Apple II - Page 86

When you n\"e d3t3 in memory ooto 3 disk, the progr.;Jm'S Save
conunand
\\oil! ask )'OU to name !he new file. After you type a na~.
the progr:tm copies your dala Into 3 disk f,le. Every filc must have a
name, a fllcn:lme.
Saving information on a disk
\X1t:1.t }'OU see on the screen is only Icmpor.trily stored in the
memory of the computer II'S not like a typewriter, where wtul you
type appears on a page in II more or less permanent form. If
something stops the now of CIcClicilY to your computer, any d3.ta
slored In RAM, but not saved on disk, is lost. The only way to
recover lost data is to type it in again Sec Figure 1\-9 .
• :. save early and save often. :>10 one likes to retype lost data. (:\
paragraph is okay, perhaps, but Icn pages is OUI of the
qUCSlion!) Save a copy of your work on a disk at least every Icn
minutes or right aftcr doing any complicatcd acLion. Mam·
people also nve just before doing a I1rgc-SC2Jc change on data.
in case the dunge creates unW1llnted resulls. If you'rc working
during
an clcarical storm, nve more oftcn.
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