Chapter 3
How to load disk software
Subjects covered...
Disks for the +3
Loading disk software
Abandoning loading
This chapter describes the loading of commercially available disk
software.
(For a description of the loading, saving, formatting, etc.,
procedures that you would use during BASIC programming, see chapter 6
and chapter 8 part 20.)
Disks for the +3
The +3 uses 3 inch compact floppy disks. We strongly recommend that
for reliable data-to-disk transfer, you use AMSOFT CF-2 floppy
disks. Disks made by other leading manufacturers, however, may also be
used.
Each side of a disk may be used independently. A disk should be
inserted with its label facing outward from the drive, and with the
side that you wish to use face up...
_____-----__
_____----- ____---- --__
_____----- _____----__ --__
_____----- ____----- ..... --__ --__
____----- _____---- ....:::::::::::.. --__ ___---
/--__ ____----- ....::::::::::::::::::::::.. --___--- ___|
| -+__ .:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::'' ___+ __---_) --__
|_ --__ ''::::::::::::::::::::::::''' ___--- ___---__ __-
|--__ --__ ''::::::::::::::''' ___--- ___---__-- --__-- _____
|__ ---__ --__ '::::'''' ___--- ___---__--- | _|
---___ ---__ --_ ___--- ___---__--- | \
---___---__ +--- ___---___--- |_|\ \
---__--__|___---___--- \_/
---_|___---
[Their diagram is zoomed in on the drive, but you get the idea.]
Loading disk software
To load Spectrum +3, Spectrum +2 and Spectrum 128 software (a game, an
utility program, etc.) from disk, carry out the following
instructions.
1. Set up and switch on the +3 so that the opening menu appears on the
screen...
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
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| _________________ |
| |_128_+3__________| |
| |//Loader/////////| |
| | +3 BASIC | |
| | Calculator | |
| | 48 BASIC | |
| +-----------------+ |
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| (C) 1982, 1986, 1987 Amstrad Plc. |
| Drives A: and M: available. |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
2. Insert your software disk into the disk drive.
3. Press the ENTER key to select the option Loader from the opening
menu. (If you don't know about selecting menu options, refer back to
chapter 2.)
The software will start to load from disk. On the disk drive, you will
see the read/write indicator lamp start to flash on and off
(indicating that the disk is being read from). After a few seconds,
the screen display will change and the software will be loaded, ready
to use.
When you have finished using the software and wish to use the +3 for
something else, press and release the RESET button (at the left-hand
side of the +3). Always remember that whenever the RESET button is
pressed, everything in the computer's memory (RAM) is cleared. You
should therefore always make sure that you have completely finished
with any program in the +3's memory, before you press the button.
If you are going to switch off the +3 completely, remember to remove
any disk from the disk drive first.
Abandoning loading
If you wish to abandon a loading operation, simply press and release
the RESET button. The +3 will return to the opening menu.