Epson Apex, User Manual

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Follow these steps to complete your installation:
1. Insert the working copy of the GW-BASIC diskette into
drive A. At the
A>
prompt, type the following and press
Enter:
COPY *.* C:\DOS
This copies all the files from the diskette into the directory
called DOS on the hard disk drive. The computer displays
the name of each file it copies, and then tells you how many
files it copied. The
A>
prompt redisplays.
2. To create a directory on your hard disk named BASIC,
type the following and press
Enter:
MKDIR C:\BASIC
3. Now type the following command to create a copy of the
GW-BASIC program within that directory, and press
Enter:
COPY C:\DOS\GWBASIC.EXE C:\BASIC
4. Type the following command to delete the GW-BASIC
program from the DOS directory, and press
Enter.
DEL C:\DOS\GWBASIC.EXE
Now you’ll set the real time clock. This is a battery powered
clock in your computer that maintains the correct date and
time even if the computer is turned off.
5. To set the real time clock, type the following and press
Enter:
SETRTC /I
Follow the prompts to set the date and time. Press
Enter
when you are done.
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