[Coco] New COCO 2 - moving .CAS files over to real hardware

[Robert Gault]

CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts wrote:
> Hello. I just received a working TRS 80 COCO 2.
>
> I would like to know the best way to dump cassette .CAS files back to a
> sound file, so i can load programs on actual hardware or put them on a tape
> for later use.
>
> I have been using COCOTAPE to create wave files, which I play out my
> soundcard, direct to the COCO2.
>
> File loads fine without errors, but wont run.
>
> The computer loads and saves simple hello world files just fine to a
> cassette tape.
>
> Can anyone recommend some starting programs known to work on a coco2 that I
> can try out. In particular im looking for some good development tools like
> an assembler.
>
>
> Any Help is much appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>

What you are doing should work. If you can CLOAD the file, what do you see with 
LIST?

Are you sure that the file of interest is a BASIC file and not machine language? 
If ml, then the correct command would be CLOADM.

Robert