[Coco] easy tape file transfer from PC to CoCo

[Roger Taylor]

At 08:27 PM 11/16/2008, you wrote:

>    It ain't that slow... SAVE"22KPROG",A at high speed would take 
> ~30 seconds. Transferring many files might get tedious and slow, 
> but for occasional use this is a great alternative to disk 
> transfers. A poor-man's drivewire? Suitable for most common usage I think.

Sure, a poor man's method of getting simple files into the CoCo from 
the PC, and also a very useful feature for Rainbow IDE 2.0.

I started on cocotape.exe tonight which will be a command that 
Rainbow can call on during a build.  cocotape will have switches for 
setting the various cassette format parameters required to store 
binary BASIC, ASCII BASIC, data, etc.  The IDE has these settings in 
the listboxes in the left panel.  No matter how you build your file, 
whether assembling it from source code, importing the original file, 
or typing it out (as in BASIC or a text file), the IDE will turn the 
output file/object into a WAVE audio file and play it using the Windows API.

As long as the CoCo cassette cable is plugged into the PC's Speaker 
Out jack and you first typed CLOAD or CLOADM on the real CoCo, things 
should go smoothly.  Oops, i forgot the ability type type OPEN "I", 
1, "FILE.DAT".  That would work, too.  The CoCo would think a real 
tape deck is connected.  Rainbow will produce the fake tape content live.


-- 
Roger Taylor

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