[Coco] Format Issues with ORC-90 Fwd: ORC-90

[Eric]

As I recall the orc 90 can load both ascii and compiled binary versions of
music. I'm sure this required using a different load method in orc 90

On Sun, Mar 6, 2022, 12:35 PM <coco at jechar.ca> wrote:

> All
>
> Was successfully able to type and save the sample "Twinkle Twinkle
> Little Star" song to a virtual disk and reloaded and played it to
> confirm that it worked. BUT the online ORC-90 files are ASCII but what
> is saved is a binary format for example
> With "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" saved in TTLS on virtual disk
> ORC90M01.DSK and using the command
> decb copy ORC90M01.DSK,TTLS -al TA
> from toolshed I get this gibberish.
>
> ïo`TWINKLE`TWINKLEàÎQ}vpÍq`QslslwlwlÍr`QxlxlwldÍs`QvflvflululÍt`QtltlsldÍu`QwlwlvflvflÍv`QulultldÍw`QwlwlvflvflÍx`QulultldÍy`QslslwlwlÍqp`QxlxlwldÍqq`QvflvflululÍqr`Qtltlsld
>
> Witch looks nothing like the source code I typed in.
> So Is there a format converter to translate between this gibberish and
> proper ORC90 source as is posted on the CoCo Archives ?
>
> Charlie
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [Coco] ORC-90
> Date: 2022-03-01 19:03
>  From: coco at jechar.ca
> To: Coco List <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Reply-To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>
> All
>
> I have some ORC-90 files they seem to be text files but just putting
> them on an RS-DOS disk does not do any good the ORC-90 cannot read them.
> How do I convert them into something the ORC-90 can use I know it can
> access a disk as I have been able to save and reload the built in sample
> William Tell Overture it does not seem to be a text file.
>
> Thanks
> Charlie
>
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