[Coco] Rainbow cassettes

Glen VanDenBiggelaar glenvdb at hotmail.com
Thu Nov 3 22:38:50 EST 2005


Ok,
I just tried Zaxxon, (The offical "RS' tape) and it doesn't work (maybe 
because i am using a CoCo 2-64K?). It tries, but not quite.
I am working next on "Pooyan", "The King" etc. I will let you know how that 
works
-Glen
>
>That was just discussed here. If the program is a Basic program, do a 
>CLOAD"filename" and then a SAVE"filename". If the program is machine 
>language, you can try
>10 CLOADM"filename"
>20 EX=PEEK(&H9D)*256+PEEK(&H9E):EN=PEEK(&H7E)*256+PEEK(&H7F)-1
>    :ST=PEEK(&H1E7)*256+PEEK(&H1E8)
>30 SAVEM"filename",ST,EN,EX
>
>Don't expect all cassette based programs to work on a disk based system. 
>The machine language program may try to load at $600 and trash the disk OS. 
>The Basic program may expect more RAM than is present in a disk system and 
>not run.
>
>You will need to experiment. Offset loading of ml programs may be required 
>with subsequent memory shifting. Editing of Basic programs may be required.
>
>John T Chasteen wrote:
>>How do I transfer the cassette programs and files to a diskette?
>>
>>I have been away from the coco 3 for about 25 years so please keep it
>>simple and detailed.
>>
>>Thanks in advance
>>
>>John Chasteen
>>
>
>--
>Coco mailing list
>Coco at maltedmedia.com
>http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/coco





More information about the Coco mailing list