Radio Shack TRS-80 Model-4 Quick Reference Manual

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Start-Up

Make sure ment is off.

Turnonall except the hard disk.

Hard disk users: Turn on the primary hard disk drive.

Turn

Insert a system diskette into Drive 0 and close the drive door. TRSDOS displays its start-up message.

TRSDOS prompts you for the date. Enter itinthe

mm/dd/yy

The following system prompt will appear on your screen:

Now,

7.Tostart BASIC, type: and you see the BASIC prompt:

represents a value that you supply. Information within

brackets is optional.

Now, you can type

This Quick Reference Guide is divided into TRSDOS and BASIC.

Information which is non-shaded (like this) pertains to:

Information which isshaded

all

floppy disk drives are empty and

peripheral equipment (such as a printer),

on the computer.

format.

TRSDOS Ready

you can type in a TRSDOS command.

BASIC

(ENTER)

Ready

a BASIC command.

• TRSDOS intermediate commands and utilities

• BASIC statements

this

pertains to:

• TRSDOS advancedcommands and utilities

• BASIC functions

two

all

sections:

equip-

IIII

Commands

Those parts of the command line that you must enter are

highlighted. Information that is upper-case should be

typed

exactly as represents a value that you supply. Information within brackets is optional.

is.

and

Information that is lower-case

Utilities

APPEND

ATTRIB

source

[TO]

Adds one disk file ontothe end

tile PROT=leveL Changes the protection of a file. The EXEC, READ, UPDATE, WRITE, RENAME, REMOVE, or FULL.

(USER="password';OWNER="password';

ATTRIB

OWNER="

[drive] NAME="disk Changes the protection of files on a drive.

ATTRIB

destination

VIS,lNV)

CUSTFILE/DAT: 1 <USER='''', BOSSMAN"

(LOCK,UNLOCK,MPW="password",

name",PW=

: 1

,PROT=READ

(NAME="DATA"

[(ECHO.STRIP)]

another.

level can be

,\.'1 S)

["password"])

,PW="SECRET",

MPW="BOSSMAN")

AUTO

[drive,

Stores a command line for automatic execution each time TRSDOS starts up. (AUTO by itself deletes the current AUTO command line.l

AUTO

BACKUP [fiIe]:source [(MPW= "password';SYS, INV, MOD, QUERY=

NEW,X,DATE = Duplicates a system or data diskette. (file can be a partial name.)

?:drive, =

BASIC

BACKUP:Ql BACKUP

(MOD,

AUTO

drive

"date")]

: 1

QUERY,

:drive]

[TO]

[*]

[command

*DO

INIT/JCL:l

:destination

MPW="SECRET")

line]

drive

YES,

OLD,

BOOT

[CCLEAR),

Resets the system.

BOOT

BUILD

tile Creates commands.

[(HEX,APPEND)]

BUILD BUILD

input file for JCL, KSM, and other TRSDOS

MYPROGA/FIX:Ql DISPLAY/BLD

(ENTER),

®]

(HEX)

CONV [file]:source

I!\IV,

SYS,

Converts files from a TRSDOS 1.3 onto a TRSDOS Version 6 formatted diskette. be a partial name.J

NEW, OLD,QUERY=

CONV:1:0

drive

[:destination

(l.JIS.Q=NO)

drive]

NO,DIR)]

(Modellill

[(VIS,

diskette

<tile

can

COpy source

CLONE = NO,ECHO,X)]

Copies data from one fileordevice to another.

COPY COpy

CREATE

SIZE=number)]

Creates a file and reserves space on the disk for future use.

CREATE

DATE [mrnJdcVyy]

Setsordisplays the current date.

DATE

DEVXCE

Displays the current status of each drive and the options

DEVICE

DIR [tile]

DATE =

Lists the directory of a driveorfile. name.l

[)IR : 1

[TOJ

destination

TEST/DAT

*KI

file

[(LRL=number,

*PR

INVENT/DAT

08/08/82

[(D=NO,B=YES,S=

use.

DEVICE

[:drive]

[(ALL.INV,MOD,NON,PRT,

"dale':SORT=

DIR

NO)]

(DATE="

[(LRL=

(ECHO)

REC=number,

(SIZE=201

DATE

NO,P=YES)]

(B=YES)

<tile

10/01/81-")

nnn,

SYS,

DATE,

can be a partial

[5,=.*]

file

Compiles and executes a DO file.

[((j:l>IabeLparm=value)]

DRIVE/JCL

[;]

= DRIVE/JCL

FORMAT :drive (ABS,NAME =

MPW="password", SDEN,DDEN, CYL=

QUERY =

Formats a blank or old diskfor use.

NO)

"disk

name",

number,

FORMAT FORMAT: 1 (NAME="DATA3". MPW="SECRET")

FORMS [(DEFAULT.ADDLF,CHARS= number,FFHARD,

INDENT= MARGIN=number, XLATE

Sets up printer options.

FORMS/FLT

SET FILTER*PR*PF

Prepares the Printer Filter (*PFJ for use.

FREE

Lists free space and numberoffiles on each disk; if

drive

number,

=X'aabb')]

FORMS

(MARGIN=10.CHARS=80.INDENT=G)

*PF [TO] FORMSfFLT

[drive]

is specified, displays space map of that disk.

FREE

[(PRT)]

FREE:0

LINES =

number,

PAGE=number,

(PRT)

QUERY,

TAB,

KSM/FLT

SET

device

[(ENTER =

FILTER

SET

FILTER *KI

KSMfFLT [USING]

value)]

* KI

device

*DU

KSM/FLT

*DU

USING

file

ROUTINE/KSM

LIB

Displays library commands.

LIB

LIST

file [(ASCII8.NUM,HEX, TAB =

LINE =

number,

PEC =

number,

Lists contentsofa file to the displayorprinter.

LIST

TESTFILE:0

LIST

MONITOR/CMD

MEMDISKlDCT

SYSTEM

(DRIVE

drive,DRIVER

Adds to the system a pseudo floppy drive which keeps

its files

memory.

SYSTEM

(DRII)E=2

,DRII)ER="MEMDISK"

(PRTI

number,

LRL =

number)]

"MEMDISK")

PRJ.

PURGE

[fiIe]:drive

INV"WS, DATE =

[(QUERY=

"date")]

Deletes files. (file can be a partial name.J

PURGE PURGE

REMOVE

(MPW="SECRET"

IBAS:1(Q=N)

file [tile]

Deletes files from the directory.

REMOVE

_____

1111

ALPHA/DAT:0

NO,

MPW=

"password",

BREAKER/DAT:0

REMOVE device [device] "

Removes devices from the device table.

REMO'.JE

*LU

RENAME RENAME

REPAIR

[RUN]

SET

filel

[TO]

device

Changes the name of a file or device.

RENAME RENAME

:drive

Updates system information on disks which were formatted under Model I TRSDOS.

REPAIR

[(X)] file Loads and executes a program. command text optional values the program may require.

RUN

CONTROL/CMD

device [TO]

Assigns a driverprog a device. parameters are optional values the dri may require.

SET

*SP

file2

[TO]

device2

TEXT/DAT:0 *UD

*TX

[(command

driver

tile

SERI

OLD/OAT

text)]

CONTROL/CMD

[(parameters)]

SET

phantom

[parameters] Assigns a filter program

parameters are optional values the filter program may

require.

SET

SETCOM

number, BREAK~value, Sets up RS·232C comrnunications or display status.

SETCOM

device

[TO] filter file [USING]

a phantom device.

*LC

[(DEFAULT,

STOP~number•.PARlTY~switch,

BAUD~number,

EVEN,ODD)]

WORD

(BAUD;300t140RD=8 ,STOP=1,

QUERY,

PARITY;OFFl

.....

TAPE100

TAPE

100

tilel

Reads a Model 100 cassette tape file and writes it to a

disk file,

tape

TAPE100

TIME

[hhmmss]

Sets the timeordisplays current time.

TIME

VERIFY

[(switch)]

Sets VERIFY function onoroff.

VERIFY

[TO] tile2

reads a disk file and writes it to cassette

PRNTERTOPRINT/DAT:0

[(CLOCK=YES/NO)]

TIME

(YES)

(READ,WRITE)

12:28:34

VERIFY

(READ)

(NO)

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