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  Use the Open command to load an existing program file
  from disk. To load a file from the current directory
  ┌─────────────────────────────────┐
  │                                 │
  │ File Name: ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ◄───────────│─────┐
  │                                 │ ■ Type the file name
  │ C:\XXX                          │
  │                                 │       OR
  │ File List:          Drives/Dirs │
  │ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒    ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ │ ■ Select the file
  │ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒    ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ │    │
  │         ▲                       │    │
  │         └───────────────────────│────┘
  └─────────────────────────────────┘ ■ Choose <OK> or
                                        press ENTER
To open a program in another directory, either
  ┌─────────────────────────────────┐
  │                                 │ ■ Type the full path
  │ File Name: ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ◄───────────│── of the file,
  │                                 │
  │ C:\XXX                          │          OR
  │                                 │ ■ Select the
  │ File List:         Drives/Dirs  │   directory name,
  │ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒   ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ◄│── then select the
  │ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒   ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒  │   file name from
  │ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒   ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒  │   the File List
  │                                 │
  │                                 │ ■ Choose <OK> or
  └─────────────────────────────────┘   press ENTER
  TIP: ".." refers to the directory one level up.
To look for files in other drives or directories
  ┌─────────────────────────────────┐
  │                                 │ ■ Type a pattern
  │ File Name: ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ◄───────────│── such as *.SRC
  │                                 │
  │ C:\XXX                          │
  │                                 │
  │ File List:         Drives/Dirs  │ ■ Select the drive
  │ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒   ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ◄│── and directory name
  │ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒   ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒  │
  │ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒   ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒  │
  │        ▲                        │ ■ Look for the file
  │        └────────────────────────│─┘
  └─────────────────────────────────┘ ■ Choose <OK> or
                                        press ENTER