[Coco] The Cruncher

[Steve Ostrom]

Thanks, John.  Makes sense.

-- Steve --


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Guin" <johnguin at hotmail.com>
To: "'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts'" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 9:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] The Cruncher



> IIRC, the Dragon tokenized BASIC commands differently.  The workaround to

> get a tape working on either was to save with the ,A command:

> CSAVE"File.bas",A

> To have the file written in "pure ascii" so either machine could read it 

> and

> re-tokenize it.

>

> But since the commands were the same and only the tokenized values varied,

> it seems the "Cruncher" probably just read the tape into a buffer, 

> converted

> the needed values and saved in the desired format.

>

> But I may be wrong,

> John

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] 

> On

> Behalf Of Steve Ostrom

> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 7:20 PM

> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts

> Subject: Re: [Coco] The Cruncher

>

> I came across a Coco program a few days ago, called "Cruncher".  It is

> supposed to be able to "convert Dragon tapes to Coco format".  Does any 

> one

> on the list know about this program or what it might do?  Are Dragon tapes

> recorded with a different format than Coco tapes?  I think I have seen 

> tapes

> that will work for both Dragon and Coco, so I'm guessing that the 

> recording

> formats are the same.  Might it do some conversion of the code, making the

> Dragon program Coco compatible?  Any ideas or experience?

>

> Thanks!

>

> -- Steve -- 

>

>

> --

> Coco mailing list

> Coco at maltedmedia.com

> http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/coco

>

>

> --

> Coco mailing list

> Coco at maltedmedia.com

> http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/coco

>