TRS-80 in school, first touch a real computer. Must have been 8 years old.

 

I still recall my first class with like 4 TRS-80 on a dial that allowed each computer to the use the floppy drive at a time.  Had to look up and forgot how easy it was and wish I could recall what where some of my first projects. 

In the TRS-80 era, one of the main languages used for programming was BASIC (Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code). The TRS-80 line of computers, particularly the Model I, Model III, and Model IV, were widely used for BASIC programming due to their built-in BASIC interpreters.

To save and load programs from a floppy disk on the TRS-80, you typically used BASIC commands. Here's a basic overview of how it was done:

Saving a Program:

To save a program you've written in BASIC to a floppy disk, you would typically use the SAVE command followed by the filename.

For example: SAVE "PROGRAMNAME"

Loading a Program:

To load a program from a floppy disk into memory, you would use the LOAD command followed by the filename.

For example: LOAD "PROGRAMNAME"

These commands allowed users to store their programs on floppy disks for later use and to load them back into memory when needed. The specific syntax and commands might have varied slightly depending on the version of BASIC or the particular TRS-80 model in use.