RANA Systems Elite Controller, User Manual

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ELITE SERIES USER MANUAL CP/M ENHANCEMENTS
The “6<CTRL-P><RETURN>” command assumes that
your disk controller card (Elite or Disk ][) is
located in slot number six. If it isn’t, it
should be moved to slot six (with power off,
please) since CP/M will expect it to be there.
Should either Integer or Applesoft BASIC’s
prompt (“>“ or “]”) appear on the screen, then
your Autostart Apple could not find your disk
controller card. (Disk controllers won’t work
in slot zero, and CP/M will want the controller
in slot six.) If your controller is in slot
six, then there may be something wrong with the
controller. (This section of the manual cannot
cope with problems, check the Table of Contents
for the section which can.)
When all goes well, your drive‘s “busy" light
will be on and it will be quietly spinning
waiting for a diskette. Simply oblige it by
inserting your CP/M master diskette from Micro-
soft. (Label should be up and the last thing to
go in the door.) Then close the drive door
slowly. The door may require a slight amount of
force, but there should be no solid resistance
against its closing. If there is solid resist-
ance, you probably haven’t inserted the diskette
all the way.
Your Apple will respond by displaying the CP/M
“sign on” message including Microsoft’s copy-
right notice. This indicates that you have just
successfully “booted” CP/M (congratulations).
Part of the “sign on” message will indicate that
you have just booted a 44K CP/M system. This is
correct, you will create a 56K system as part of
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