Getting Started
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AM-6000 Computer Owner's Manual, Rev. 00
See the table above for explanations of
RUBT
OU
UR
T
and control characters.
If you press the
RETURN
key before correcting your mistake, and the command you entered was not a
valid AMOS command, AMOS lets you know it did not understand the command. For example:
PRIMT
RETURN
?PRIMT?
(You meant to say PRINT.) After letting you know it does not understand the command, AMOS
displays its prompt symbol. You can now try again.
If the AMOS line editor is enabled for the terminal you are using, you can recall a previous line to the
screen by typing
CTRL
/
R
. In the sample conversation above, press
CTRL
/
R
at the AMOS prompt to
recall the line
PRIMT
to the screen. Use the
key to move back to the “M” without erasing characters,
then type an “N” to overwrite the “M.” Press the
RETURN
key to enter the command again.
Your particular terminal undoubtedly has many features we haven't covered in this section. For complete
information on using your terminal, refer to the owner's manual that accompanied it.
A WORD ABOUT DISKETTES
If your computer contains a diskette drive, that drive can either use 5.25" or 3.5" diskettes, depending on
the drive.
If your drive uses 5.25" diskettes, you will want to purchase blank, double-sided, double-density, soft
sectored, and 96 TPI 5.25" certified diskettes.
If your drive uses 3.5" diskettes, you will want to purchase blank, quad-density, 1.44MB 3.5" diskettes.
A diskette consists of a soft or hard plastic jacket or case enclosing a thin disk of magnetically treated
mylar on which your data is recorded. Never try to remove this plastic jacket—doing so will ruin the
diskette, but it can still read the diskette..
Your VAR has ready-to-use diskettes available, containing software designed for Alpha Micro
computers.
If you want to use empty, brand new diskettes to hold your own data, you need to perform a couple of
simple steps before using an empty diskette for the first time. Please see "Formatting and Initializing a
Diskette" in Chapter 5 for more information.
You should always have at least one diskette containing the AMOS system software, which you can use
to boot your computer in the unlikely event you aren't able to boot from your hard drive. Take special
care of your bootable diskettes, since if you do have problems with your System Disk, they may be the
only way you can boot your computer.
To make a 3.5” boot diskette, you must format as double-sided, high-density. To make a 5.25”
bootable diskette, you must format as double-sided, double-density.
