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title: "Loading Tasword II on the A & J Microdrive"
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excerpt: "Using the A & J Microdrive to load Tasword II takes less than 30 seconds! But to SAVE the program and files created by it requires some modifications to the BASIC part of Tasword II. To make the changes, LOAD Tas- word off tape and choose the BASIC option. DELETE lines 11, 15, 700 and…"
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Using the A & J Microdrive to load Tasword II takes less than 30 seconds! But to SAVE the program and files created by it requires some modifications to the BASIC part of Tasword II.

To make the changes, LOAD Tas- word off tape and choose the BASIC option. DELETE lines 11, 15, 700 and 710. Now add the following lines:

```
   15 POKE VAL "23609", VAL "2": CLEAR VAL "33279": GO SUB VAL "4000": LOAD "@tasword"CODE: CLS: LET a= USR VAL "59061": GO TO VAL "10"
  700 CLS: LET aŞ="@tasword": SAVE "@1, tasword" LINE 15
  710 SAVE "@2, tasword"CODE 54784, 10751
 1060 IF a$ (1)<>"@" THEN GO TO 1100
 1070 LET a$ (2 TO ) =a$ (4 TO ) 
```

These changes allow you to use either cassette or microdrive for saving files. Just remember to begin files for the microdrives with @ and the number of the file followed by a comma and the file name up to 7 characters long. Files without the @ will save to the cassette. (Example: @1, sample)

To SAVE Tasword to microdrive after the above changes GO TO 1 and then select the “Save Tasword” option. Save it on a 20′ cartridge with no other files on it.

TO LOAD Tasword, type LOAD “@tasword” RETURN.