27 5. Fast forward the cassette to the place where you want to record the program - this will be 100 or 200 or 300 etc, on the tape counter. 6. Press the RECORD button on the cassette and then press the RETURN key. If you want to give up at any time then press the ESCAPE key. Notice that MYPROG is the name that we happened to give to the program. You can call your program by any name you like so long as it has no more than ten characters. For example you could have typed SAVE "FRED" or SAVE "picture" SAVE "GAME3" or While the program is being saved on cassette the name of the program and some numbers will appear to tell you that things are happening.
When the computer has finished, the > prompt will re-appear and the tape will stop automatically. If you don’t have cassette motor control then you will have to stop the recorder manually after the > prompt re-appears. That’s it. Checking a recording If you want to check that you have successfully recorded your program on the tape then you can use the *CAT command (see below). If your recording failed for any reason you can always re-record it. See chapter 35 if you have problems. Loading a program from cassette Loading a program back into the computer is just like playing a particular piece of music which has been recorded on the cassette. 1.
Type LOAD "MYPROG" and then press the RETURN key. The message Searching will appear. Of course if your program is called something else then use the right name, for example LOAD "GAME3" RETURN 2. Rewind the cassette to just before the start of your program (which will be at 100 or 200 etc.) 3. Check that the volume and tone control settings are correct – see chapter 1 if you are not sure how to find the correct settings. 4. Start playing the cassette by pressing the PLAY button on the recorder.