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Epson Equity Ie Q50188015-1 User Manual

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2. When you see the A> prompt, type FORMAT B : and press

Enter. You

see this prompt:

Insert diskette for drive B:

and strike ENTER when ready

3. Insert the diskette you want to format into drive B and press

Enter.

4. When the diskette is formatted, you see this message:

Format complete

730112 bytes total disk space

730112 bytes available on disk

Format another (Y/N)?

At this point, you can either format another diskette by pressing Y and

Enter,

or return to the MS-DOS command prompt by pressing

N

and

Enter.

Formatting diskettes with one diskette drive (no hard disk)

1. Insert your working copy of the Startup/Operating 1 diskette into

drive A.

2. Type FORMAT A: at the A> prompt and press

Enter. You see

this

prompt:

Insert diskette for drive A:

and strike ENTER when ready

3. Remove the Startup/Operating 1 diskette and insert the diskette you

want to format into drive A and press

Enter.

4. When the diskette is formatted, you see this message:

Format complete

730112 bytes total disk space

730112 bytes available on disk

Format another (Y/N)?

At this point, you can either format another diskette by pressing Y and

Enter,

or return to the MS-DOS command prompt by pressing

N

and

Enter.

Using MS-DOS with Your Equity Ie

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