Apollo 150 III Personal Computer User Manual


 
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APOLLO 120/150 III
8-150
B: DiskOnChip
Installation
The APOLLO 120/150 III is equipped with an internal flash
disk which can emulate a floppy disk drive by adapting
DiskOnChip memory chips from 2MB to 144MB capacity,
and the flash disk is fully compatible with floppy disk format
of MS-DOS system.
To install a DiskOnChip memory to the provided socket,
follow the instructions below;
1. Make sure the computer is turned off
2. Insert the DiskOnChip memory device into the onboard
socket. Make sure that pin 1 of the DiskOnChip is aligned
with the pin 1 of the socket.
3. Power up the computer
4. During the power up, the DiskOnChip drivers will be
automatically loaded into the system memory.
5. At this time, the DiskOnChip can be accessed as any
disk drive.
6. If it is the only disk in the system, it will appear as the
first drive, drive C:.
7. If there are more drives already attached to the system,
then by default, the DiskOnChip will appear as the last
drive unless specially programmed.
8. If the DiskOnChip is to be bootable, then follow the
steps below
a. Use DOS command to copy the operating files into
the DiskOnChip
b. The DiskOnChip is to be configured as the first
drive, drive C: in the system. Use the DUPDATE
utility.
DUPDATE D /S: DOC104.EXB /FIRST (set as c:)
DUPDATE C /S: DOC104.EXB (set as d:)
For more information and for the latest software utility and
utilities manual on the DiskOnChip, visit M-System website
at www.m-sys.com .