Olympia People, User Manual

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CP/M Operating
System
CP/M is the abbreviation for
“ Control Program for Micro­
computers” . It is an industry
standard and one of the most
popular operating systems. The
majority of application programs
-available on today’s market have
been written for CP/M. CP/M-86
is packed with PEOPLE in the
form of an original system
diskette.
NOTE:
Before working with this diskette,
remember to follow the instruc­
tions under “ Loading the system
diskette.” It is absolutely neces­
sary to protect the system
diskette against accidental over­
writing by taping over the write-
protection notch with the stickers
Olympia has provided for you.
This procedure is, however, only
necessary in the case of system
diskettes.
Using the Command
Programs
Command programs fall into two
distinct categories: built-in and
utilities. They are loaded auto­
matically under CP/M-86 with the
system diskette. These programs
are used to perform “ mainte­
nance” type procedures, such as
copying and formatting diskettes.
You do not generally use them
while working with applications
software.
This section describes three of
the command programs you will
need most often: directory, format
and copy. For purposes of this
manual we have put these com­
mand programs into a logical
sequence:
• Check the system directory
• Format a new diskette
• Make a copy of that diskette
This description assumes that the
blank diskettes available for use
have not yet been initialized
(formatted) to the format of the
OLYMPIA PEOPLE Personal
Microcomputer. This means that
you must first format the blank
diskette provided before data can
be stored or a copy procedure
started.
This is true for blank diskettes
that you are using for the first
time. (See page 5/5.)
NOTE:
When inputting the following
command sequences, type in all
characters and spaces
exactly as
they appear in the examples.
Even when correct spelling would
require spaces, they must be
omitted here.
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