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AM-6060 Computer Owner's Manual, Rev. 00

WINDOW SHUT = WRITE ENABLE

WINDOW OPEN = WRITE PROTECTED

TAPE EJECT BUTTON

DRIVE STATUS LEDs

DAT

Figure 3-1: DAT Tape Drive.

3. Once the tape is loaded, the status lights on the drive will indicate the status of both the drive and

the cartridge. See the manual that came with your tape drive for information on interpreting the

status lights.

4. To unload the tape cartridge from the DAT drive, press the tape eject button, which is shown

above. The drive will automatically eject the tape.

For information on maintaining the DAT drive, see Chapter 6.

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Computer Owner's 1
FIRST EDITION: 2
April 1998 2
Table of Contents 3
List of Illustrations 7
List of Tables 7
Chapter 1 - Introducing the 8
AM-6060 Computer 8
ABOUT THIS BOOK 9
Graphics Conventions 9
HARDWARE FEATURES 10
AM-301-10 System Board 10
AM-176 Board 11
Processor 11
Cache Memory 11
CMOS Menu Setup 11
External SCSI Port 12
Serial I/O Capability 13
Network Options 13
Front Panel Status Display 13
SCSI Tape Drives 13
Real Time Clock 14
Rear I/O Panel 14
Add-On Equipment 14
SOFTWARE FEATURES 14
SERVICE INFORMATION 15
For Further Assistance 15
Chapter 2 - Installation 16
Reporting Shipping Damage 17
PREPARING THE SITE 21
Physical Requirements 21
Environmental Requirements 21
Environmental Specifications 21
POWER AND CABLE CONNECTIONS 22
Turning the Computer On 24
Connecting the Cable 25
INITIAL TESTING 25
CONNECTING TO THE NETWORK 25
BOOTING UP UNDER AMOS 25
THE WARM BOOT MONITOR 27
TURNING THE COMPUTER OFF 27
EXPANDING YOUR COMPUTER 27
GETTING ASSISTANCE 28
Chapter 3 - Getting Started 29
CMOS Menu Options 30
Saving the CMOS Settings 32
Important Note 32
DEVICE NAMES 32
The System Disk 33
DISK ACCOUNTS 33
LOGGING ON 34
THE TERMINAL KEYBOARD 35
Correcting Typing Mistakes 36
ABOUT STREAMING TAPE 37
Tape Capacity 37
USING A DAT DRIVE 38
TAPE EJECT BUTTON 39
DRIVE STATUS LEDs 39
Chapter 4 - Where Do I 40
Go From Here? 40
Programming Languages 41
Text Preparation 41
Utility Programs 41
Application Programs 41
Office Information Products 42
ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION 42
BACKING UP YOUR DATA 44
Passwords 45
Organizing the Disk 45
Adding New Accounts 46
ADDING USER NAMES 47
Adding Users 49
Changing User Memory 51
Multiple Initialization Files 52
ANALYZING THE DISK 53
The REDALL Command 53
The DSKANA Command 54
DSKANA Options 55
Chapter 6 - Preventive 57
Maintenance 57
DAT DRIVE CLEANING 58
MAIN ENCLOSURE 58
Chapter 7 - Troubleshooting 59
Procedures 59
Procedure #3: Power-up/Reset 63
Procedure #5: Self Test 66
Procedure #6: Alternate Boot 68
USING LEVEL7 68
SELF TEST FEATURE 74
Appendix A - Connector 75
Configurations 75
SERIAL I/O CONNECTORS 76
What Is RS-232? 76
CABLE CONSTRUCTION GUIDELINES 77
Cable Length 77
Cable Type 77
PDB-00359-53 78
PDB-00359-54 79
PDB-00359-57 80
Appendix B - The Control 81
Characters 81
Appendix C - Super I/O 83
PRA-00222-20 84
EXTERNAL SCSI BUS 84
TERMINATOR 84
SCSI CONNECTOR 84
ON BACK PANEL 84
ATTACHING EXTERNAL DEVICES 85
TERMINATOR POWER 85
Appendix E - Read-Ahead and 86
Write Buffering 86
Controlling Read-Ahead 87
WRITE BUFFERING 87
Potential Pitfalls 88
Setting Up Write Buffering 88
FINAL NOTES 89
Index Page 92

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