Simple question regarding notepad and ram..

31 May 2015, 20:54

Forgive me, I'm a newbie with more excitement than insight since obtaining an Amiga 500 with 0.5mb ram and just the internal floppy drive.

All I want to do is some word processing and save to disk. I can open notepad within workbench, but when I come to save, it says my disk is full. If I bought better word processing software would I still run into this problem, or would i have the option to insert a floppy to save to?

Surely I dont have to buy a secondary external floppy drive to save notepad documents right? Thanks!

s2325 · 31 May 2015, 20:59

Your floppy disk may be write protected by small plastic square. Do not use WorkBench disks to save.

Arnie · 31 May 2015, 21:03

The WB disk may not have enough free space for your save. Use a blank formatted disk for saving and not, as s2325 says, the Workbench disk.

31 May 2015, 21:04

Thanks for your response
Are you implying that I should be able to save to a blank floppy disk from what I wrote in notepad, because when I attempt that, it just prompts me to put the workbench disk back in.

Nobby_UK · 31 May 2015, 21:13

You could save to RAM:
Swap Disk and copy the file to a new disk.

Or Save to Text:filename
Where Text is the name of an empty disk
and filename is your doc...

31 May 2015, 22:03

Yahtzee!! Thanks Nobby
That was the concise vital info I was missing ��

31 May 2015, 20:54	#1
Dharma Posts: n/a	Simple question regarding notepad and ram.. Forgive me, I'm a newbie with more excitement than insight since obtaining an Amiga 500 with 0.5mb ram and just the internal floppy drive. All I want to do is some word processing and save to disk. I can open notepad within workbench, but when I come to save, it says my disk is full. If I bought better word processing software would I still run into this problem, or would i have the option to insert a floppy to save to? Surely I dont have to buy a secondary external floppy drive to save notepad documents right? Thanks!

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31 May 2015, 20:59	#2
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	Your floppy disk may be write protected by small plastic square. Do not use WorkBench disks to save.

31 May 2015, 21:03	#3
Arnie R.I.P Smudge 18-08-16 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Leicester/UK Age: 66 Posts: 3,968	The WB disk may not have enough free space for your save. Use a blank formatted disk for saving and not, as s2325 says, the Workbench disk.

31 May 2015, 21:04	#4
Dharma Posts: n/a	Thanks for your response Are you implying that I should be able to save to a blank floppy disk from what I wrote in notepad, because when I attempt that, it just prompts me to put the workbench disk back in.

31 May 2015, 21:13	#5
Nobby_UK Registered User Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Liverpool Posts: 2,595	You could save to RAM: Swap Disk and copy the file to a new disk. Or Save to Text:filename Where Text is the name of an empty disk and filename is your doc...

31 May 2015, 22:03	#6
Dharma Posts: n/a	Yahtzee!! Thanks Nobby That was the concise vital info I was missing ��

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