If you want your computer to always start at slow speed, you can change the default setting through SETUP. See Chapter 2 for instructions.

Some copy-protected programs require the computer to run at slow speed while accessing the program on a diskette. These programs also usually require you to leave a key disk-the diskette that contains the copy protection-in the diskette drive. If you use a copy-protected program, you can change the speed to slow to access the diskette and return it to fast speed when you are finished.

You can change the processor speed temporarily by entering one of the following commands from the numeric keypad on your keyboard:

qTo select slow speed, press

qTo select fast speed, press

(Hold down the

 

key and the

key simultaneously

and then press the

or

key on the numeric keypad.)

N o t e

You can use the commands listed above while you are running a program. However, if the program uses one of these commands for another function, you cannot use it to change the processor speed. You can, however, enter the command at the MS-DOS command prompt or change it through the SETUP program.

The speed setting remains in effect until you reset the computer, change the speed with a keyboard command, or change the speed using SETUP.

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