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Viscount Concerto III - Operating Manual
ATTENTION!
Bear in mind that when a floppy disk is formatted, all the data memorised will be lost.
To proceed with formatting, select the FORMAT option in the DISK menu, and press [ENTER/
YES]. The display will show the video page for entering the label of the disk:
To type the label, use the [CURSOR LEFT] and [CURSOR RIGHT] buttons to move the cursor
(shown by the flashing letter) and the encoder to enter the characters.
As the video page prompts you, then press [ENTER/YES] to start formatting or [EXIT/NO] to
abort the function and return to the DISK menu.
During formatting, the display will show:
by means of which the system informs you of the percentage of formatting completed.
5.4 DISPLAYING FLOPPY DISK GENERAL PARAMETERS
The DISK INFO function allows you to show the main characteristics of the floppy disk inserted in
the drive.
To activate this function, select the INFO option and press [ENTER/YES]; the display will show:
5.3 FORMATTING FLOPPY DISKS
If unformatted floppy disks are used, they must be formatted before they can be used with the
Concerto III. The system formats the disks in MS-DOS
®
format, so that they can also be used with
personal computers and/or sequencers.
containing the following parameters:
o
DISK LABEL:
shows the label of the floppy disk.
o
DISK SIZE:
provides information about the disk’s capacity.
