[Coco] Copying a data/binary file from disk to cassette

[Robert Gault]

Phil wrote:

> Robert Gault wrote:
> 
>> About your only option using Basic would be CSAVEM which will dump 
>> data to cassette without making any changes. So, the disk data file 
>> will need to be opened and stored into known memory. Let's say for 
>> example, you POKE the data into memory starting at $3000 and continue 
>> to the end of the file. Then you CSAVEM"name",&H3000,&H3000+length,0. 
>> To use the data, you would CLOADM"name" and process the data stored at 
>> $3000.
> 
> 
> This was actually my original plan, but when I'm dealing with a .bin 
> that I've just LOADMed into memory without qualifiers, I don't know how 
> to ascertain the right start and execution points (which is why I was 
> hoping to avoid the whole thing by doing a straight copy).  For 
> instance, I have a .bin of Downland* that runs fine in emulation with a 
> straight LOADM "DOWNLAND.BIN", but I don't know what I'd need to dump, 
> post-LOADM, into my CSAVEM.  Is there a reliable way of finding that 
> out?  Surely there must be something in the headers that tells LOADM 
> where to put things, no?
> 
> Best,
> Phil
> 
> *a program I actually do own on cart, though I have no idea where it 
> went to!
> 
> -- 

If you don't want to acquire to knowledge to do this, you can download 
from my site the program mlfinder which will do the work for you.
http://home.att.net/~robert.gault/Coco/Downloads/Downloads.htm