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Chapter 1: Outline of the DPS12
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Busy meter .............. This meter indicates that the disk is being accessed. The more the meter is moves, the
more frequently the disk is being accessed.
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Disc access indicator ...
This indicator lights up when the disk is being accessed.
Pressing any mode key other than the
[MAIN]
key in the MAIN screen will show the screen of the corre-
sponding mode. For example, pressing the
[TRACK VIEW]
key will switch to Track View mode and the
TRACK VIEW screen will appear.
The TRACK VIEW screen indicates the length of recorded data for each physical track in a bar graph. Re-
member that depending on which mode key you press, the screen will change.
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Function key display
Sometimes, function names appear on the bottom of the screen as shown below. These are the functions that
correspond to function keys (
[F1]
key –
[F6]
key).
[F1] [F2] [F3] [F4] [F5]
[F6]
Function keys are special keys in that each of them does not have a single fixed function, but has different
functions depending on the screen currently shown in the display. For example, pressing the
[F2] key in the
DISK SETUP screen as shown above will execute the disk format function.
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Control panel
Pressing one of the [F3] – [F6] keys in the [MAIN] screen will switch the screen to the Control Panel screen as
shown below.
MAIN screen
↓
Press one of [F3] – [F6] keys.
↓
Control Panel
The Control Panel screen is used to set various parameters on the DPS12. Pressing a mode key after the setting
is complete will take you to the corresponding mode screen.