[Coco] Copying a data/binary file from disk to cassette

[Robert Gault]

Phil wrote:


> Robert Gault wrote:

> 

>> About your only option using Basic would be CSAVEM which will dump 

>> data to cassette without making any changes. So, the disk data file 

>> will need to be opened and stored into known memory. Let's say for 

>> example, you POKE the data into memory starting at $3000 and continue 

>> to the end of the file. Then you CSAVEM"name",&H3000,&H3000+length,0. 

>> To use the data, you would CLOADM"name" and process the data stored at 

>> $3000.

> 

> 

> This was actually my original plan, but when I'm dealing with a .bin 

> that I've just LOADMed into memory without qualifiers, I don't know how 

> to ascertain the right start and execution points (which is why I was 

> hoping to avoid the whole thing by doing a straight copy).  For 

> instance, I have a .bin of Downland* that runs fine in emulation with a 

> straight LOADM "DOWNLAND.BIN", but I don't know what I'd need to dump, 

> post-LOADM, into my CSAVEM.  Is there a reliable way of finding that 

> out?  Surely there must be something in the headers that tells LOADM 

> where to put things, no?

> 

> Best,

> Phil

> 

> *a program I actually do own on cart, though I have no idea where it 

> went to!

> 

> -- 


If you don't want to acquire to knowledge to do this, you can download 
from my site the program mlfinder which will do the work for you.
http://home.att.net/~robert.gault/Coco/Downloads/Downloads.htm