[Coco] The Cruncher

[John Guin]

IIRC, the Dragon tokenized BASIC commands differently.  The workaround to
get a tape working on either was to save with the ,A command:
CSAVE"File.bas",A
To have the file written in "pure ascii" so either machine could read it and
re-tokenize it.

But since the commands were the same and only the tokenized values varied,
it seems the "Cruncher" probably just read the tape into a buffer, converted
the needed values and saved in the desired format.

But I may be wrong,
John

-----Original Message-----
From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On
Behalf Of Steve Ostrom
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 7:20 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] The Cruncher

I came across a Coco program a few days ago, called "Cruncher".  It is
supposed to be able to "convert Dragon tapes to Coco format".  Does any one
on the list know about this program or what it might do?  Are Dragon tapes
recorded with a different format than Coco tapes?  I think I have seen tapes
that will work for both Dragon and Coco, so I'm guessing that the recording
formats are the same.  Might it do some conversion of the code, making the
Dragon program Coco compatible?  Any ideas or experience?

Thanks!

-- Steve -- 


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