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}]

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1 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; "{text}" stands for a string of characters or a certain formula; "{file}" for a file or a group of files; "{name}" for the name of a sub-directory; and "{channel}" for an input or output channel. ATTRIB [+r] [x:]{file} [-r] BACKUP x:[{file}] y:[/d][/m][/s] BASIC [[x:]{file}] BASICA [[x:]{file}] 65 92, BREAK [ON] [OFF] 127 CD [[x:]\{name}] CHOIR [[x:]\{name}] CHKDSK [[x:]{file}][/f][/v] CLS COMP [ [x: ]{file}] [ [y: ]{file}] COPY {channel} [x:]{file} [x:]{file} {channel} {channell} {channel2} [[x:][{filel}[+[y:][{file2}]]]] CTTY {channel} DATE [{text}] DEBUG [[x:]{file}] DEL [x:]{file} DIR [[x:]{name}][/p][/w] DISKCOMP [x:] [y:] DISKCOPY x: [y:][/1] , , 117, 176 [y:][{file3}][/v] ,

2 200 MS-DOS AND PC-DOS - A PRACTICAL GUIDE ECHO [ON] [OFF] [{text}] EDLIN [x:]{file} ERASE [x:]{file} FDISK FIND[/c][/n][/v] "{text}" [x:]{file} FORMAT [x:][/1][/8][/b][/s][/v] GOTO {text} [/4] GRAPHICS [{text}[/r][/b]] GWBASIC [[x:]{file}] IF [NOT] EXIST [x:]{file} {command} KEYB {text} LABEL [x:] {text} MD [x:]\{name} MKDIR [x:]\{name} MODE {channel}{text} {text} {channel1}={channel2} MORE < [x: ]{file} PATH [\;]\{name1}[;\{name2} ] PAUSE [{text}] 38, 81, 120, 122, PRINT [x:]{file1}[/c][/p] [[y:]{file2}[/c][/p]][/t] 136, {text} 158 PROMPT [ {text} ] RD [x:]\{name} RMDIR [x:]\{name} RECOVER [x:][{file}] REM {text} 133,

3 INDEX OF COMMANDS 201 REN [x:]{namel} {name2} RESTORE x: y:[{file}][/s] SET [{text}] SORT [/{text}] <[x:]{filel}] [>[y:]{file2}][/r] SYS [x:] TIME [{text}] TREE [x:] TYPE [x:]{file} VER VERIFY [ON] [OFF] VOL [x:] ,

4 INDEX OF NAMES AND CONCEPTS.$$$ - 97 Active drive - 17, 29, 35, 153 Active line - 102, 106, 112 Adapter Address - 72 Alternate mode - 75 ALT key - 16, 18, 75 ANSI - 67, 75 ANSI.SYS - 132, 133 APPEND command Apple II - 10 Arrow keys ASCII - 67, 75 - characters code - 67, 70, file - 53, table - 68, 69, 70, 75, 164 ATTRIB command - 65 AUTOEXEC.BAT - 122, 134, 139, 148 AUX: - 119, 122 BACKUP command - 92, 93, 176, 180 Backspace key - 18, 50, 105 Bad sector - see Sector.BAK - 53, 99.BAS - 53, 166 BASIC - 10, 15, 25, 47, Advanced Disk cassette - 15, Disk BASICA - 155, 156.BAT - 53 Batch file - 53, 145 Baud rate Binary - digits system value - 67 BIOS - see ROM BIOS Bit - 32 Boot - 79, 82.<BREAK> - 98, 127 BREAK key - 127, 176 Buffer - 22, 127, 129 Byte - 27, 32, 47 c - 51, 11, 98, 121 Cancel function - 71 Carriage return - 70, 71 - character - 70 CD command - 86, 87 Central Processing Unit - 13, 17, 26 Centronics - see Parallel channel CHDIR command - see CD command Chip - 25 CHKDSK command - 32, 42, 43, 47, 49, 62, 63 CLS command - 19, 157 Clusters - 63 Colour/graphics adapter - 119, 121 Colour monitor - 120, 121.COM- 53 COMl: device - 59, 122 Command - 17, 49 - line - 17, 22 COMMAND.COM - 44, 48, 49 COMP command - 60 Compatibles - 10, 13 CON: device - 58, 59 CONFIG.SYS file - 126, 181 Console - 58, 124 Control - codes instructions - 18, 51, 70, 71 COPY command - 55, 59 COPY CON: command - 49, 50, 58, 95 Country code - 130, 173 CPU - see Central Processing Unit CTRL key - 16, 18, 70 CTTY device Cursor - 16 Date - 20, 21, 23 - current invalid - 23 DATE command - 20, 21, 148 DEBUG command - 72 DEL - command key - 18, 104 Delete - 61, 91, 115 Density - 25 Device - 119, driver - 119, 122, 181

5 204 MS-DOS AND PC-DOS - A PRACTICAL GUIDE DIR command - 28, 29, 43, 49 Directory current root - 83 Disk drive - see Drive DISKCOMP command - 37 DISKCOPY command - 33, 35, 36, 37 Disk double-density double-sided - 27, 34 - floppy flexible fixed hard - 10, 15, 25, 79, 92 - single-sided - 34, 36 - source system target virtual - see RAM disk - Winchester - see hard disk Disk Operating System - 13 Drive - 13, 14, 26, 27, 91, double density double-sided - 27, 36 - high capacity - 27, 40 - high density single-sided type quad density - 27, 40.DOC- 53 DOS - 10, 13, 14 - Partition - 80 Double-sided - see Disk DSDD- 27 DSQD- 27 ECHO command Editing keys - 22 EDLIN command - 50, 95 Electronic disk - see RAM disk END key- 16 End of file-symbol - 58, 71 ENTER key - 14, 16 Epson printer ERASE command - 49, 61 Error messages - 11, 15, 16, 18 ESC character code - 132, key - 16, 18, 50, 105.EXE - 53 EXIT command Extended character set - 75, 76, 77, 173 Extension - 29, 47, 53 F1 key - 22, 104, 107, 108 F2 key - 23, 104, 108 F3 key - 22, 23, 104, 105, 108, 110 F4 key - 23, 107, 110 F5 key - 108, 110 F6 key - 96, 113 FAT - see File Allocation Table FC command FDISK command - 80 FF - see Formfeed File Allocation Table - 47, 48 File - 47, ASCII backup batch name program size - 29, 47 - system - 33, 44, 45, 47, 48 Filter FIND command - 73, 112, 144 Fixed disk - see Disk Flexible disk - see Disk Floppy disk - see Disk FOR command FORMAT command - 38, 81, 169 Formfeed - 67, 71 Function keys - 16, 22, 23, 104, 132, 134 Gates, Bill GOTO command Graphics - 121, 135, adapter mode GW-BASIC - 155, 157, 167 AH - 18, 70, 105 Hard copy Head crash - 79 Hercules graphics card Hexadecimal value - 67, 70, 72, 132 Hidden files - 33, 43, 44, 48, 49 High Capacity - see Drive High Density - see Drive HOME key - 16.<HOME> IBM - 10, 13 - colour printer compatibles graphics printer PC - 10, 13, 15, 79

6 INDEX OF NAMES AND CONCEPTS 205 IBMBIO.COM - 33 IBMDOS.COM - 33 IF EXIST command Initialising - 38 Input channel - 59, 119 INS key - 16, 104 Installable device drivers Intel Interface Interrupt function - 127, 176 Italics Joystick - 13 Kb - see Kilobyte Kemeny, John G Key bar KEYB command Keyboard - 13, 16, 49, 74, 132, European- 74, 129, layout QWERTY 16 Keypad - 16 Kilobyte - 32 Kurtz, Thomas E Label - 19, 33, 42, 150 LF - see Line feed Line editor - 95 Line printer Line feed function - 71 LOAD Loading the system - 14, 82 Loop LPRINT command - 159, 164 LPTI: - 59, 123 LPT2: - 59 LPT3: - 59 Mb - see Megabyte MD command - 83, 86, 87 Megabyte - 32 Memory expansion Menu - 80 Microprocessor - 13 Microsoft - 10, 32, 155, 169 MITS Altair MKDIR command - see MD command MODE command - 120, 121, 122, 124, 172 Modem - 13, 125 Monitor adjustment colour monochrome MORE command - 54, 140 Mouse - 13 MS-DOS - 9, 13, 16 - Generic - 169, system disk version - 10, 169 NEXT command Non-contiguity - 62 Norton Utilities - 61 NUL: - 69 Numeric keypad - 16, 75 NUM LOCK key - 16 Operating system - see System Output channel - 59, 119 Overlay file - 53.OVR p - 51, 71 Parallel channel - 59, 122, 123 Parameter - 30 Path - 90, 179 PATH command - 88 PAUSE command PC - see Personal Computer PC-DOS - 9, 13, 16, 169, 171 PC Jr - 10 PC AT - 10, 27, 40, 79, 170 PC XT - 10, 79 Personal Computer - 10, 13 PG DN key- 16 PG UP key- 16 Pipeline - 139, 144 Plotter - 13 Printing - 51, 58, 136, 137, 158, 160 PRINT command Printer - 122, 159, daisywheel dot-matrix - 122, instruction - 71, laser parallel serial PRN: device - 58, 59, 123 Processor - 16 Program Programming language - 155

7 206 MS-DOS AND PC-DOS - A PRACTICAL GUIDE PROMPT command - 133, 152 Prompt - 15, 17, 133, 134, 139, 152 PRT SC key - 16, 51, 135 PS/2-79, 134 Quick Unerase - 61 QWERTY- 16 RAM - see Random Access Memory - disk size - 128, 129 Random Access Memory - 25, 32, 119 RD command - 85 Read-only file - 65 Read-Only Memory - 25, 156 RECOVER command - 64 Redirecting REM command Remote control REN command - 51, 99 REPLACE command RESET procedure - 18 RESTORE command - 92, 93, 180 RETURN key - 14, 16, 50 RMDIR command - see RD command ROM - see Read-Only Memory ROM BIOS - 25, 82 Root directory - 83, 86, 88, 90 RUN command As - 71 Screen - 120, dump editor - 95 SCROLL LOCK key - 16 Search path - 90 Seattle Computer Products - 10 Sector - 26, 27 - bad size - 27 Serial - channel printer SET command SHIFT keys - 16 Single-sided - see Disk SORT command - 139, 142 Sound Source - see Disk Space Spacebar - 16 Speed SSDD - 27 STEP command Storage - media capacity - 27, 32, 38, 82 Sub-directory - 83, 84, 86, 87, 91 SUBST command - 91 Syntax error SYS command - 44, 53 System - 13, 14, 15, 47, 71, disk - 14, 1 7, 34, 48 - files - 32, 45 - version - 19 TAB key - 16, 71, 105 Tape streamer - 79 Target - see Disk Text - file - 47, 50 - mode - 120, 121 TIME command - 20, 148 Tracks - 26 TREE command - 88, 89 Tree structure - 88 TYPE command - 49, 51, 140.TXT - 53 UnErase - 61 Unformat Utility - 48, 49, 126 Variable - 151, 162 VDISK VER command - 19, 54 Verifying - 54, 55 Version - 19 Virtual disk - see RAM disk VOL command - 19, 43 Volume - see Label Wildcard - 31, 52 Winchester - see Disk Wordprocessing - 50 WordPerfect - 95 WordStar - 95 XCOPY command - 36, 176 Az - 51, 71, 96, 113