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| The Rev C and D Z-machine Interpreter Programs (ZIP) save games to disk using a raw block scheme rather than an organized file system. | The Rev C and D Z-machine Interpreter Programs (ZIP) save games to disk using a raw block scheme rather than an organized file system. | ||
| - | Each save "slot" corresponds to a range of tracks on the disk. | + | Each "Save Position" corresponds to a range of tracks on the disk. |
| During a save, the program workspace RAM is written out as a straight copy from memory to the sectors, in order, in the track range. | During a save, the program workspace RAM is written out as a straight copy from memory to the sectors, in order, in the track range. | ||
| - | Writing a directory track will corrupt the save in slot 4. | + | Writing a Disk BASIC directory track to a save disk would corrupt the save in position |
| - | Writing a DOS boot track will corrupt the save in slot 7. | + | Writing a Disk BASIC boot track would corrupt the save in position |
| - | ^ Tracks ^ Save Slot ^ | + | ^ Tracks |
| - | | 0-4 | 1 | | + | | 0-4 | 1 | |
| - | | 5-9 | 2 | | + | | 5-9 | 2 | |
| - | | 10-14 | 3 | | + | | 10-14 | 3 | |
| - | | 15-19 | 4 | | + | | 15-19 | 4 | |
| - | | 20-24 | 5 | | + | | 20-24 | 5 | |
| - | | 25-29 | 6 | | + | | 25-29 | 6 | |
| - | | 30-34 | 7 | | + | | 30-34 | 7 | |
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