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CONTENTS
Introduction
5
Chapter 1.
Unpacking and connecting
7
Chapter 2.
Using the Wafadrive
Initialising the system
Using NEW
Clearing BASIC programs
Clearing the screen
9
Chapter 3.
The wafers
Preparing and naming wafers
Protecting against accidental erasure
Maintenance
11
Chapter 4.
The Directory
Displaying the Directory
Setting the Default Drive
15
Chapter 5.
Storing and retrieving programs
Saving
Verifying
Loading
Erasing
Merging
Saving using an existing file name
Auto-run programs
Saving and loading machine code
Copying programs
Modifying existing programs
19
Chapter 6.
Streams
Stream handling on the unexpanded Spectrum
Stream handling with the Wafadrive
27
Chapter 7.
Storing and retrieving data
Creating a Wafadrive data file
Writing data to a Wafadrive file
Reading data from a Wafadrive file
Copying data files
31
Chapter 8.
Centronics and RS232 interfaces
The Centronics interface
The RS232 interface
Connecting peripherals
Sending information via the interfaces
Receiving information via the RS232 interface
Further information
35
Chapter 9.
How the Wafadrive works
System operation
Operation of the Extended BASIC commands
Reading the directory from BASIC
41
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