Atari 400 User Manual page 196

otherwise, you may have trouble trying to find
exactly where a program begins when you use
the tape at a later time.
When buying blank diskettes for storing your
own work, look for these minimum require-
ments: the disks should be single-sided, soft sec-
tored, and either single-density or double-
density. Blank diskettes are usually available in
boxes of ten. Some of the higher quality brands
to look for are Verbatim, Maxell, and 3M dis-
kettes .
• Be sure to have handy your
software docu-
mentation-the
instructions that came with
your software program. Almost every com-
mercial software program comes with instruc-
tions on how to load the program into your
computer's memory and how to best use the
program's many features. You should spend
some time looking through the documentation
before trying to use the program.
While it is not necessary to read through your
software documentation now, you may want to
refer to the loading instructions. The loading in-
structions for your particular software program
may differ slightly from those presented here. If
this is the case, follow the software documenta-
tion instructions, or select a different program to
practice loading.
Now that you have all the necessary items at
hand, it's time to begin loading a program. Sim-
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