Re: List Apple II Tape

[steve@dosius.zzn.com (Dosius)]

Patrick Schaefer <PSchaefer@epost.de> wrote in message news:<3E67A2E0.B2914543@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.

That's what I would have done.

> 
> 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

Even if the PC cost only $3 at a Salvation Army? ;)  (My Loser 486SX/25 did)

-uso.