NCR PC4I, Owner'S Manual

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Chapter 1
Historical Data
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the world of computing on your NCR PERSONAL
COMPUTER, and the worldwide family of satisfied NCR customers.
You’ve been introduced to your computer with the NCR PAL program
and, just for fun, you’ve probably played a few games of
BLACKJACK. Now, you’re ready to gain in-depth knowledge of your
new computer.
DOCUMENTS
Helping you gain confidence and ability in the use of your computer
are the manuals for the system. These manuals are:
Owner’s Manual — the one you're now reading. You get a User
Diagnostics diskette with this manual. A
whole chapter in this manual tells you about
diagnostics.
NCR-DOS Manual — This is a detailed reference to the features
and use of the NCR-DOS operating system
software that is standard for this com­
puter. You get three diskettes with this
manual, NCR-DOS/GW-BASIC on two
diskettes, and NCR TUTOR. TUTOR helps
you to master NCR-DOS commands and
concepts.
GW-BASIC Manual — GW-BASIC is the standard program
development software for your NCR Per­
sonal Computer. Program development
software simply means that when you’re
ready to write or modify programs your­
self, this manual is your reference to the
features, instructions and programming
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OWNER S MANUAL