Epson 10020 User Manual

If you load MS-DOS from the hard disk, the command prompt

looks like this:

C:\>

The hard disk prompt is different because the Apex 

100\20 

has

been set up with a special command that changes the

command prompt to show the current directory. (A directory

consists of a group of files stored together under an identifying

name. See Chapter 3 for a complete description of directories.)

The command that changes the command prompt is called

PROMPT and it is stored in a file called AUTOEXEC.BAT.

The AUTOEXEC.BAT file contains a series of commands that

your computer performs each time it loads MS-DOS. You can

add commands to this file to automate a set of procedures you

normally perform each time you turn on the computer. See
Chapter 3 for more information about using the

AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

Note
For consistency, this manual uses the same format for the

command prompt for both drive A and drive C, that is: A>

and C>.

The first time you use your Apex 100\20, you need to set the
correct date and time for the computer’s real-time clock.

Follow these steps:

1. At the C> prompt, 

type DATE 

and press Enter. The screen

displays the following:

Current date is Mon 7-24-89

Enter new date (mm-dd-yy):