Joe's PC: User Manual
Joe's PC AXT-2000
Enhanced Computer
manual (c) 1989 Joe's PC Co., Inc.
Technical Support:
555-5555, after 6: 777-7777.
INTRODUCTION
Welcome! Thank you very much for buying high quality JOE'S PC computer. To be very satisfied and productive. You have instruction manual which should be read completely to insure proper use and long life. Read the manual!
JOE'S PC Company, Inc. has designed and built your high quality JOE'S PC specifically for use in widest possible range of end user tasks. To use high quality JOE'S PC for word processing, banking, CAD design, games and database. No end to the uses to which JOE'S PC can be put. Please to take few minutes and read Manual to avoid problems and cause confusion later.
NOTICE
JOE'S PC Company Inc. warrants the software(s) supplied herein are free from defects and flaws in workmanship for a period of thirty (30) days from date of manufacture. JOE'S PC Company, Inc. specifically disallows claims based on resultant and incidental damages due to failure to perform or other failures. Damages and adjustments are specifically limited to actual replacement of the diskettes during the warranty period and are limited to the original owner only. Some states limit the exclusion of incidental damages and other damages.
This machine is not released for sale in those states.
PARTS LIST
When opening JOE'S PC box be sure that the following items drop out:
- CPU computer box
- JOE'S PC keyboard and special Flexible Cable
- JOE'S PC Manual
- JOE'S DOS diskettes (2)
- Three screws
- One extra screw
- Video Screen
- Video Screen Controller
- Video Screen Controller Box
- Video Screen Controller Box Board
- Some memory RAM chips
- RAM chip crumbs (optional)
- Extra chip
- Electric cord
- Styrofoam packing popcorn
If this list is not complete open box again and check for extra items. Be extra sure to check for extra or spare chips and wires. Discard packing boxes after examining for extra chips.
ASSEMBLY
Your high quality JOE'S PC AXT-2000 Enhanced computer was designed and built for easy assembly with ordinary hands and tools. Novice can assemble machine with minimum of help and confusion after reading Manual. Please read manual first before attempting these maneuvers. Avoid Problem!
1. Locate CPU electric cord. Plug end into slot marked "electric cord" on back of CPU. If it will not fit, plug that end into AC power outlet found in many homes and offices. Plug other end of electric cord into back of CPU computer box. WARNING! Do not plug electric cord at same place into both ends! This results in serious damage!
3. Locate PC Keyboard and special FLEXIBLE CABLE. Do not remove cable from PC Keyboard as it is meant to always attach to keyboard. Plug that end into CPU Computer Box where indicate "Keyboard" but do not attach keyboard yet. Attach Keyboard as instructed. Special Flexible Cable is meant to hang all over desk to provide easy access to computer and keyboard from any location. Do not obstruct the cable as to do so may prevent flexibility. Do not attempt to flex cable over 3m (39 inches) as to do so may pull computer and cause Severe Damage!
4. After connecting cable notice that cable must be disconnected to computer to attach required Video Controller and Video Controller Box and Video Controller Box Board. (see attached).
5. Grasp Video Controller Box Board in hands with no tools and great care and push firmly. Video Controller Box Board will place into slot for Video Controller Box Board where marked. Edge connectors with gold must make sure to not press firmly against top of board for Severe Damage!
6. When broad is attached, check for tight screw and push firmly to make sure. Be Careful! Board may break and not fix. Looks good? OK.
7. Attach Video Controller Box to back of Computer Box and plug in. Make sure plug is in back of Video Controller Box Board to get data from computer and it will send data to Video Screen to see.
7. Turn CPU Computer Box on. This is done by turning the power switch on back panel of computer. The on position is marked to coincide with on and will not work in any other position.
RESIDENT COMPUTER DIAGNOSIS
After it is turned on machine will diagnose problems. These are automatic and will take approximately 20 seconds to finish it. See below for a list of the tests performed on CPU and other parts. If everything is not failing check the list below for confirmation of checks:
CPU Chip OK
Memory RAM OK
Memory ROM OK
Disk There OK
Disk Not There OK
Keyboard OK
Video Screen OK
Electric Cord OK
Hard Disk Not Installed
Soft Disk 2 Installed
ROM BASIC Not Installed
If you have a JOE'S PC Hard Disk installed, disregard "Not installed" message and check Hard Disk. Please note that if you have removed Soft Disk to make room in Computer Box for Extra Memory or a Modem or other box the number displayed after "Soft Disk" may not accurately reflect the number of Soft Disks. This is pre-set at JOE'S PC factory for best operation and will last throughout the life of your machine. You do not have to worry about an inaccurate reading.
Please note also that if the Message "Electric Cord OK" fails to show all other messages will fail to show as well and machine will not operate correctly.
Also note if "Video Screen OK" message is not displayed all other messages will not be displayed. To keep your JOE'S PC computer running smoothly be sure that all messages are operational.
ROM BASIC
ROM Basic is not installed. Do not attempt to use this feature. Do not attempt to change "ROM BASIC Not Installed" message. This is to ensure incompatibility with IBM Corporation software and copyrights and patents. Do not attempt to install ROM Basic. Installation of ROM Basic is to be done by only quality service personnel.
JOE'S PC DOS
Included with Deluxe JOE'S PC Computer is JOE'S PC Disk Operation System. This system controls all control of disk drives and commands and files for use with JOE'S PC Computer. For instructions on adding or subtracting JOE'S PC DOS from your JOE'S PC Computer, see the section titled "JOE'S PC DOS: What is this?"
OPTIONAL EXTRA EQUIPMENT BOXES
Many many extra boxes are available for connection to high quality JOE'S PC when you install extra money. See list below and wait for information from JOE'S PC Computer Company when you call for credit card.
- JOE'S PC Memory expansion card to add up to 640k of memory for more spread-out spread sheets.
- JOE'S PC Color Video Screen to see black and white results in color.
- JOE'S PC Hard Disk for random storage of data and access at high speed for enhanced productivity and downtime wait decrease.
- JOE'S PC Enhanced keyboard to make big keyboard mistakes less often and to enhance User Friendliness between keyboard and computer.
- JOE'S PC Printer to see black and white results on paper at high resolution graphics and text. Also to use time to print instead of wait includes...
- JOE'S PC Print Bumper to use up memory and wait for print less. OK.
- JOE'S PC Gidgetizer for transferring hi-res men's magazine pictures to hi-res memory for editing with JOE'S PC Mouse and printing on JOE'S PC Printer.
- JOE'S PC Mouse for fast access to menus and programs that can be set up to work against Mouse Driver and Serial Port.
JOE'S PC DOS - What is this?
You have already found box marked JOE'S PC DOS and wondered, 'What is it?' Well, JOE'S PC DOS makes possible all the benefits of JOE'S PC Disk Drives and allows saving of data before you turn the machine off. Disk drives must have JOE'S PC DOS or they will not run properly and may lose data after turning off.
INSTALLING JOE'S PC DOS
Take JOE'S PC DOS disk and put in Disk Drive Slot marked A:. This is one of the two slots that may be on the front of your machine. Please note that this is larger than the VENTILATION SLOTS and JOE'S PC will not run properly with JOE'S PC disk in VENTILATION SLOT so do not put that in there without checking that slot is not for ventilation.
TURN MACHINE ON
If you have already turned machine on, disk has already been erased and should be returned to JOE'S PC COMPANY for replacement. If not, turn machine off and turn back on again and machine will BOOT UP. This procedure was called BOOTING UP many years ago by impatient programmers from TEXAS who used their BOOT STRAP LOADERS to get the machine going faster on cold mornings or to fix maladjusted disk drives and printers. Today we use diskettes instead of boots and straps and machines are much lower Disk Excess Time.
Eventually machine will beep and then respond to you by typing J>. This is entirely normal and will not affect performance in any way. When the machine says J> it means that your High Quality JOE'S PC is waiting for INPUT. This is what you type in if you have a JOE'S PC Hard Drive in your machine:
J>copy everything
and JOE'S PC will respond by typing:
Copying Everything...
and when done it will so state by typing:
Everything Copied
J>
And if you switch over to the HARD DRIVE by typing:
J>hd
and then type:
HD>der
(This is short for DERictry)
It will show you the following:
HARD DRIVE has no name...
DERICTRY of HARD DRIVE\
JOEBIO COM 96253 01/01/83
JOEDOS COM 24040 01/01/83
COMMAND COM 1024 01/09/83
CONFIG SIS 0 01/01/83
ANTSY SIS 68447 01/23/85
PRINT COM 3233 12/13/85
SCRAWL COM 4101 12/13/85
DOODLE COM 29208 12/14/85
ERASE COM 9920 12/16/85
FIND COM 142 12/20/85
LOSE COM 23222 12/21/85
CRASH COM 12 12/14/85
DEBUG COM 10275 04/19/85
DELOUSE COM 9940 04/22/85
NO-HDU COM 2310 05/30/85
PARK COM 1499 10/20/85
REVERSE... COM 2208 10/20/85
NEUTRAL COM 0 10/20/85
DRIVE COM 2301 10/20/85
LOW COM 6 10/20/85
EJECTHDU COM 892 01/01/83
NO-RAM COM 1024 01/01/84
NO-CRT COM 1024 01/01/85
NO-ROM COM 1024 01/01/85
JOEBASIC EXE 32400 01/28/85
A lot of file(s) Plenty of Space Left
HD>
A short explanation of features will follow:
JOEBASIC is an implementation of the powerful computer language BASIC except that we added a bunch of features that will make programming easier including these powerful commands:
- DO WHATIWANT
- READ (MANUAL)
- FIXBUG
- STARTOVER
- TALK
- LISTEN
- SHUTUP
Algebraic operators:
- EQUALS
- NOTEQUALS
- SORTOFEQUALS
- NOTCLOSE
- WAYOFF
- WRONGTYPE
Boolean operators:
- AND
- OR
- NOT
- XOR
- XAND
- XNOT
- YNOT
- SNOT
- IFNOT
- MAYBE
- XMAYBE
- SOWHAT
- WHOCARES
And graphics commands:
- LINE(x,y)
- BOX (x,y,a,b)
- CIRCLE (x,y,r)
- ELLIPSE (x,y,r1,r2)
- BLOB (x,y,z,a,r)
- SCRIBBLE (x,y,z,a,b,c,d,e,f,g,i,h,j,k,l,m)
- COLOR (n)
- BLACKNWHITE (n)
- NOPURPLE (n)
- SETPOINT (x,y)
- MATCHPOINT (x,y)
A FINAL WORD
Great! You're on your way to successful happy computing with high quality JOE'S PC! The computer is on, and you're all ready to work. We are all happy you selected high quality JOE'S PC product. Thank you.
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(c) 1989 JOE'S PC Company, Inc.
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