Conversion by B. Watson, 20070516. Ripped from DOS XE
[ Conversion by B. Watson, 20070516. Ripped from DOS XE documentation disk images from Holmes archive, via good old UNIX "strings" command. Converted to ASCII, and (rather crudely) reformatted with some vim and perl magic, plus maybe an hours' worth of proofreading. I make no claims about the accuracy of this conversion whatsoever. ] ATARI DOS XE ****** OWNER'S MANUAL Copyright 1988, ATARI Corp. Sunnyvale,CA 94086 All rights reserved. ******************* ******************* Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the product documentation in this manual. However, because Atari Corporation is constantly improving and updating it's computer hardware and software, it is unable to guarantee the accuracy of printed material after the date of publication and disclaims liability for changes, errors, or ommissions. Atari, Atari BASIC, Atariwriter, Atariwriter Plus, Atariwriter 80, DOS XE, XE, XF5 51, XL, 400, 800, 810, 1050, 800XL, 1200XL, 65XE, and 130XE are trademarks or registered trademarks of Atari Corporation. ***************************** ***************************** INTRODUCTION WHAT DOS XE DOES A computer cannot directly use the information on a disk. The information must be loaded into the computer's memory first. This requires special software called the Disk Operating System or DOS. DOS enables the computer and the disk drive(s) to work together in storing, retrieving and managing information. DOS XE is a DOS for the Atari XL and XE computers and disk drives. It organises information into files and helps you to maintain those files. You can group related files into directories, copy them, erase them, and perform other useful tasks. DOS XE itself is a file on a disk and must be loaded into your computer before it can work.
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