Successful Saving - AMSTRAD cpc 6128 User Instruction

Successful saving
To ensure that the file is successfully saved:
1.
Check that your cassette unit is correctly connected to the computer's TAPE
socket (see part 2 of the Foundation course).
2. Check that the RECORD or LEVEL control on your cassette unit is correctly
adjusted.
3. Check that you are not using inferior quality cassettes or C120s. (AMSOFT C15
cassettes are recommended.)
4. Make sure that your cassettes are not subjected to magnetic fields by being
placed close to a loud-speaker, television set, etc.
5. Before deleting a program from the memory after saving it, CAT alog the tape,
to verify that the program has been saved successfully.
6. Ensure that your cassette unit is periodically maintained, and that the tape
heads are regularly cleaned.
SAVE
You need not specify the filename if you wish the program to be saved as an
U n n a m e d f
i
Le. Example command:
SAVE '"'
You will be instructed:
Press REC and PLAY then any key:
.... whereupon you should press the RECORD and PLAY buttons on your cassette unit,
followed by one of the keys on the computer. The tape in the cassette will start
turning, and the computer will save the program.
The screen will display the saving messages:
Saving FILENAME bLock 1
.... and as many other block numbers as there are in the file, until the file is saved.
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Using Discs and Cassettes