[Coco] On using XRoar - Best "saving" practices?

[John Lochey]

Hi Ciaran,
Okay, I'll try my hand at saving to disk.
I know I have done it before, but I am kind of struggling with it at the moment.

Thanks!

Johnny


      From: Ciaran Anscomb <cocomalt at 6809.org.uk>
 To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com> 
 Sent: Wednesday, April 5, 2017 12:06 PM
 Subject: Re: [Coco] On using XRoar - Best "saving" practices?
   
John Lochey via Coco wrote:
> Hi all, I'm mostly using XRoar and finding it quite enjoyable.
> Question:  How do most of you that use this emulator "save" your work
> within the XRoar program?
> 
> Snapshots?Cassette?Tape?
> 
> What is the safest way I wonder?  Up till now I've just been using
> snapshots because they are so super easy.

I tend to do all my work on the host OS and use cross-assembler etc.

Not very "purist", I know, but I suppose you're already using an emulator
rather than the real thing :)

Snapshots may not stay completely forward-compatible: new features in
later releases could possibly break the format.  That said, I've tried my
best to keep it backwards-compatible.  I'd hope to give lots of warning
if old stuff wasn't going to work any more.  They're certainly very
convenient though.

The "safest" would almost certainly be to a tape or disk image - something
not XRoar-specific.

..ciaran

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