Index of Names, Concepts and Symbols

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1 Index of Names, Concepts and Symbols Active drive - 17, 82 Active line Address - 41 Advanced Disk BASIC - 58 Alternate mode - 69 ALT key - 16, 68, 80, 100, 104 ANSI - 65, 99 ANSI.SYS - 99 Apple II - 9 ASCII - 65 ASCII characters - 70, 104 ASCII code - 41, 67, 69 ASCII table - 65 Asynchronous communications - 52, 55 AUTOEXEC.BAT file - 51 AUX: - 52 Background colour - 72, 159 Background tasking BACKSPACE key - 16, 126 Bad sectors - 22, 25.BAK - 35, 129.BAS - 35 BASIC - 14, 35, 57 BASICA - 58.BAT - 35, 48 Batch file - 35, 48, 85 Baud - 55 Binary value - 65 Bit - 22 Blinking characters Boot - 14, 111 Border colour - 72 Buffer - 28, 98, 157 Bug - 93, 155 Byte - 22 Calculating - 60 Cancel function - CAPS LOCK key - 15 Carriage return function - Cassette BASIC - 57 Central Processing Unit - 9, 17, 53 Centronics parallel channel - 52 Chip - see Microprocessor Clock - 97, 132 Clusters - 95 Colour monitor - 73, 103.COM - 35, 36, 40 COMl: - 52 COM2: - 52 Command - 17 COMMAND.COM- 36, 37, 98, 155 Command file - 35 Comparing disks - 20 Comparing files - 46 Compatibles - 10 CON: - 38, 52 Condensed mode - 69 CONFIG.SYS file - 97 Console - 52 Control codes - 69 Control instructions - COPY CON: procedure - 38 Copying a disk - 18, 43, 79 Copying a file - 44, 147 Copying a hard disk Copying system files - 37 CP/M - 9 CPU - see Central Processing Unit Creating a file - 38, 125 CTRL key - 16,, 100 Cursor - 14 Date - 26, 59, 81, 150 Decimal value - 65 DEL key - 15, 100, 134 Deleting a file - 47 Device - 53, 97 Device driver - 97 Digital Research - 9 Directory - 32, 114 Disk BASIC - 57 Disk capacity - 24, 76, 153 Disk drive - 13, 24, 153 Disk Operating System - 9, 10, 13 DOS - see Disk Operating System DOS Partition Double-sided disk - 24, 33 Double-strike mode - 69 Editing keys EDLIN Electronic disk - see RAM disk END key - 15, 100 End-of-file sign -, 39, 41 Enlarged mode

2 INDEX OF NAMES, CONCEPTS AND SYMBOLS ENTER key - see RETURN key Epson printer - 69 Error message - 14, 161 ESC key - 16, 126 ESCape code - 67, 99.EXE - 35, 36 Extension - 32 Fl key - 28, 80, 100, 138, 152 F2 key - 28, 80, 100, 138, 152 F3 key - 28, 93, 100, 138 F4 key - 28, 100, 138 F5 key - 100, 138 F6 key - 38, 100, 126, 143 F7 key F8 key F9 key FlO key FAT - see File Allocation Table FF - see Formfeed File - 31, 94 File Allocation Table - 31, 95 File names - 35 Filters - 93 Fixed disk - see Hard disk Formatting - 23, 76, 153 Formfeed- 67, 69 Function keys - 28, 137 Gates, Bill - 57 Graphics - 58, 72, 104, 159 Graphics card GW-BASIC - 58 Hard disk - 10, 17, 25, 111, 153 Head crash Hexadecimal value - 41, 65 Hidden files - 22, 36 High capacity drive High intensity High resolution graphics mode - 73 HOME key - 15, 64, 100 IBM - 10 IBM Color Printer IBM Compact Printer IBM Graphics Printer IBM Standard printer - 69 IBMBIO.COM - 36 IBMDOS.COM - 36 Input - 52, 53, 88, 103, 128 INS key - 15, 100, 134 Installable device drivers - 97 Intel Intel Intel Intel Interface - 17 Interrupt function - 84 Inverse video IO.SYS - 36 Italics - 68 Kb - see Kilobyte Kemeny, John G Keyboard - 15, 28, 80, 99, 152 Keypad - 15 Kildall, Dr Gary - 9 Kilobyte - 22 Kurtz, Thomas E Label - see Volume label Labelling a disk - 78, 154 LF - see Linefeed Line editor Line printer - 52 Linefeed - Linefeed function - 67 List device Loading the system- 13, 17, 36 Loop - 63 LPTl: - 39, 52 LPT2: - 52 LPT3: - 52 Mb - see Megabyte Medium resolution graphics mode - 73 Megabyte - 22 Memory - 22 Menu Microprocessor - 9 Microsoft - 10, 57 MITS Altair - 57 Modem - 52, 109 Monochrome monitor - 102, 103 Mouse - 97 MS-DOS - 10 MSDOS.SYS - 36 Non-contiguity - 94 Norton, Peter - 47 Norton Utilities - 47 NUL: - 52 NUM LOCK key - 15 Operating system - 9 output - 52, 53, 88, 103 OVerlay file - 35.OVR

3 INDEX OF NAMES, CONCEPTS AND SYMBOLS Palette - 73 Parallel channel - 52 Parameter - 19 Parity - 55 Paterson, Tim - 10 Pause function - PC - see Personal Computer PC-DOS - 10, 13 PC Jr - 10 PC/AT - 10, 149 PC/XT - 10, 111 Pels - see Pixels Personal Computer - 10 PG DN key - 15, 100 PG UP key - 15, 100 Pipeline - 93 Pipes - 93 Pixels - 73 Print Screen - see PRT SC key PRN: - 52 Program - 36, 48, 70 Prompt - 14, 41, 58, 82, 126 PRT SC key - 15 QWERTY - 15 RAM - see Random Access Memory RAM disk - 111, 156 Random Access Memory - 22 Remote control RESET procedure - 16,, 127 Resolution - 73 RETURN key - 13 Rockwell Root directory RS232 interface - 52 RUBOUT key - 16 Screen display - 54, 99 Screen editor SCROLL LOCK key - Seattle Computer Products - 10 Sector - 31, 76 Serial channel - 52 SHIFT key - 15, 100 Side - 31 Single-sided disk - 24, 33 Source disk - 19 Stop bit - 55 Sub-directory - 114, 155.SYS - 35 System - see Operating System System disk - 13 System files - 35, 36, 37 System version - 10, 84 Tab function - TAB key Tape streamer - 111, 122 Target disk - 19 Text file - 35 Text mode - 72, 103, 104 Time - 26, 59, 81, 82, 150 Track - 31.TXT - 35 Underscore UnErase - 47 Utility - 36 Variables - 50, 62 Verifying - 43, 89 Virtual disk - see RAM disk Volume label - 78, 154 Wildcard - 34 Winchester disk - see Hard disk WordStar - 117, 125 Working memory - see Random Access Memory Zilog ZSO - 9 # $ - 82.$$$ - 35, 91, 127 % - 50, 86, 91 () - 60 * - 34, 60, , 60, 68, 136, ,, , 60, 136, , I - 19, < - 88 <> - 14, > - 14, 88» - 88? - 34, [ - 99 \ - 16, 114, 126 -,

4 Index of Commands In this index, anything between square brackets indicates an alternative, a parameter, or a facultative addition to the command in question. "x:" and "y:" mean the designation of a drive, "<text>" stands for a string of characters or a certain formula, "<file>" for a file or a group of files, "<name>" for a file name, and "<channel>" for an input or output channel. -<ALT><DEL> -<BREAK> 16, 84 -<PRT SC> -<RETURN> -<SCROLL LOCK> ATTRIB [+r] [x:]<file> [-r] BACKUP[/d:<text>][/s] x: [x:<file> y:] BASIC[A] [[x:]<file>] BREAK [ON] [OFF] , 98, 84 CD [\][[x:]<file>] CHKDSK [[x:]<file>][/f][/v] CLS COMP [ [x:] <file>] [y:] 117, , 94 64, COPY <channel> [x:]<file> 38, 39, 43, 52 [x:]<file> <channel> <channel!> <channel2> [[x:][<filel>[+[y:][<file2>]]]] [y:][<file3>][+][/v] CTTY <channel> 108 DATE [<text>]

5 INDEX OF COMMANDS DEBUG [[x:]<fi1e>] 41 DEL [x:] <file> 47 DIR [[x:]<fi1e>][/p][/w] 32 DISKCOMP [x:] [y:] 20 DISKCOPY x: [y:][/1] 18, 79 ECHO [ON] [OFF] [<text>] 85 EDLIN [x:]<fi1e> 125 ERASE [x:]<fi1e> 47 FDISK 112 FIND[/c] [/n] [/v] "<text>" [x:] <file> 92 FORMAT [x:][/1][/8][/b][s/][/v] [/4] 23, 37, 76, 113, 153 GOTO <text> 87 GRAFTABL 104 GRAPHICS [<text>[/r][/b]] 105, 159 GWBASIC [[x:]<file>] 58 16, IF [NOT] EXIST [x:]<file> [<%x> == <text>] 86 KEYB<text> 80 LABEL [x:][<text>] 154 MD [\]<name> 114 MODE LPTa: <text>[,<text>] <text>[,<text>] LPTa:=COMb: COMe: <text> 53, 54, 55,

6 INDEX OF COMMANDS [I ]MORE 89 -s PATH [\[:<filel>[:<file2>... ]]] PAUSE [<text>] PRINT [x:]<file1>[/c][/p] [[y:]<file2>[/c][/p]][/t] PROMPT [<text>] RD [\]<file> RECOVER [x:][<file>] REM [<text>] REN [x:]<namel> <name2> RESTORE x: y:[<file>][/s] SELECT <text> SET [<text>] SHELL=[x:]<file> [y:\][/p] [llsort[/<text>] [<[x:]<file1>] (>[>][y:]<file2>][/r] SYS [x:] SYSTEM TIME [<text>] TREE [x:] TYPE [x:]<file> VER VERIFY [ON] VOL [x:] WTDATIM [OFF] 119, , , , 38, 126,

INDEX OF COMMANDS. ATTRIB [+r] [x:]{file} [-r] 92, 180. BACKUP x:[{file}] y:[/d][/m][/s] BASIC [[x:]{file}] BASICA [[x:]{file}] CD [[x:]\{name}]

$INDEX OF COMMANDS. ATTRIB [+r] [x:]{file} [-r] 92, 180. BACKUP x:[{file}] y:[/d][/m][/s] BASIC [[x:]{file}] BASICA [[x:]{file}] CD [[x:]\{name}]$ INDEX OF COMMANDS In this index of commands, anything between square brackets indicates an alternative or a facultative addition to the command in question; "x:" and "y:" mean the designation of a drive;