7
If You Make a Mistake
3- 9
Stopping
the Screen to Read It
3-10
Printing What Is on the Screen 3-11
The Default Drive 3-12
Using a Fixed Disk Drive 3-
14
Using MS-DOS Only 3-16
Partitioning Your Fixed Disk
3-19
Creating the MS-DOS Partition
3-21
Changing the Active Partition
3-25
Deleting the MS-DOS Partition
3-26
Displaying the Parti tion Map 3-27
Organizing Your Fixed Disk
3-28
A
Sample Multi-Level Directory
3-30
Using Subdirectories
3-34

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MS-DOS User's Guide
Using MS-DOS Commands
MS-DOS Commands for Common Tasks
4- 1
Formatting a Diskette
4- 3
Finding Out What Files Are on a Diskette
4- 7
Copying a Diskette
4-10
Comparing Diskettes
4-15
Copying a File 4-20
Comparing Files 4-24
Looking
at a File 4-29
Changing a Filename
4-31
Removing a File from a
Diskette
4-33
Processing a Series of Commands Automatically 4-35
Helpful
Hints 4-37

MS-DOS User's Guide
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MS-DOS Commands
Command Syntax
MS-DOS Commands
Batch Processing Commands
Batch Processing Commands
Stopping Batch Proc e ssing
Parameters in Batch Files
Variables in Batch Files
5- 1
5- 5
6- 1
6- 4
6- 5
6- 6

MS-DOS User's Guide
Appendices
A Messages
A-1
B EDLIN -Th e Line Editor
B-1
c LINK
C-1
D DEBUG D-1
E CONFIG.SYS E-1
F EXE2BIN F-1
G ANSI.SYS G-1
H RAMDISK H-1
Index

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1 Introduction
• What Is MS-DOS?
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What Is Covered in This Guide?
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How to Enter Keystrokes
• What Is Included with This Guide?

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