Tandy 26-3814, Operation Manual

Page 1: ...TANDY Portable Disk Drive 2 OPERATION MANUAL Cat No 26 3814...

Page 2: ...RADIO SHACK INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY INTERRUPTION OF SERVICE LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATORY PROFITS OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OR OPERATION OF THE EQUIPMENT OR SOFTWARE...

Page 3: ...t has been certified to comply with the limits for a Class B computing device pursuant to Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC Rules Only peripherals computer input ouput devices terminals printers etc certifi...

Page 4: ...er automatically shuts off after 30 minutes if the drive does not receive input from the computer Using the Disk Drive 2 to store your files on diskettes will give you unlimited data storage space Alt...

Page 5: ...for Portable Computer Figure 1 Disk In Out Bar Press this bar to lock the disk drive into operating position after you insert the diskette LOW BATTERY Indicator This indicator lights when the batteri...

Page 6: ...erating time left No operation will occur if the batteries are too low In fact the low battery indicator will not even light Notes 1 When the batteries are weak the low battery indicator will light Wh...

Page 7: ...e write protect tab is posi tioned so that the window is closed data can be written to the diskette When the tab is positioned so that the window is open data is write protected Figure 6 6 Chapter 1 S...

Page 8: ...again at step JL After the IPL operation the terminal settings for TELCOM will need to be changed back to your normal settings Refer to your computer owner s manual for information on changing these...

Page 9: ...ult bank number Erases the DO BA or CO file on the disk Changes the file name on the disk Formats the disk Exits and returns to the main menu of the computer Start up 1 Turn on the computer and the di...

Page 10: ...l violate FLOPPY If you want to erase FLOPPY use the utility program FREMEM BA stored on the system diskette See Utilities 12 Chapter 2 Disk Bank Feature The file manager of the Portable Disk Drive 2...

Page 11: ...ess F1 14 Chapter 2 1 When the command menu appears on the display press 1 F2 I 2 The computer will ask you which file you want to load from the disk Load Disk bank 0 AAA BA 358 DOC DO 1280 FLOPPY CO...

Page 12: ...with the appropriate extension for example AAA DO I ENTER 1 the computer will ask you for the file name on the disk to which the RAM file is to be saved Save as s If you want to assign the same file n...

Page 13: ...ed in the upper right corner of the FLOPPY menu Bank x X indicates the defaul t bank number or 1 It toggles between and 1 each time you press I F4 1 18 Capter 2 1 When the command menu appears on the...

Page 14: ...AK to stop the renaming process 20 Chapter 2 1 When the command menu appears on the display press F7 2 The computer will make sure you want to format the disk Format Are you sure Y N N ENTER The displ...

Page 15: ...e has automatically powered off a i v Cornrnun i cat i on Error 1 During communication with the computer the power to the drive is cut off 2 During communication with the computer the cable is disconn...

Page 16: ...programs FL0PY2 SYS BACKUP BA and FREMEM BA FL0PY2 SYS is the file manager code and cannot be loaded by the load function of the file manager It is loaded and installed only by the IPL operation BACKU...

Page 17: ...CKUP needs about a minimum of 2K bytes free RAM space in the computer for the data buffer When this message is dis played you will need to delete some of the RAM files to free the space Write protecte...

Page 18: ...e prepared for the 26 3808 portable disk drive can be used with Portable Disk Drive 2 with the following restrictions 1 The files on the 26 3808 diskette are considered to be on bank 0 If you try to l...

Page 19: ...Appendices 31...

Page 20: ...racks 80 Total number of hard sectors 160 Recording systems Recording method FM Recording density 4 064 BPI Track density 135 TPI Data transfer rate 125K bits sec Process time Average access time 710...

Page 21: ...Average voltage 4 1V Power down Average voltage 3 5V Weight 1 lb 14 oz 850 grams including 4 batteries n Dimensions 5 14 x 6 2 x 2 W 133 W x 163 L x 54 H mm Media used 3 5 inch microfloppy disk Single...

Page 22: ...Schematic Diagram 15 Main PCB ca imz O HC3M 4M4 35 NOTES A RATED POWER OF UNSPECIFIED RESISTOR 1 8W B 104 TC50HOOOF 105 TC4584F 106 TC40H010F...

Page 23: ...of service facilities provides quick convenient and reliable repair services for all of its computer products in most instances Warranty service will be performed in accordance with Radio Shack s Limi...

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