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The command prompt – Epson 10020 User Manual

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You need to set the date and time this way only once; the
computer’s real-time clock keeps track of the date and time
even when the computer is off. The next time you load

MS-DOS, you can

just

press Enter when you see each of

these prompts to accept the displayed date and time.

MS-DOS updates months and years correctly-whether the
month has 31, 30, 29, or 28 days—and even accounts for leap

years. You may

need

to change the time later, however, to

accommodate a change

such

as daylight savings time.

Note

You can also change the date and time with the Setup

program or with the MS-DOS DATE and TIME commands.

The Setup program is described in Appendix A. The DATE

and TIME commands are described below for the Apex

100\20 and in the MS-DOS manual.

The Command Prompt

The command prompt tells you that MS-DOS is loaded and

your computer is ready to receive instructions. It also identifies

the current operating drive: A, B, or C. The command prompt
appears on the screen whenever you load MS-DOS, complete
an MS-DOS command, or exit an application program.

On the Apex 100, the top diskette drive

is

drive A and the

bottom diskette drive is B. On the Apex 100\20, the diskette
drive is A and the hard disk is drive C. MS-DOS reserves the

label B for a second diskette drive, whether or not it is

installed.

If you load MS-DOS from a diskette in drive A, the command

prompt looks like this:

A>

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