File Control - Sharp MZ-700 Basic Manual

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If
N is input, changes to the condition of awaiting
the next command, and, if Y is input, the floppy
disk is initialized and changes to the condition of
awaiting the next command.
If
C is input, the screen becomes as follows:
*
C ............................. Copies the entire floppy disk.
Source Drive NO.?1
............ Specifies the drive of the inserted source disk (original
disk) (drive number 1, in this instance).
De s
t
n a
t
ion D r i ve No.? 2
........... " Specifies the drive of the inserted destination disk
(new disk) (drive number 2, in this instance).
*
III .............................. Indicates the end of the entire floppy disk copying and
awaiting the next command.
Then the copying of the DISK BASIC is finished. The DISK BASIC is started when
" ! " is input.
Note:
If
the source drive and the destination drive are the same, refer to REFERENCE
(page 78).
1.3 File Control
There are, as mentioned in the "File" section, 3 types of files produced by the DISK
BASIC: the 2 types of data files, sequential access files (BSD) and random access files
(BRD), and the BASIC text (BTX) program files. The other type of file: the machine
language program files (OBJ), is a file which registers programs prepared in the
MONITOR mode, etc. on the floppy disk. This can be a program by itself or it can be
linked to a BASIC text as a BASIC machine language area. Thus, even though it can
be used with the DISK BASIC, it is not a file to prepare and to change its contents
with the DISK BASIC.