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The TORCH Graduate User Guide Issue 1.00, Nov 1984 When the prompt appears, you can enter the date in the format MM-DD-YY and then press RETURN. If you enter a date that does not exist the system will respond with Invalid date and prompt you for a valid date. If you are happy with the date the system currently displays and don't wish to change it then simply hit RETURN at the prompt. A quick word here about the importance of the time and date. Files stored on disc are all time and date stamped automatically by the system so you can always tell which file is the newest or oldest or whatever. If you neglect the date and time then you are simply making things more difficult for yourself. (See also the DATE and TIME commands, page 16 onwards) Having got the date out of the way, the system will then prompt you for the time : Current time is xx:xx:xx Enter new time:_ You can now enter the time in the format HH:MM:SS and then press RETURN. If you enter a bad time, the system will respond with Invalid time and prompt you again. If you are happy with the time displayed and don't want to change it then simply hit RETURN at the prompt. The system will then respond with its standard prompt : A>_ The 'A' means that when you enter a command, the system will look on the first drive (the top one) for a file. This is the DEFAULT drive. The angle bracket '>' means that MSDOS is ready to accept a command. The first thing you should do now is make a copy of the systems disc. 4 At the 'A>' prompt, type format b: then press return. The system will respond : Insert new diskette in drive B: Press any key when ready
The TORCH Graduate User Guide Issue 1.00, Nov 1984 Insert a blank disc in drive B: and press a key. The system will respond Formatting... When finished, the system will prompt : Format complete 362496 bytes total disc space 362496 bytes free Format another (Y/N) ? Press 'N' and the 'A>' prompt will appear. Type the following : diskcopy a: b: Then press RETURN. the system will respond : Insert source diskette in drive A: Insert formatted target diskette in drive B: Press any key when ready... As the discs are already in the drives the system requires just press a key. The system will respond: Copying When the copy is complete, the system will prompt : Copy complete Copy another (Y/N) ? Press 'N' and the 'A>' prompt will appear. Remove the original systems disc and store it in a safe ?lace. Do not use it for day to day use, but only for creating copies. For day to day use, use the new disc you have just created. For further information on the commands FORMAT and DISKCOPY, refer to the appropriate section in the MS-DOS USERS GUIDE. 5
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