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

[Darren A.]

> On Fri, 4 Jan 2008, Robert Gault wrote:
> 
>> Tape does not provide a method for multiple origin saves or loads. The 
>> original EDTASM (a tape product) probably permitted multiple origins, 
>> but the CSAVEM does not.
>> 
>> In short, it means there aren't good automatic methods for converting 
>> many disk programs to tape without significant user intervention.
>> 
> 
> Actually, I believe tape and disk are identical in this regard:  both permit the
> (c)loadm'ing of files with multiple origins, but not the (c)savem'ing of
> them.  As I recall, this capability of cloadm was not in Color Basic but was
> added with Extended Basic.  (What would be the point of tape Edtasm allowing the
> creation of multi-segment binaries if Basic couldn't load them with cloadm?)
> 
> Art
> 
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That's correct. The CLOADM command in a Color Basic only machine can only load a single, contiguous segment. Extended Basic re-implements the CLOADM command to add the same multi-segment capability found in Disk Basic's LOADM. The DLOADM command also supports multiple segments.

Darren


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