Apple 13-0010--001 User Manual

If the only Elite product you currently have is 

the Elite Controller, then this section probably 

won’t be off must interest to you. Since the 

Elite Controller has no switches (13/16 sector 

booting is automatic) and we haven’t, supplied 

you with a slot in the card in which you could 

insert a diskette, there is nothing’ which you 

could “operate”.

If you are a programmer who is interested in how 

to manipulate the controller card software—wise, 

such secrets are revealed later in this manual.

Operating the Elite drives is identical to oper-

ating a Disk—II drive, except that the Elite 

drives have an extra write-protect switch which 

may require a little explaining.

Mounted on the upper front panel of an Elite 

drive is a touch-switch. By momentarily   

pressing the stripes labeled PROTECT, the write— 

protect status of the drive can be toggled 

on/off. The drive’s write protect status is 

reflected by a small light next to the PROTECT 

switch.

The switch does not affect the write-protect 

status of a diskette which has been protected by 

covering the diskette’s notch. Diskettes which 

are protected in this way are always considered