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╘┼╥═╔╬┴╠ ╧╬┼ - ─ISK ┴CCESS
┴ UNIQUE FEATURE OF ╘┼╥═╔╬┴╠ 1 IS ITS ABILITY TO EASILY ACCESS MULTIPLE DISK
─╥╔╓┼╙. ╘HIS FEATURE USES ┴╥├ NAMING CONVENTIONS. ┴╥├, ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED
IN A ╨├─╧╙ ENVIRONMENT, USES DRIVE LETTERS INSTEAD OF NUMBERS. ╒SING
THE ╔╙╙╒┼ ─╔╙╦ ├╧══┴╬─ FUNCTION FROM THE ═┴╔╬ ═┼╬╒,YOU TYPE THE ─╥╔╓┼ LETTER
YOU WISH FOLLOWED BY A COLON:
╞OR EXAMPLE, E:<╥┼╘╒╥╬>
RESETS THE ─┼╞┴╒╠╘ ─╥╔╓┼ TO DEVICE 10, DRIVE 0.
╘HE FULL LIST OF DEVICE LETTERS IS:
┴ = DEVICE 8 DRIVE 0
┬ = DEVICE 8 DRIVE 1
├ = DEVICE 9 DRIVE 0
─ = DEVICE 9 DRIVE 1
MORE...
╘┼╥═╔╬┴╠ ╧╬┼ - DISK ACCESS
┼ = DEVICE 10 DRIVE 0
╞ = DEVICE 10 DRIVE 1
╟ = DEVICE 11 DRIVE 0
╚ = DEVICE 11 DRIVE 1
╘HIS FEATURE IS INVALUABLE ON SYSTEMS WITH MORE THAN ONE DISK. ╞OR MOST
USERS, THE USE OF THE '0' DRIVE OR '┴' DRIVE WILL SUFFICE.
╞ROM THE ═┴╔╬ ═┼╬╒, SELECTING '╔╙╙╒┼ ─╔╙╦ ├╧══┴╬─' ALLOWS ANY NORMAL
─╧╙ COMMAND TO BE USED, AS WELL AS THE '$' COMMAND TO GET FULL OR PARTIAL
DISK DIRECTORY LISTINGS.
╞OR EXAMPLE: $E:T18H*
WILL LIST ALL FILE NAMES ON DEVICE
10 DRIVE 0 WHICH START WITH 'T18H'.
MORE...
╘┼╥═╔╬┴╠ ╧╬┼ - DISK ACCESS.
┴GAIN, SA:?TE*
WOULD DELETE ┴╠╠ FILES WITH 'TE' AS THE SECOND AND THIRD LETTERS OF THE
FILE NAME, ON DEVICE 8, DRIVE 0.
╫HEN RESPONDING TO ANY PROMPT FOR A FILE NAME, YOU MAY FORCE THE USE OF A
PARTICULAR DISK DRIVE BY STARTING THE FILE NAME WITH THE ─╥╔╓┼ LETTER AND A
COLON. ╔F THE ─╥╔╓┼ LETTER IS OMITTED THEN THE DISK ACCESSED WILL BE THE SAME
AS LAST USED. ╘HIS DEFAULT DISK DEVICE AND DRIVE NUMBER ARE SHOWN ON THE ═┴╔╬
═┼╬╒.
╘╚┼ ┼╬─.