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

["Jayson Smith" <nospamratguyspambegone@nospamplease.bellsouth.ihatespam.net>]

Hi again,
Ok it's been a while since I've done this on my IIe but I think from within
the monitor, you can do <startaddress>.<endaddress>W to write the contents
to tape.  And maybe the same but with a R to read it back?  Can someone else
verify or correct this?
Unlike with Basic, you won't hear a beep in the middle of the tape transfer.
Hope this helps.
Jayson.

"Dowe G. Keller" <dgk@my.domain> wrote in message
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> "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
>
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