Turbo, Floppy disk, Hard disk – Texas Instruments 3000 User Manual

Page 40: Caps lock, Indicator lights

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Indicator Lights

Note: The time variations in the Low Batt indicator functions are affected by the battery
charge remaining when you turn on power and may also vary among individual
computers.

Note: See "Conditioning the Battery Pack- in Chapter 3 for more details on the Power
and Low Batt indicators.

Turbo

The Turbo indicator comes on when the processor is operating at high speed (20 MHz)
and goes off at the low speeds (8 or 10 MHz). The Turbo indicator also goes off while the
computer is accessing the floppy drive and when in the sleep mode.

Floppy Disk

The Floppy Disk indicator comes on when the computer writes to or reads from the built-
in 3.5-inch microdiskette drive. Also note that the indicator light on the front of the
floppy drive also comes on during floppy drive accesses.

Caution: Never remove a floppy from the drive while the Floppy Disk indicator is
on. You could destroy data and damage the drive.

Hard Disk

The Hard Disk indicator comes on when the computer writes to or reads from the built-in
hard disk drive.

Caps Lock

The Caps Lock indicator comes on when you press the Caps Lock key to toggle on the
caps lock function and turns off the next time you press the Caps Lock key.

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