[Coco] Rainbow cassettes

[Robert Emery]

I was able to transfer Zaxxon and Pooyan from RS tape to disk using the pokes
listed. I did this on my 64K CoCo1 back around '85. I'm just saying this so you
know it should work... I don't think there was any patching needed for either.

Bob

--- Glen VanDenBiggelaar <glenvdb at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Ok,
> I just tried Zaxxon, (The offical "RS' tape) and it doesn't work (maybe 
> because i am using a CoCo 2-64K?). It tries, but not quite.
> I am working next on "Pooyan", "The King" etc. I will let you know how that 
> works
> -Glen
> >
> >That was just discussed here. If the program is a Basic program, do a 
> >CLOAD"filename" and then a SAVE"filename". If the program is machine 
> >language, you can try
> >10 CLOADM"filename"
> >20 EX=PEEK(&H9D)*256+PEEK(&H9E):EN=PEEK(&H7E)*256+PEEK(&H7F)-1
> >    :ST=PEEK(&H1E7)*256+PEEK(&H1E8)
> >30 SAVEM"filename",ST,EN,EX
> >
> >Don't expect all cassette based programs to work on a disk based system. 
> >The machine language program may try to load at $600 and trash the disk OS. 
> >The Basic program may expect more RAM than is present in a disk system and 
> >not run.
> >
> >You will need to experiment. Offset loading of ml programs may be required 
> >with subsequent memory shifting. Editing of Basic programs may be required.
> >
> >John T Chasteen wrote:
> >>How do I transfer the cassette programs and files to a diskette?
> >>
> >>I have been away from the coco 3 for about 25 years so please keep it
> >>simple and detailed.
> >>
> >>Thanks in advance
> >>
> >>John Chasteen
> >>
> >
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