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Page 1: ...TANDY Cat No 25 3506 1500HD User Guide...

Page 2: ...ss Machines Corporation Tandy 1500 HD BIOS 01984 1985 1986 1987 1988 PhoenixSoftware Associates Ltd and Tandy Corporation All Rights Reserved DeskMateSpell Checker 01986 88Tandy Corporation Microlytic...

Page 3: ...singthe Keyboard 16 Function Keys 16 TypewriterKeys 16 ReversingCTRL and CAPS LOCK Keys 20 NumericKeypadArea 21 Arrow Cursor Keys 22 Getting More 23 Adding and Using a Printer 23 Adding a Mouse or Oth...

Page 4: ...6 Using the Hard Disk 56 Backing Up Your Hard Disk 56 Restoring Backups to Your Hard Disk 58 Write Protection 58 How MS DOSStores Information About Files 59 About Directories 59 About Filenames 61 Fil...

Page 5: ...ion Card ABOUT THIS BOOK The sections called Getting Started and Getting More tell you about your computer and also tell you how to run programs The section called Basic DeskMate Commands gives you in...

Page 6: ...parated by a plus sign represent what we call a keycombina tion To use a key combina tion press and hold down the first key Then press the other key s format ENTER Characters that you type are display...

Page 7: ...MB hard disk drive with MS DOS and DeskMateinstalled A 3 M inch 1 44MB diskette drive LCDdisplay with fluorescent backlight Full feature 84 key keyboard with full 101 key emulation Serial and paralle...

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Page 9: ...SOURCES You can power your computer from the supplied AC adapter or from the rechargeable battery How ever the battery comes fully discharged so you must use the AC adapter as described below until y...

Page 10: ...r hours Do not store the battery in high temperature lo cations for extended periods For more information about care and use of the battery see Information About Rechargeable Batteries in this manual...

Page 11: ...pens save all important information and turn off the computer or connect the AC adapter Note The indicator might light red during disk op erations If the indicator turns off when the disk drive turns...

Page 12: ...e computer for up to 3 1 2 hours from a fully charged battery However operating time will vary depending on the options installed backlight brightness and the amount of diskette and hard drive access...

Page 13: ...press the power switch The power indicator lights when the power is on After a few seconds the screen shows 3 Tilt the screen to a comfortable viewing angle 4 If necessary adjust the contrast control...

Page 14: ...eyboard in this manual You can use the DeskMate programs to easily learn your way around the keyboard DeskMate can also show you how to store copy delete move and print documents that you create You w...

Page 15: ...t any program return to the system prompt A or c and remove any diskette in the floppy drive before you turn off your computer Then press POWER to turn off your com puter Cautions You can exit some pr...

Page 16: ...ther pro gram See Changing Your Computer s Functions in this manual Typewriter Keys The main part of the keyboard below the function keys looks like the keyboard of a standard typewriter However when...

Page 17: ...ng The function of the ESC key depends on the program that you run You use the CTRL key in com bination with certain other keys to perform specific oper ations The combinations available and their fun...

Page 18: ...the program you run In some programs this key changes the typing mode from the normal over strike typeover mode to the insertion mode so that you can insert information into a line of text Pressing th...

Page 19: ...return to the normal typing mode See Reversing CTRL and CAPS LOCK Keys in this manual The function of the DEL key depends on the program you run In some programs this key deletes the character at the...

Page 20: ...pro gram you run In some pro grams this combination stops the program from run ning CTRL SCRLK ReversingCTRL and CAPS LOCK Keys The 1500 HDs keyboard comes with the CTRL and CAPS LOCK keys in their st...

Page 21: ...ea The keyboard s numeric keypad area is similar to a calculator keyboard Press the FN KEYPAD to use the keypad for extensive number entry The KEY PAD indicator lights green If the NUMLOCKindica tor d...

Page 22: ...the keypad area versions of these keys rather than the sepa rately provided keys See the diagram above for the alternate functions Press NuMLK to switch be tween numeric key entry and the alternate f...

Page 23: ...e lower right hand corner pull down the hinged cover for the serial parallel compart ment 5 Connect the printer cable s DB 25 connector to the large connector in the compartment 6 Turn on the printer...

Page 24: ...e latch for the serial parallel com 5 Connect your serial cable s DB 9 connector to owner s manual back panel partment the small connector in the compartment ADDING AN INTERNALMODEM You can install a...

Page 25: ...r near the top row of keys Then press the indentations and lift up on the front edge of the cover 3 Install the RAM card into the slot by tilting the board away from you as shown in the figure 4 Tilt...

Page 26: ...p Computer Cautions Use only the specified EMS RAM card cat no 25 3507 with your computer Do not drop foreign materials such as a paper clip into the opening A short circuit can seri ously damage your...

Page 27: ...course each of these devices turn on again whenever they are needed The Setup program lets you select start up and power management parameters and store the pa rameters you select in memory The comput...

Page 28: ...k Reference or buy an optional MS DOS Reference Guide PARAMETER DEFAULTSAND DESCRlPTIONS Now that you understand the basics of the Setup and Power programs use the following information and procedures...

Page 29: ...out the hard disk after 15 seconds or 30 seconds Or you can set the timeout for 1 2 4 8 or 16 minutes Of course the hard disk stays on if you choose Never Standby Display Timeout Use these selections...

Page 30: ...HD Laptop Computer USING THE SETUP PROGRAM IN DESKMATE To run the Setup program from DeskMate do the following 1 Use the arrow keys to select the Setup icon Press ENTER The Setup program menu ap pears...

Page 31: ...ameters do the following A Use the arrow keys to select the parameter you want to change B Use the spacebar to press a button Note When you select Automatic Floppy Disk Standby and Low Power Beeper wi...

Page 32: ...OMto take effect 4 Use the arrow keys to select one of the following options Save Press ENTER to save the changes The options menu disappears Factory Settings Press ENTER twice to restore the default...

Page 33: ...e Setup screen When you press ENTER your changes are displayed but not saved Go back to Step 5 for informationon changing the parameters Rebooting Your Computer Use the following steps to activate the...

Page 34: ...a rameters The Power program lets you Enable and disable Automatic Floppy Disk Standby Enable or disable the speaker Enable or disable the Low Powertone Set the Display Timeout Set the Hard Disk Timeo...

Page 35: ...run the Power program follow these steps 1 Usethe arrow keys to select the Power icon Help FI Jun 23 1998 Deskmate C DESKNIITE 11 84 an Press ENTER The Power program menu ap pears FQYER u 32 p Help h...

Page 36: ...range 0 255 minutes 3 When you have selected the desired parame ters press Fn the options menu appears Use the arrow keys to select one of the following op tions Save Press ENTER to immediately activa...

Page 37: ...and change the param eters Startup Parameters The Startup parameters allow you to select internal programs to automatically run when you turn on you computer The Startup parameters lets you Turn on an...

Page 38: ...type setup 15 ENTER The Setup program screen appears 5 Use the up and down arrows to select the pa rameter you want and press the right and left arrow keys to choose the setting 6 Press FI if you wan...

Page 39: ...1 Exit from DeskMate or any other program 2 If you are not in Drive C type c ENTER 3 To change to the DOSdirectory type cd dos ENTER 4 At the prompt type power15 ENTER The Power program screen appear...

Page 40: ...ays a status message power15 fdstandby disable4isables the Automatic Floppy Disk Standby Mode and displays a status message Beeper command lines power15 beeper displays the speaker sta tus power15 bee...

Page 41: ...r computer turned on and unattended you can set the Display Timeout parameter to turn off the display after a specified time period This option can help you save battery power HardDisk Timeout command...

Page 42: ...auses the hard disk controller to turn off until accessed No special keystrokes or com mands are needed to turn the disk controller on again This key combination en ables and disables the speaker You...

Page 43: ...ave to do from the MS DOS prompt For more information about DeskMate refer to the DeskMate Getting Started magazine that comes with your computer GETTING AROUND IN DESKMATE You can easily move around...

Page 44: ...lly read from and write to You can access information on a drive other than the current one by entering a drive ref erence with a DeskMate command DeskMate re gards the drive from which the system is...

Page 45: ...p screen displays the new current drive and directory Note To access a disk in a drive other than the current one you must first change to the drive that has the disk you want to access Caution The FD...

Page 46: ...ation on a diskette you must format the diskette To format a diskette from DeskMate do the following 1 Press F4 to select the Disk menu The following dialog box appears IHelp F1 Jun 23 1998 DeskMate C...

Page 47: ...DY 6 Insert the diskette you wish to format Then press any key to continue Caution if you format a disk with information stored on it your computer erases all the infor mation When your systems finish...

Page 48: ...allows you to access the file you want to copy T o copy a file follow these steps 1 Use the arrow keys to select the file you wish to copy The file will be displayed in a application box 2 Select the...

Page 49: ...ur old file a new name To rename a file follow these steps 1 Select the file you want to rename The file is displayed in an application box 2 Select the File menu The following dialog box appears IHel...

Page 50: ...everal copies of im portant diskettes If anything happens to a copy immediately make another Some programs you purchase might be copy pro tected You cannot make copies of these program disks Check the...

Page 51: ...n drive A P r e s s a n y k e y when r e a d y 5 Place the diskette you want to copy in the drive Then press a key The screen displays Copying 8 0 t r a c k s 18 S e c t o r s T r a c k 2 S i d e s T...

Page 52: ...ompts again After you finish making copies press N at the Copy another diskette prompt You now auto matically return to DeskMate Use one set of the copies for daily use Store the original diskettes an...

Page 53: ...ou normally use to run the pro gram from MS DOS 5 In the Data File Extension prompt type the ex tension the program normally assigns to files Note If your program does not create files leave this prom...

Page 54: ...ears display the desktop ing a dotted box Hch FI Jun 23 139E Deskllatc C DESWTE 1 48 p i 1 See the DeskMate onl ine tutorial and DeskM other things that you can do with DeskMate 10 Use the arrow keys...

Page 55: ...o grams you need to become quite familiar with the MS DOSoperating system If your computer system includes options such as a modem you need to learn about those MS DOS command features that you use wi...

Page 56: ...and data on a floppy disk This prevents the loss of all your programs and data even if the hard disk is ac cidentally damaged The diskette drive is called Drive A and uses 3 1 4 inch floppy diskettes...

Page 57: ...is always pre ceded by a slash symbol The same command with the a switch is backup c mystuff a s aENTER The s switch used in the previous command in structs MS DOS to back up all the files in a direc...

Page 58: ...DOS to copy all files and directories that were saved on diskettes with the BACKUP command If the backup required more than one diskette MS DOS prompts you to change diskettes during the restore proce...

Page 59: ...s System files contain operating system informa tion that manages the computer s operations Program files contain information that causes the computer to perform a task or set of tasks Data files cont...

Page 60: ...d information For example save your corre spondences in the Letters subdirectory of Documnts and invoices in the Invoices subdirec tory of Documnts Your computer uses a shorter way of referring to sub...

Page 61: ...OS writes over the first file with the second de stroying the first file Also MS DOSdoes not distin guish between upper and lowercase letters Other than the ones listed above you cannot use symbols in...

Page 62: ...s hers The asterisk is not a valid character for filenames DATA The period is valid in a filename only when separating the filename from its extension regionsales Filenames have a maximum of eight cha...

Page 63: ...d the command name A command line consists of one or more command names and their associated parameters and switches Parameters and switches are special information you include with a command They pro...

Page 64: ...ands to your computer by pressing only two or three keys Press and hold CTRL Then while you hold CTRL press the other keys BACKSPACE Moves the cursor left one character and erases the character in tha...

Page 65: ...MS DOS provides several key combinations to help you edit an MS DOS command line These keys act on the command line in the last corn mand memory or template Press F3 to display the template You can e...

Page 66: ...commands available This section contains infor mation about some of the most helpful commands Learning these commands makes it easy for you to look up other commands and functions in the MS DOSReferen...

Page 67: ...are too many lines in the file to fit on the screen use CTRL S or CTRL PAUSE to stop the screen from scrolling Press any key to resume scrolling If you use TYPE to display a file that is not a text fi...

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Page 69: ...ollowing three com mands found on the MS DOSIDeskMatediskette 1 Run HSECTto low levelformat the drive 2 Run FDlSKto partition the drive 3 Run FORMATto high level format the drive USING HSECT Caution T...

Page 70: ...s t y p e 4 N u m b e r of heads 4 N u m b e r o f c y l i n d e r s 6 1 5 Is t h i s correct Y N 4 Type Y and press ENTER The following prompt is displayed D o y o u w a n t t o f l a g d e f e c t...

Page 71: ...C disk ette in Drive A Then type FDISK and press ENTER In response FDlSKdisplays its main menu on your screen This menu lists four choices D i s k O p t i o n s C u r r e n t F i x e d D i s k D r i v...

Page 72: ...F i x e d Disk Drive 1 1 Create P r i m a r y DOS P a r t i t i o n 2 Create E x t e n d e d DOS P a r t i t i o n 3 Create Logical DOS D r i v e s i n t h e Extended DOS P a r t i t i o n E n t e r...

Page 73: ...he Display Partition Data option How to Display Partition Data If you choose the fourth option on the main menu FDISK displays a menu that contains information about each of the partitions on your har...

Page 74: ...RMAT command follow these steps 1 Place the MS DOS GW BASICdiskette in Drive A Type the following command and press ENTER format c s In response FORMATdisplays the following D I S K D R I V E C W I L...

Page 75: ...1 in Drive A and type a ENTER 2 Then to copy all the DOSfiles to the DOSdirec tory type h d i n s t ENTER Wait for the DOSfiles to load to the hard disk typing 3 Then at the A prompt install DeskMate...

Page 76: ...mperature environments Tem perature extremes can shorten the life of elec tronic devices damage batteries and diskettes and distort or melt plastic parts Keep your computer and its diskettes away from...

Page 77: ...re Operating 40 F 1OO F 4 C 38 C Storage 40 F 150 F 4O C 66 C Operating Max 80 Storage Max 80 DisplayType LCDsee through type 640 dots x 200 dots 80 characters x 25 lines Diskette Drive Capacity 1 44M...

Page 78: ...0 CTRL Z 66 Cursor Keys 22 Cursor Type 29 Reversing Keys 20 D Data Files 59 DEL 19 22 65 DELETE 14 DeskMate 5 13 14 27 43 Changing the Current Drive 44 Copying Diskettes 50 Copying Files 47 Formatting...

Page 79: ...9 M MDCornmand 60 Memory Diagnostics 29 Modemcard 7 Modem 24 Mouse 24 MS DOS 27 55 N Numeric KeypadArea 16 21 NUMLK 21 22 NUMLOCK Indicator 21 P Parallel Printer Port 23 PAUSE 65 PGDN 17 22 PGUP 17 22...

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Page 81: ...provides quick convenient and reliable repair services for all of its computer products in most instances Warranty service will be performed in accordance with Radio Shack s Limited Warranty Non warra...

Page 82: ...or television reception which you can tell by turning the equipment off and on you are encouraged to try to correct the interference Use one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the...

Page 83: ...ware C No action arisin out 01 any claimed breach of this Warranty or transactions under this Warranty may be brought more than two 2 years a er the cause of action has accrued or more than four 4 yea...

Page 84: ...RADIO SHACK A Division of Tandy Corporation Fort Worth Texas 76102 9AO Printed in Japan DFQX2281ZB...

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