[Coco] Transferring files to the MC-10

[Bruce W. Calkins]

"The Hot CoCo Magazine" or "The Color Computer Magazine" had a program to 
convert a tokenized file from one format to the other.   Another option is a 
serial connection.  The serial ports were compatible with a null-modem 
cable.  The differing waveforms and format did lead to some issues with 
reading tapes from one machine to another.  90% of the time a little 
tweaking of the volume did the trick though.  Much of what the CoCo's 6809 
passed off to the 6821s to handle was done directly by the PoCo's 6803. 
There was a definite advantage to working with the programs on a CoCo before 
converting and passing them to the PoCo due to the PoCo's "tokenizing 
keyboard."

Bruce W.

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----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Chris Osborn"

> It definitely produces different results when I load an ASCII vs tokenized 
> BASIC file. When loading an ASCII BASIC it doesn't interpret everything as 
> mismatched tokens and the listing appears readable, but everything is 
> jammed into a single line number like 14574 that it made up.
>
> On Oct 5, 2013, at 2:48 PM, Arthur Flexser wrote:
>
>> Are you saying that there is no ASCII save of Basic programs on the
>> MC-10, so therefore there is no support for loading such files back
>> in?
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 5:30 PM, Darren A <mechacoco at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> The MC-10 will not load ASCII files.  It will load a tokenized Basic
>>> program saved from a CoCo, but its token values are different so you end 
>>> up
>>> with gibberish.