AT&T 6300 User Manual

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1

User's

Guide

Contents

Introduction

Welcome 1-2
Organization
What

You See

Which

Computer

Getting Started Dual Floppy
Users

What

You Will
Inserting a Diskette
Seeing
Correcting Typing
Preparing
Copying Files 2-15
Selecting a Different
Starting

Diskette

The

Benefit of Copying Your

Points

to

of

What

Is

a New

the

Computer

Remember

the

User's Guide

and

What

You Should Do

Do You Have? 1-4

Need

On

Your

Diskette

Mistakes

Diskette

for

Diskette

With

Use

Drive 2-17

the

Copied

Diskettes

1-3
1-3

2-2
2-3

2-9
2-11
2-12

2-18
2-19
2-20

Getting Started Hard
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What

You Will
Inserting a Diskette
Seeing
Correcting Typing
Preparing

What

Is

Your

Need

On

Your

Mistakes

Hard

Diskette

Disk

for

Use

Disk

3-2

3-3

3-8

3-10

3-11

User's

Guide

Starting

Selecting a Different Disk Drive 3-16
Copying Files 3-17
The Benefit of Copying Your Diskettes 3-20
Points to Remember 3-21

What Every

The

4

All About Diskettes 4-15
Diskette Drives
Files
File Maintenance
Points to Remember

What To Do

Doesn't Work

5

Introduction 5-2
What
How to Use Diagnostics
Testing Options 5-7
What
Selecting a
Logging

Up Your Computer from

Hard

Disk 3-15

User

Parts

of Your Computer

If

Something

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Each

Test

Does

Test

Errors

the

Should Know

4-2

4-23

4-27
4-31
4-45

5-3
5-4

5-10

5-12
5-15

Glossary

Index

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