SAM Coupe Disk Drive Manual 18
INSTRUCTIONS
FOR DISCIPLE
AND PLUS D
OWNERS
SNAPSHOT FILES
You may be a user of one of MGT's earlier
disk interfaces for the Spectrum - the
DISCIPLE or the PLUS D. It's not possible
(or necessary) to attach these devices to
the Coupe. (However, we have made provision
for you to use your current disk drives
using a special SAM drive interface - call
MGT's Customer Care for more details).
Disks previously created on the DISCIPLE and
PLUS D can be read by the Coupe (although
BASIC files cannot be read - snapshotted
files are fine). First 'boot' SAMDOS2 in the
normal way. Then insert your DISCIPLE or
PLUS D disk and carry on, using the commands
described in this manual, not the ones you
used to use with the Spectrum.
You will NOT be able to make changes to
these disks on the Coupe. You should not
attempt to SAVE or RENAME or ERASE files on
these disks - if you do you are likely to
corrupt the disks. If you wish to make
changes, SAVE the program in memory to a
disk created on the Coupe.
DISCIPLE and PLUS D users will be familiar
with snapshot files. The MGT Spectrum
interfaces have a button which stops the
program and allows you to save the current
program to disk. This operation is called
snapshotting. The Coupe has a similar
facility, which you'll be able to use with
most Spectrum 48K - though not SAM or
Spectrum 128K - software. Do it like this:
Boot your computer; ensure that a copy of
the System Disk is in drive 1, now press F9.
When the menu appears choose option F
(Spectrum Emulator). You will be offered two
options. Use E (emulator) if you wish to
load a game from tape.
When the software is running, press the
Coupe's BREAK button to halt the program.
Don't hold it on: just press it lightly - on
and off. Now you have several options:
Press key 2 on the Coupe: the program re-
starts.
Press key 3: the screen image is SAVEd to
the disk in drive 1. (Holding the Shift key
while pressing key 3 will SAVE to disk drive
2, if installed.)
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