Apple Elite Series Computer Drive User Manual


 
ELITE SERIES USER MANUAL CP/M ENHANCEMENTS
Once the table is “read-in”, PROFILE will tell
you the system configuration for which it is set
Up:
A: Apple Disk—][, Slow seek.
*
*
*
P:+ Slow seek.
*
The three vertical dots are supposed to indicate
that the other drives (B: through 0:) will also
be listed. After the drives are listed, PROFILE
will display the asterisk (“*”) prompt again and
wait for your next command. On your display,
drives A: through H: will all be listed as Disk—
if. This is why the enhanced CP/M is treating
all your drives like Disk—][’s. We’ll fix that
little problem in a bit.
The reason why I: through P: do not show a drive
type is because the Apple II CP/M does not
support those drives through the CP/M operating
system. The reason why I: through P: are listed
at all is explained in a later section which
goes further into the enhanced CP/M system and
its utilities. The plus sign (“+”) will appear
after each drive letter which cannot be current-
ly accessed on the system because there is no
controller card for it.
The last part of each line is the seek speed at
which the drive is defined to seek All Disk ][
drives can only seek at the slow (standard Ap-
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