Running
a
BASIC
Program
Two steps are involved with running a BASIC program
that
you
have on a diskette.
The first step
is
getting a copy
of
the program transferred
from the diskette into the
computer's
memory. This
is
called loading the program and
is
done
(appropriately
enough) with a LOAD command.
The second step
is
the actual performance
of
the
program's
instructions-running or executing the program.
The command used
to
do
this is RUN.
Let's
go
through this sequence looking
at
the SAMPLES
program
that
is
on
your
DOS Diskette. You can
do
it
now.
Running
the
SAMPLES
Program
1 Make sure DOS
is
ready and A>
is
displayed.
2 Insert the DOS Diskette
into
drive A:
if
it
is
not
already
there.
3 Type this:
basic
and press the
Enter
key.
4 You'll see the BASIC
prompt,
Ok.
Now
type
this:
load
"samples
and press the Enter key.
(Or
you
can do
it
with the
FI
function key like this:
Press:
FI
Type:
samples
Press:
Enter
key
Try it this way
next
time.)
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