Basics for Using Northstart Horizon DOS

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Basics for Using Northstart Horizon DOS	by Bill Degnan - 08/24/2008 21:00
This is a copy of an email I sent to a fellow collector, regarding what to do at the plus prompt ( + ) upon successful boot of a Nortstar Horizon computer, using Northstar DOS. Here is my answer: I assume you have two working drives, if not stop and contact me. I am not sure how much you know about the N, they're sometimes cryptic to follow. See if you can find a copy of the North Start System Software Manual. + means from the N DOS prompt > means from the N* monitor (I assume you know what a monitor is) if you find yourself at this prompt the command OS will return you to N* DOS. drive 1 = left drive drive 2 = right drive +GO CD [enter] (follow the prompts) +GO CF[enter] (follow the prompts) CD means copy diskette CF means copy file +GO CF ABC ABC1 (copy the file ABC to ABC1) +LI 1 [enter] (what's on the left drive?) +LI 2 [enter] (what's on the right drive?) +GO BASIC [enter] (load basic) +IN 1 D [enter] (initialize a disk in drive 1 using double density S=Single D=Double) +GO DOS [enter] (I think this will reboot the system) +GO DT 1 [enter] (disk test program, test drive 1) There's a lot more, especially using the monitor - GO M2D00 [enter]....if questions, just ask. Reply