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HARDCARD INSTALLATION - MODIFIED FOR THE EPSON APEX 1. After installing the HardCard in one of the option slots, boot the computer using the APEX MS-DOS disk in drive A:. 2. Enter SYS C: to transfer MS-DOS system to the HardCard. 3. Copy COMMAND.COM and FORMAT.COM from the MS-DOS diskette into the root directory of the HardCard. 4. Remove the MS-DOS diskette and insert a blank diskette in drive A:. Log onto C: and enter FORMAT A: to format the disk. 5. COPY all files from the HardCard to the formatted diskette. Label this diskette "Plus Utilities". 6. Remove the Plus Utilities diskette and press the RESET button on the APEX. The system should reboot from the HardCard. 7. Reinsert the Epson MS-DOS diskette, log onto drive A:, run FDISK to partition the HardCard for MS-DOS and then run SELECT to format the HardCard. When finished, remove the APEX diskette and reset the system. Ensure that the APEX boots from the HardCard. 8. Reinsert the Plus Utilities diskette. Copy all the files from the Plus Utilities diskette back into the root directory of the HardCard. Remove and store the diskette in a safe place. 9. Copy all files from the Epson Apex diskette(s) into the root directory of the HardCard. 10. Log into the root directory of drive C: and enter the command PREPARE. This will run a batch file that will create 16 empty subdirectories on the HardCard, into which applications software will later be loaded. 11. Also in this directory, rename the program SHELL.BAT to AUTOEXEC.BAT. This will cause the system to automatically load the Plus menu "shell" on bootup. 12. Finally, erase PATCHFMT.EXE, PREPARE.BAT, and INSTALL.* from the root directory of C:. 13. The HardCard installation is now complete. Test the system by rebooting - the Plus menu "shell" should run. NOTE: The original Plus install program creates a floppy diskette containing the Plus files, as above, but also performs several other operations to make it what they refer to as the "REINSTALL" diskette. In PC-DOS systems, this Reinstall diskette can later be used for reformatting the HardCard. Using the modified APEX procedure, however, the "Plus Utilities" diskette that is created cannot be used as the Reinstall diskette. If an APEX user wants to reformat the HardCard, the user should use BACKUP to backup the contents, run SELECT to format, then use BACKUP to restore the files. You may want to copy the LIGHT.COM and SOUND.COM utilities back to the HardCard, as these files control visual and audible signals that are used to indicate HardCard access. The visual indicator is a flashing " + " sign at the upper right of the display (defaults to ON), and the audible indicator is a buzzing sound (defaults to OFF). Page 2 of 2

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HARDCARD INSTALLATION - MODIFIED FOR THE EPSON APEX
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After
installing the
HardCard
in one of
the option slots,
boot the computer using the APEX MS-DOS disk in drive A:.
Enter SYS C: to transfer MS-DOS system to the HardCard.
Copy COMMAND.COM and
FORMAT.COM
from the MS-DOS diskette into
the root directory of the HardCard.
Remove
the MS-DOS diskette and
insert
a blank diskette
in
drive A:. Log onto C: and enter FORMAT
A:
to format the disk.
COPY
all files
from the HardCard to the formatted diskette.
Label this diskette "Plus Utilities".
Remove the Plus Utilities diskette and press the RESET button
on the APEX.
The
system
should
reboot
from the HardCard.
Reinsert
the Epson MS-DOS diskette,
log onto drive A:, run
FDISK
to partition the HardCard for MS-DOS and then run
SELECT
to format the HardCard. When finished, remove the APEX
diskette
and reset
the system.
Ensure that the APEX boots
from the HardCard.
Reinsert the Plus Utilities diskette. Copy all the files from
the Plus Utilities diskette back into the root directory of
the HardCard. Remove and store the diskette in a safe place.
Copy all
files
from the Epson Apex diskette(s) into the
root directory of the HardCard.
Log into the root directory of drive C: and enter the command
PREPARE.
This will run a batch file that will create 16
empty subdirectories on the HardCard, into which applications
software
will later be loaded.
Also in
this directory,
rename
the program
SHELL.BAT
to
AUTOEXEC.BAT.
This will cause the system to automatically
load
the
Plus
menu "shell" on bootup.
Finally,
erase PATCHFMT.EXE, PREPARE.BAT,
and
INSTALL.*
from
the root directory of C:.
The HardCard installation is now complete. Test the system by
rebooting - the Plus menu "shell" should run.
NOTE:
The
original Plus install program creates
a
floppy
diskette
containing
the
Plus
files, as above, but also
performs
several other operations to make it what they
refer to as the
"REINSTALL"
diskette.
In PC-DOS systems,
this Reinstall diskette can later be used
for
reformatting
the HardCard.
Using the modified APEX procedure, however,
the
"Plus Utilities" diskette
that is created
cannot be
used as the
Reinstall diskette. If an APEX user wants to
reformat
the
HardCard,
the user
should use
BACKUP
to
backup the contents,
run
SELECT to
format, then use
BACKUP
to restore the files.
You may want to copy the
LIGHT.COM
and
SOUND.COM
utilities back
to
the HardCard, as these files control visual and audible
signals that are used to indicate HardCard access.
The visual
indicator is a flashing
" + "
sign at
the upper right of the
display (defaults to ON), and the audible indicator
is a buzzing
sound (defaults to OFF).
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