The TORCH Graduate User Guide Issue 1.00, Nov 1984 The ...

The TORCH Graduate User Guide Issue 1.00, Nov 1984
GETTING STARTED - GRADUATE MS-DOS
In checking the goods supplied against the checklist earlier
you will have identified which bits are which. There is a minimum
selection of items you will need in front of you to get a working
and usable system:
Graduate main unit
Graduate MS-DOS systems disc
Power lead for the Graduate
BBC microcomputer model 'B' with or without BBC/Acorn DFS
Monitor or television for the BBC micro
Mains supply outlets for all three items
(1) With all units powered off and unplugged from the mains supply,
take the ribbon cable trailing from the Graduate main unit and
carefully plug it into the 1MHz bus expansion socket of the BBC
microcomputer. Note that this is the second socket from the righthand
side next to the TUBE socket. Make sure the locating notch on
the side of the plug fits into the corresponding slot in the side
of the socket.
(2) Connect the Graduate to the mains supply and switch it on by
using the switch at the rear of the unit.
(3) Connect the BBC microcomputer and the monitor to the mains
supply. Ensure that the monitor is attached to the BBC
microcomputer in the usual way and is switched on.
(4) Insert your Graduate MS-DOS System Disk in the (top) drive,
called drive A, and press the button to lock the disc in. (Refer to
the section on how to insert discs on page 8)
(5) Switch on the BBC micro, or if it was already switched on then
press (Break].
After a short moment in which the Graduate tests its memory and
other components, the disc drives will start to whirr. The red light
on the top disc drive will come on and the MS-DOS system will be
loaded into the computer's memory from the disc you have inserted
into drive A.
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The following should appear on the screen :
Torch GRADUATE version XXX
MSDOS version XXX
Copyright 1981, 1982 Microsoft Corp.
Command v. XXX
Current date is Mon 01-01-1981
Enter new date:_