Sharp MZ-800 - 3.5 Saving a Program

3.5 Saving a Program
When
you
turn
the
power
switch
off,
any
programs
you
may
have
typed
will
be
lost.
To
reuse
a
pro-
gram
in
a
later
session,
you
must
save
it
onto
any
external
storage
device
such
as
a
cassette.
The
proce-
dure
for
saving
a
program
onto
a
cassette
is
described
below.
* Using a new cassette:
1)
Open
the
cassette
compartment
cover
on
the
MZ-800
and
insert
the
cassette,
Close
the
cover,
then
Press
the
counter
reset
button
to
reset
the
counter
to
‘‘000"’.
Counter reset button
2) Type the following.
SAVE “CMT:TEST”’ [CR
This
command
instructs
the
computer
to
save
the
program
in
memory
onto
the
cassette
in
the
data
recorder
(the
data
recorder
is
indicated
in
the
SAVE
statement
by
CMT:).
The
program
is
saved
with
the
name
‘‘TEST”’.
3)
The
next
message
to
be
displayed
is
“‘
#
RECORD.PLAY”’.
When
you
see
this
message,
press
the
RECORD
|
button.
4)
When
the
message
‘Ready’’
appears
on
the
screen
and
the
tape
stops,
press
the
|
STOP
|
button.
Write
down
the
program
name
‘*TEST”’
and
the
counter
value
at
the
end
of
the
program
on
the
cassette
label.
* Using a cassette which contains programs:
When
using
a
cassette
which
already
contains
programs,
the
counter
value
for
the
end
of
the
program
preceding
the
program
you
want
to
save
must
be
known;
otherwise
your
new
program
may
become
lost
somewhere
on
the
tape.
1)
Insert
the
cassette
into
the
data
recorder
and
rewind
the
tape
by
pressing
the
|REWIND]
button.
2)
Press
the
counter
reset
button
to
reset
the
counter
to
000",
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