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User's
Handbook to the Atari 400/800 Computers
Your
data file
could
contain any
number
of
slips
of
paper--
depending
upon
how
many cousins you had.
Each
slip
of
paper
containing
the name and address
of
one
of
your
cousins
would
be
analogous to a record
with
a data file.
Each
individual
data item
within
a record
is
known
as
a field. In
our
example, the name
of
each cousin
might
be considered a
field
as
well
as
the street address, city, state,
zip
code, and
telephone
number.
Program
Files
Programs are also stored
as
fil
es.
However
,
unlike
data files,
program files are
not
divided
into
records and fields.
We
will discuss loading and saving program files in the
following
several sections. The reading and
writing
of
information
to data
files
will
be discussed later in this chapter.
Saving Programs on the Atari
410
Atari BASIC contains
three
statements that are used
to
store
programs
on
cassette tape. These are:
CSAVE
SAVE
LIST
Each
of
these
three
statements
has
a
corresponding
Atari BASIC
statement
which
is
used to load a program
into
memory
from
the
cassette
ta
pe. These are:
CLOAD
LOAD
ENTER
The
CSAVE
statement is used
only
for
saving programs on
cassette.
LIST
and
SAVE
can be used to send a program
to
devices
other
than the Atari
410
Program Recorder.
LIST
and
SAVE
must
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