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Snapshots
The snapshot feature allows to transfer virtually any piece of ZX Spectrum software (for example:
loaded from tape) to disc easily by means of the Snapshot Button.
But this is also useful if you are a games-player, to be able to:
- start a game at an advanced level instead of at the beginning;
- come back to a game on another occasion and start at exactly the point where you had to leave it
last time;
- keep a permanent record of your high scores.
You can create a Snapshot at any time and as often as you like.
Anything and everything held in the Spectrum's memory at that time is saved to the currently active
drive, shown by the indicator light on the disc drive.
When you press the Snapshot Button, you'll notice that your program will be frozen at its current
status, and you will see multi-coloured lines filling the borders on the screen.
You now have three Snapshot save options:
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Press key 3 to save only the current SCREEN.
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Press key 4 for a 48K PROGRAM to be saved to disc.
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Press key 5 for a 128K PROGRAM to be saved to disc. The procedure here is slightly different. The
save will commence but then the program will appear to be frozen again.
If the picture on your screen (the picture - not the border) has changed, press key 'Y' (= Yes): if it
has not, press key 'N'.
After each of these actions when the save is complete, the program will continue at the same point
from which you left it.
Snapshot filenames
Your Snapshot file has been automatically labelled "Snap A/B/C" etc. with the letter of the alphabet
dependent upon the file's position in the catalogue. Clearly, it would be difficult to remember the
precise contents of your snapshot file if this were the only name possible. So it’s wise to give your
Snapshot file an identifiable filename.
Save on the other drive
If you have loaded the program on drive 1, but wish to save your snapshot file to drive 2 - or vice
versa - press the CAPS SHIFT key on the Spectrum at the same time as pressing key 3, 4, or 5.
Exit snapshot function
If you hit the Snapshot Button accidentally, and wish to return immediately to your program, press
key X on the Spectrum.
Load a snapshot
LOAD D*"[filename]"S
(for a 48K file)
LOAD D*"[filename]"K
(for a 128K file)
LOAD D*"[filename]" SCREEN$ (for a screen file)
Without the S, K and SCREEN$ identifiers, the Snapshot files
will not load - unless you use the special abbreviated syntax.
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