Epson Y16499100301 - Manual (Page 9)

3 Using the Equity LT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Using the AC Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Using the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3-3
Opening and Closing the Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Using the Handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Selecting Execution Speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Resetting the Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Caring for the Backlit Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Special Keys on the Equity LT Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
The Equity LT Character Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3-9
Using Disks and Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3-9
How disks work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Choosing diskettes for the Equity LT . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Caring for disks and disk drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Inserting and removing diskettes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Making backup copies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Write-protecting diskettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Using a single diskette drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Turning Off the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
4 Using MS-DOS With the Equity LT . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Starting and Exiting MS-DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Entering MS-DOS Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4-3
Storing Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Changing the Default Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4-5
Formatting Diskettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4-6
Formatting with two diskette drives . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Formatting with one diskette drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Copying Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Using the DISKCOPY command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Copying with two 3 -inch diskette drives. . . . . . 4-8
Copying with one 3 -inch diskette drive . . . . . . 4-9
Copying with one 5 -inch diskette drive . . . . . . 4-11
Using the COPY command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Listing the Contents of a Diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
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