YSI 6000UPG - Manual (Page 74)

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DOS 3.0 or later. Additional RAM and the presence of a math co-processor will improve the
operation of the program, but are not required.
NOTE: PC6000 imposes no limit on the number of lines a report can have, but after generating a
report, only the last 300 to 2500 lines can be viewed, depending on available RAM.
A graphics adapter is required for operation of the plotting feature. One RS-232 port (also called a
comm port or serial port) is required to communicate with the sonde and to capture data files. This
port must be either com1 or com2.
If your system is not IBM-compatible, use a terminal emulation program with your computer.
On IBM compatible computer systems with a hard disk drive see section 2.3 for installation
instructions:
On systems with two floppy disks proceed as follows:
If necessary, exit whatever program or shell is running.
1. Make sure your computer is at the A or A:\ prompt.
2. Make sure your DOS system disk is in drive A.
3. Place a new disk in drive B and format it: FORMAT B:
4. Place the original PC6000 software diskette in drive A.
5. Copy the software onto the new disk: COPY A:*.* B:
6. Store the original PC6000 software diskette in a cool clean place, away from magnets, video
screens, electronic and electrical equipment and cords.
7. When you want to use the software, put the copy of the PC6000 software into drive B, put any
data disk into drive A, and type: B:PC6000
Once PC6000 has loaded, the program disk can be removed from the disk drive. The disk must be
reinserted into the drive prior to exit from the Setup menu if any changes have been made. This
will allow the program to update the configuration file on the disk.
NOTE: If you have a non-standard video adapter and monitor (rare except on CAD work stations)
you will also need to:
1.) Put your video adapter into a compatible (standard) video mode. Typically the manufacturer of
the video adapter provides a program or utility to set the video mode.
2.) Type PC6000 -V to run the program. This tells PC6000 to send video output through the
computer BIOS (built-in firmware), rather than directly to video memory. This procedure slows
down the video output somewhat, but guarantees compatibility.