Saving Data

To format external storage media1What you should do first depends on the type of storage media you are using.

SmartMedia Card

On the WK-3500 press the DISK/CARD button twice. On the WK-3000, press the CARD button once.

This causes a pointer to appear next to the DISK/ CARD or CARD on the display, and also displays “Card” in the display’s text area.

Floppy Diskette (WK-3500 Only) Press the DISK/CARD button.

This causes a pointer to appear next to the DISK/ CARD on the display, and also displays “Disk” in the display’s text area.

2Press the [￿] CURSOR button to display the Card Mode (or Disk Mode) menu.

3Use the [￿] and [￿] CURSOR buttons to display the “Format” screen.4Press the [￿] CURSOR button.

WK-3500 Users

If you are formatting a floppy diskette, a screen will

appear here for specification of the floppy diskette density. Use the [￿] and [￿] CURSOR buttons to select either “2DD” or “2HD”, and then press the [￿] CURSOR button.

This will display a confirmation message asking whether you really want to format the media.

5Press the YES button to start formatting.

This will cause the message “Pls Wait” to appear on the display to indicate that a card access operation is being performed. Never try to perform any other operation on the keyboard while the card is being accessed. The message “Complete” will appear on the display after media formatting is complete. After a few seconds, the message will be replaced by the file name selection screen.

If you do not want to continue with formatting, press the EXIT button or the NO button in response to the above confirmation message. This will return you to the mode menu.

6After you are finished performing the format operation, press the DISK/CARD button (CARD button on the WK-3000) to exit the Card Mode.

Inputting Characters

The following describes the types of characters you can input when saving data to the user area and external storage media.

User Area Data

External Storage Media Data

You can input the same characters as those that are allowed for MS-DOS file names.

735A-E-105A

E-103