Re: List Apple II Tape

[Patrick Schaefer <PSchaefer@epost.de>]

Pyro99 schrieb:

> I have done that to most of my tapes but I have at least one tape
> where this won't work.  It loads at a low address (probably around
> $300).  It loads over the text screen, starts executing, and then
> loads some more from tape after that (If I remember correctly.)  

Instead of using the Monitor LOAD and SAVE routines with its autorun
feature you could write your own loader (using a part of the monitor
code) that reads the whole tape into memory at a fixed address. This
memory dump could be saved to disk, or written back with a similar write
program.

> I think it would be great to have a tape archival format that could be
> used to back up tapes, and record them back on to a real tape.

The simples format would be a raw binary dump, perhaps with a header
that contains file name and length information.

It should be possible to write a routine for a PC or Mac that sends the
the binary dump as a FSK signal through one printer port pin. This would
give you the most expensive cassette player you ever had ;-)


Patrick