Expression 3 - ETC

Diskette management
The console lets you save one show on a double-sided, high density (1.44
MB) 3.5-inch diskette. This feature allows you to back up your shows for
safety. It also allows you to transfer your shows to other consoles, work
on more than one show at a time and use more than 600 cues in a show
by loading a second show into memory. 27
Label each diskette carefully and clearly to help you keep track of what
show is on the diskette. You can also use any of the Read options to find
out the name of the show and when it was transferred to diskette. 28
Before you can use a diskette in the console, you must format it on the
console or on an IBM PC-compatible with a high-density drive. Formatting
instructions using the console are given in this chapter.
Storing diskettes
• Store diskettes at a temperature between 50 and 140 degrees
Fahrenheit.
• Keep diskettes away from magnets, magnetized objects or heavy
electrical equipment, including large lighting equipment.
• Do not touch the magnetic disk inside the plastic diskette case.
Formatting diskettes
WARNINGS: Formatting a diskette erases all information recorded on the
diskette. Formatting stops any fade in progress. When formatting is
complete, the fade jumps to the point it would have reached if it hadn’t
been interrupted.
Before you can use a diskette in the console, you must format it on either
the console or an IBM-compatible personal computer.
To format a diskette with the console, insert a diskette into the console’s
disk drive and follow these steps:
Keystrokes:
Action:
1. Press [Setup]. Selects Setup display
2. Press [3], Disk Functions,
[Enter].
3. Press [4], Format Disk,
[Enter].
Selects Diskette Functions menu
4. Press [Enter]. Formats the diskette. Prompt appears:
Formatting disk - Do not remove
from drive.
27.
See The oversized show, page 88.
28.
See Naming the show, page 37, for information about naming a show.
252 Chapter 20 Diskette functions