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TABLE OF CONTENTS
How To Use Tbis Manual
If You Have Never Used A Computer Before •••
If You Have Used Computers, But
Never Vector 4 Or Vector 4 CP/M
•••
Section I - Meet Your vector 4
The Components Of Your System
The Keyboard
The Microprocessor
The Disk Drives
The Printer
The Hidden Component
SectiQn II -lostallatiQn Instructions
Connecting Your Vector 4 Components
Connecting Your
Printer to Your Vector 4
Installing The Vector 7700
Connect Your Vector 4 to Power
SectiQn m- StartiD2'
UQ Your Vector 4
Turning On the Computer
Using Diskettes
The Automatic System
Test
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Getting Started
How To Boot The Vector 4
Section Iv - vector 4 CP 1M Oyerview
What
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How Does This Operating System Get Started
Section V - yes:tor 4 Qperatill{ Commands
Command Entry Conventions
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What Kinds of Commands Are There
Screen Handling Commands
"Emergency Brakes"
Program Commands
The Electronic Filing Cabinet
Wild Cards
Why Use Wild Cards
What Kinds of FUes Are There
Getting Around The Disks
Displaying A Filers Name
Setting Up Your System
Single or Double Sided Diskettes
Why Do I Need Both Kinds of Diskettes
Chocsing Printers
Setting Up the Auto Run Command
What Can I do with the Auto Run Command
Diskette Preparation
Formatting Diskettes
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Copying Files: The PIP Command
PIPping
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The DISK COpy Command
The STORE Command
The RESTORE Command
Erasing Files
Erasing A Range Of Files
What If •••
Checking the Remaining Storage
Running STAT for Files
Other Functions of the STAT Command
Section YI -Quick Reference Index To vector 4 Commands
Setting Up Your System
Entering Commands
"Emergency Brakes"
Wild Cards
Copying And Backing Up Files
File Management
Erase (Or Delete) Files And Disks
File Checking And Printing
Check And Change Status Of Devices, Disks, And Files
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Section VII - Introduction to vector 4 CP/M
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VECTOR 4 CP/M
OVERVIEW
Different Types Of Memory
Processing
Input And Output
How Hard Is This?
What Is An
Operating System?
Review
How
Vector 4 CP/M Does This
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How Does The System Get Started?
Review
The Electronic File Cabinet
Make Room For Data
How You See This
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GUIDE TO USING VECTOR 4 CP/M
Disk Drives, And HoW To Use Them
Using Your Drive Configurations
Further Memory Divisions
Getting Started
Booting From A Floppy
Printer Driver Types
Getting Around The Disk
Telling
The Computer Where To Go
Vector 4 CP/M File Naming Conventions
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Why Would You Want To Use An AFN?
Valid
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Section Vm - vector 4 CP/M Resident Commands
What Is A Resident Command?
CCP Control Keys
List Of Resident Commands
The ERA Command
Erasing With Unambiguous File Names
Erasing With Ambiguous File Names
The DIR Command
The REN Command
The SAVE Command
The USER n Command
The TYPE Command
The TPA Command
The BSPL Command
The ESPL Command
The DSPL Command
The KSPL Command
The BYE Command
Section IX - vector 4 CP/M Transient Commands
What Is A Transient Command?
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Overview Of
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PROCEDURES FOR USING TRANSIENT COMMANDS
The GENSYS Command
Preparing A Floppy-only Or Backup System Disk
Preparing A Hard~Disk System For Operation
The CONFIG Command File
Selecting Printers: List Device Files
Attaching Printers: Configuring The System
Configuring Floppy Drives
The CONFIG A Option
The CONFIG 0 Option
The GONFIG B Option
The CONFIG D Option
The CONFIG C Option
The CONFIG S Option
The STAT Program
Checking Size And Storage
Checking Files
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Changing File A
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Other Functions Of The STAT Program
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The PIP command
The One-Line PIP Command
The
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The STORE Command
The RESTORE Command
SUMMARY
Section X - Atu)endices;
Appendix A - Vector 4 Specifications
CPU
MEMORY
I/O
CLOCK SIGNALS
INTERRUPTS
KEYBOARD
DRIVES
VIDEO MONITOR
POWER REQUIREMENTS
DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT
Appendix B - User's Guide to
Troubleshooting The Vector 4
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
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ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
Vector 4
SBC Power Requirements
Connectors
General Instructions
TROUBLESHOOTING FLOWCHART
SYMPTOM CHECKOUT PROCEDURES
Symptom 1 -
No Banner At Power-On
Symptom 2 - Error Messages On Screen-
Symptom 3 - Vector 4 Won't Boot
For A Floppy-only System:
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Preparing Your Hard Disk For Operation
ERROR HANDLING
"Bad SectorlJ Disk Errors
Other Disk Errors
Recovery Techniques
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Handling
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Guidelines
Loading Diskettes
Unloading Diskettes
Diskette Backup, Replacement, And Protection
Backup
Copying To The Backup
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Protecting Diskettes From Unauthorized Changes
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Appendix E - Contents Of System Diskettes
Vector Graphic System Diskette
Tests
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Vector 4 Programmer's Diskette
The Demonstration Diskette
Appendix F - Caring For Your Vector 4
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HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL
This User's Manual is divided into ten sections.
The first two sections introduce
you to the components of your Vector 4 and describe the methods of its
installation:
Section I -Meet Your Vector 4
Section n - Installation Instructions
The next two sections make up the User's Guide, an introduction to the operation
and functions of
the Vector 4
Section m- Starting
Up Your Vector 4
Section
IV -Operating Instructions
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an aid to memory during operation, the next section outlines (in brief, tabular
format) the basic commands needed
to run your Vector 4:
Section VI -Quick Reference Index
The following three sections, taken together, offer a more complete explanation of
the program options available on Vector 4's Vector 4 CP 1M Operating System:
Section
vn -Introduction to Vector 4 CP 1M
Section vm -Vector 4 CPIM Resident Commands
Section
IX -Vector 4 CP 1M Transient Commands
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last section is made up of several appendices:
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Section X -Appendices:
Appendix A - Vector 4 Specifications
Appendix B - User's Troubleshooting Guide
Appendix: C - Diskette Care And Handling
Appendix D - Glossary or Terms
Appendix: E - Contents Of System Diskettes
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If You Have Never Used A Computer Before•••
....then read the following sections:
• Meet Your Vector 4 (Section 1),
• Installation Instructions (Section In,
• the User's Guide (Sections In, IV, and V).
This will give you enough information to begin working on the system. After
you are familiar with the Vector 4, use the Introduction to Vector 4 CP/M and
the Resident and Transient Command sections (Sections VII, VIII, and IX) as
learning and reference guides. If you would like more information on how the
system works, read these sections thoroughly. Section VI, the Quick Reference
Index, is a good reminder of the format for commands you need to run the
Vector 4.
If You Have Used Computers, But Never Vector 4 or Vector 4 CP IM-
••• then read the following sections:
• Meet Your Vector 4 (Section I),
• Installation Instructions (Section TI),
• Starting Up Your Vector 4 (Section Ill),
• Quick Reference Index (Section VU.
For comprehensive information on the commands used to run your Vector 4,
read the Introduction to Vector 4 CP/M, the Resident and Transient Commands
sections (Sections VII, VIII, and IX). Or you can read the Operating
Instructions (Section V) for an introduction to Vector 4 CP/M commands.
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