Radio Shack TRS-80 model III Owner's Manual page 122

DISK BASIC
This
command
loads
and executes
a
basic
program
stored
on
disk.
It
may
be
used
inside
a
program
to
allow chaining (one
program
calling another).
Examples
RUN "PROG"
Loads and
executes
prog
(all
open
files
are
closed
first).
A$="NEWPR0G
n
RUN A*t
R
Loads and
executes
newprog
(all
open
files
remain
open).
SAVE
Save
Program
onto Disk
This
command
lets
you
save
your basic programs on
disk.
You
can save
the
program
in
compressed or ascii format.
Using compressed
format takes
up
less
disk space and
is
faster
during both
saves and loads. Using
the ascii
option
makes
it
possible
to
do
certain things
that
cannot be done with
compressed
format basic
files.
For example:
•
The
merge command
requires
that the
disk
file
be
in
ascii
form.
•
Programs which
read
in
other
programs
as
data will typically require
that
the
data
programs be
stored in ascii.
•
The trsdos
command
append
also requires
that
disk
files
be
in ascii
form.
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