Essential PC-DOSThis authoritative work presents the practical concepts of the IBM-PC disk operating system, along with detailed information on using, moving and safeguarding the files. It begins with a description of the components of the IBM-PC, the operating system, talking to PC-DOS, files and file names. Part II explains various PC-DOS commands--starting, using and moving files, safeguarding files, advanced commands, printer and screen controls, and using the hard disk. Part III deals with the application program EDLIN provided with PC-DOS, as well as PC-DOS batch files and how to use them to tune your system to your own specifications. The appendixes provide a brief history of microcomputing, and cover computer languages and numbers, output and communications devices such as Cathode Ray Tube, television screen and the printer, and MS-DOS equivalents. ISBN 0-89588-176-4 (pbk.): $15.95. |
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... Printers : Dot Matrix vs Daisy Wheel The important physical qualities of printers are how they pro- duce characters and how the printer can receive information from the computer . Printers are categorized based on both of these aspects ...
... Printers : Dot Matrix vs Daisy Wheel The important physical qualities of printers are how they pro- duce characters and how the printer can receive information from the computer . Printers are categorized based on both of these aspects ...
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... printer should be the determining factor in deciding which kind of printer you purchase . If you plan to use the printer for writing letters more than just to have a paper copy of your work , a letter - quality printer may be worth the ...
... printer should be the determining factor in deciding which kind of printer you purchase . If you plan to use the printer for writing letters more than just to have a paper copy of your work , a letter - quality printer may be worth the ...
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... printer parameters was unable to do so because of an error condition . Either the printer was out of paper , off line , or not turned on when the command was issued . Printer lines per inch set The number of lines per inch has been set ...
... printer parameters was unable to do so because of an error condition . Either the printer was out of paper , off line , or not turned on when the command was issued . Printer lines per inch set The number of lines per inch has been set ...
Contents
PARTI How to Talk to PCDOS | 1 |
THE FIVE COMPONENTS OF YOUR IBMPC | 9 |
THE OPERATING SYSTEM | 21 |
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APPLE II backslash BACKUP bad sectors batch file binary bytes Chapter CHDIR CHKDSK command allows command-insert DOS disk COMMAND.COM CONFIG.SYS contain COOKBOOK COPY command CP/M created Ctrl-Break Ctrl-Z current directory current drive current line d:filename data files deleted Description in main device device drivers directory name DISKCOMP DISKCOPY diskette display ECHO EDLIN end-of-file enter example execute Exercise FDISK file name filename format functions GOTO hard disk illustr insert keyboard line number Lines command main text mand memory MKDIR MS-DOS equivalent need to re-insert omitted operating system option parity bit PART2 partition path name PC-DOS commands PC-DOS version POULTRY press Return print queue prior versions re-insert DOS disk redirect REN a BK1 RENAME Resident command-no need RESTORE Rodnay Zaks root directory screen sectors per track serial standard input standard output string subcommand subdirectory Transient command-insert tree-structure VERIFY volume label Wild cards