[Coco] .CAS images and VCC

[Joef6809]

Ahhh why would they do that? Anyway that not a bad idea. Mind it I use it?

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ciaran Anscomb" <cocomalt at 6809.org.uk>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 5:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] .CAS images and VCC



> "Joe F" wrote:

>> I'm working on getting VCC to support .CAS files and I'm running into a

>> snag. I'm not sure how to ask this so I'm just going to ask.

>> Does it seem there are a lot of non-working images floating around the 

>> net.

>> I'm getting mixed results trying to load various files and I'm wondering 

>> if

>> its me or just bad images.

>

> As others have said, this is almost certainly due to lots of CAS files

> not having full leaders - created when the existing emulators all trapped

> calls to BITIN to feed data.

>

> I work around this slightly in XRoar by inserting a sequence of fake

> leader bytes each time the motor is switched on.  It works for quite a

> few, but it's still not perfect.

>

> ..ciaran

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