RANA Systems Elite Controller, User Manual

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ELITE SERIES USER MANUAL CP/M ENHANCEMENTS
When all goes well, one of your drives’ “busy”
light will be on and the drive should be quietly
spinning waiting for a diskette. Simply oblige
it by inserting your CP/M master diskette from
Microsoft. (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 resistance, 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
these enhancement procedures. The last thing
your Apple should say is “A>”. This is your
prompt to enter a command. A real quick one to
try for you first time CP/M users is:
DIR<RETURN>
CP/M will indulge you by displaying the files
which Microsoft so nicely included with the CP/M
operating system.
Enough playing, time to get back down to busi-
ness. Insert the Rana Enhancer Diskette in
drive B: (slot six, drive two), then type:
DIR B:<RETURN>
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