National Instruments GPIB-PC - Manual (Page 28)

Section Two Installation and Configuration
©National Instruments Corp. 2-3 GPIB-PC User Manual
• DBSAMP.BAS , BBSAMP.BAS , DQBSAMP , BIBSAMP , and
DIBSAMP - are example programs for BASICA, QuickBASIC,
and IBIC . The BASICA and QuickBASIC supplement of the
manual, Section Four A, contains additional examples.
Installing the Software
The term boot disk refers to the hard disk or floppy disk that contains
DOS and that is read by your computer when it is booted. The term
boot refers to the action of loading DOS into your system from your boot
disk, either when power is applied or when the warm boot keys are
pressed.
Step 1 - Preparation
Your first step is determined by whether you wish to boot from a floppy
disk or a hard disk. Perform the step that applies to your system.
Booting from a Floppy Disk
If you boot DOS from a floppy diskette, you need a boot disk with
enough free space to hold a copy of the GPIB-PC software contained on
the distribution diskette.
Insert the boot diskette into the first drive (usually named A: ) and the
distribution diskette into the second drive ( B: ). Boot your system if you
have not already done so.
Booting from a Hard Disk
If you boot DOS from a hard disk, you need a personal computer with
one floppy drive. The hard disk must have enough free space to hold a
copy of the GPIB-PC software contained on the distribution diskette.
Boot your system. Then, insert the distribution diskette into the floppy
drive.