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External drives
PC-500 user’s manual
Note
If floppy is twisted on the connector, then answer “no” to Swap Floppy
A and B.
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Hard disk controller
The PC-500 will drive up to 4 gigabytes hard drives that have 16-bit
IDE interfaces via a 44-pin connector at J18. Make sure your cable
meets the pinout requirements of the following table:
Note
See the Accessories appendix for mating information on the IDE hard
connector.
Installing a hard drive:
1. Disconnect power to the PC-500.
2. Insert one end of the Octagon hard drive adapter cable into the rear of
the hard drive. Make sure pin 1 on the cable is connected to pin 1 on
the drive.
3. Insert the other end of the IDE cable into J18 on the PC-500. Make
sure pin 1 on the cable is connected to pin 1 on the PC-500.
4. Execute the BIOS SETUP program to configure your system for a hard
drive. You can execute this program either by pressing <BACK-
SPACE><S> during system bootup or by executing the file
SETUP.EXE. This file is found on the PC-500 BIOS drive and the
PC-500 utility disk. The system steps you through the configuration.
Also, refer to the SETUP programs chapter for more information on the
BIOS SETUP program.
5. If you want to boot the system from the hard drive, you need to format
the drive accordingly.
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Booting with ROM-DOS
If you want to boot from a floppy/hard drive with ROM-DOS, do the
following steps:
1. Boot from the PC-500 utility disk.
2. Execute the following command:
SYS C:
3. The system copies COMMAND.COM as well as a hidden file to the hard
drive.
Summary of Contents for PC-500
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Page 23: ...About this manual PC 500 user s manual ...
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Page 35: ...2 2 Quick start PC 500 user s manual Figure 2 1 PC 500componentdiagram ...
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