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The Quick Start Guide is designed to be a brief exposure to the save and load facilities of Z-Tape. It is not comprehensive and is no substitute for the rest of this manual.

QSG 1

With the INDEX on display on the Z88, open the clear perspex cover labelled '1 2 3', and insert the Z-Tape application ROM in slot 3. Close the perspex cover. (For details of other options about how to position ROMs see Appendix 2).

Move the cursor bar up and down on the APPLICATIONS INDEX until it is highlighting the Z-Tape application.

Press ENTER to run Z-Tape.

QSG 2

The screen will display the Z-Tape front screen with a Wordmongers copyright message in the screen window on the right.

Connect the Z88 to the cassette recorder using the cable supplied. Of the two JACK plugs one will be plastic (or a BLACK plastic), and the other one metal (or RED plastic). The Metal (or RED plastic) one is for the Mic socket. i.e. M for M.

QSG 3

Select a file for saving to tape by moving the cursor bar to any one of the files whose name is displayed on the central directory window. With the selected file highlighted, press ENTER. A small mark will appear next to that file.

Also note that the right hand window will now display a value for the number of bytes in the file marked, and the size of tape required to hold the marked file.

QSG 4

having selected a file, press ◇ C S

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An instruction will appear on screen saying that the tape recorder should be switched on with the RECORD button depressed. When this has been done, press any key to commence the saving of the file to the tape.
Press ESC if you need to abandon the save.

QSG 5

When the save is complete, stop the tape and rewind. From the Z-Tape menu press the command to verify, ◇ C V

A prompt will ask for the file name to be verified. Press * ENTER then start the tape.

QSG 6

Now to LOADING a file or FETCH FROM TAPE. Insert the tape with the required file into the cassette recorder and ensure that it is fully re-wound.

QSG 7

Press ◇ C F to initiate a Fetch from Cassette.

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Start the tape, without the record button depressed this time. A filename and counter will appear on the screen as the file is received. As soon as the required file or files are received, the Z-Tape menu will return.

QSG 8

All that remains is for the retrieved files to be examined.

QSG 9

Press ESC to kill the Z-Tape application and return to the Z88 INDEX.

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After the tape has been started and has run past the leader, the catalogue block(s) will be loaded to the Z88 and displayed. As soon as the catalogue of files is displayed, the tape may be stopped and
rewound.

Cassette Save (Save to Tape) - ◇ C S

All files to be saved to tape in a single operation MUST BE on a single directory.

Marking the files

The primary method for selecting files for saving is to use the cursor to move round the file names list and mark each file in turn. The first file is marked by pressing ENTER or TAB. Subsequent files are marked by using the SHIFT+ENTER combination or the TAB key.

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With a set of files marked in this way, the SAVE TO TAPE option can be selected by entering the ◇ C S command, or by moving the cursor bar to the 'SAVE TO TAPE' option on the commands list.

Wild Cards

An alternative way of saving involves the use of file names. If no files are marked, as described above, the SAVE TO TAPE function may be called using the sequence or by pressing the MENU key and moving the cursor to the required option.

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(See "Saving Data" section above.)

Cassette Fetch (Tape) - ◇ C F

All files collected from Tape will be downloaded or fetched onto the currently selected device and directory.

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1. LOAD ALL

2. LOAD ONE

3. LOAD NEXT

LOAD ALL

To specify ALL files the necessary response is

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Firstly, a catalogue of the tape could be obtained (see above ◇ C F) and examined for duplicate file names. Alternatively, a new clean sub-directory could be set up to take the files from tape and any duplicated files could be compared after the download is complete.

LOAD ONE

To specify a single file to be brought from tape, the file name must be entered here in exactly the same form as it was stored. i.e. file name only without any device or directory name.

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In this instance, the catalogue is not examined at all. The software will start at wherever the tape is and will read whatever comes from the tape until the header block for the required file is encountered. At that point the downloading will commence until that single file is collected. The 'STOP TAPE' message will then appear.

LOAD NEXT

Enter a ! (exclamation mark) at the file name prompt. A choice reminiscent of the LOAD "" on Sinclair Spectrums. The first file found by the software will be restored to the Z88. If the tape is left at an intermediate point in the middle of a file the download will begin at the start of the next file.

Execute the fetch

After specifying the files to be read onto the Z88, the screen will split onto two halves. The left will show the number of files to be retrieved from the tape with the name of the first file expected. If the * or ! options are used, a series of ?'s will appear. The word WAITING will also be there.

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After completion, the Z-Tape Commands Menu will return with the default directory displayed.

Cassette Verify (File) - ◇ C F

This option will appear very much like the FETCH FROM TAPE option in that a prompt will appear asking for the name of the file to be verified. The same symbols may be used here as for FETCH FROM TAPE, namely

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The saving operation should be executed again.

Select DeVice - ◇ S V

This routine operates in a manner very similar to the FILER. When selected, the current device title will be displayed. This can be over-typed with the required new device title. The selection is complete when the ENTER key is pressed.

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