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Re: I would like to buy Prodos 8 or DOS 3.3 diskette.

"Jayson Smith" <nospamratguyspambegone@nospamplease.bellsouth.ihatespam.net> writes:

> Hello,
> I assume you're using the cassette interface on the IIe?  Just in case you
> don't know, until you get a working OS, you can save the programs you write
> to standard cassettes.  I think the cassette out port sends at mic level
> E.G. you want to plug it into the mic jack of your tape recorder.  Assuming
> you're programming in Basic, when you get a program done, just type "save",
> start the tape recorder, and hit Enter.  When you get a ] prompt, which will
> be a while after you hear a beep, the recording is complete.  To load from
> tape, make sure the tape is wound to the proper spot, type "load" and hit
> Enter.  Start your tape recorder playing.  You should hear a beep in a few
> seconds.  If you get something like ERR or ERRERR then an error was
> encountered while reading the tape.  If not, and you just get a ] prompt,
> then the program has been successfully loaded.
> Once you get a OS, with DOS 3.3 loaded you can still use the "load" command
> with no filename to read from tape.  Then use the "save" command with a
> filename to save to disk.  With Prodos, I don't think the tape commands
> still work.  Guess they figured that by the time of Prodos's invention
> nobody was using tape any more.
> Also, imho it's fun to listen to recordings of machine language programs.
> Basic programs sound a bit borring to me.
> Hope this helps!
> Jayson.

As it so happens, I'm not programming in BASIC.  I would use the tape
interface, but I don't know how to BSAVE to it.

If I could save machine language to tape I would get started on my
assembler, then things would move much smoother.
-- 
Dowe Keller				dgk@igalaxy.net

	  Please disregard the following crud.


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