Atari 400 User Manual page 197

ply follow the step-by-step instructions pre-
sented here. For a cassette-based program, per-
form the ON CASSETTE instructions that follow.
For a diskette-based program, follow the ON
DISKETTE instructions.
FIRST, MAKE A BACKUP COPY
If at all possible, you should make a backup copy
of a program before you use it for the first time.
You can then use the backup copy and keep the
original program in a safe place. This ensures
that if anything happens to the copy you are us-
ing, you will still have the original program in-
tact.
Making a backup copy of a program is a right
guaranteed to you by law. However, because of
the increase in software piracy-people making
copies of programs and then illegally selling
them-many software manufacturers sell copy-
protected
programs. This means that it is ex-
tremely difficult to make a backup copy of the
software. If the backup procedures presented
here do not work for your software program,
chances are that the program is copy-protected.
If this is the case, your local users' group may be
able to help (see Chapter 6, "Your Computer's
Network"). If you cannot make a backup copy
at this time and still wish to load the program,
skip to the next section, "LOADING THE PRO-
GRAM INTO YOUR COMPUTER'S MEMORY."
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