Cassette book : for the Commodore 64 (and Vic-20)

Description

This book is almost required if you own a Commodore Datasete. It completely explains the operations of the cassete: from the actual mechanical operation to a faster operating system. Included is the “FAST TAPE” operating system which is quicker than the 1541 Disk Drive. Processing data with ‘‘FAST TAPE”’ is also explained. Some of the topics covered include: Self starting programs Protected programs Other cassettes FAST TAPE Disk back-up to cassette Cassette back-up to disk 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................ 1 2. INSTRUCTIONS FOR DATASSETTE HANDLING ................ 3 2.1 SAVE ................................................ 3 2.2 LOAD ................................................ 8 2.3 VERIFY .............................................. 9 2.4 OPEN ............................................... 10 2.5 PRINT# and CLOSE ................................... 12 2.6 INPUT# ............................................. 15 2.7 GET# ............................................... 23 3. SECONDARY ADDRESS .................................. 25 4. STATUS VARIABLE .................................... 29 4.1 SAVING PROGRAMS AFTER 'LOAD ERROR' ................. 31 5. LOADING AND STORAGE UNDER PROGRAM CONTROL .......... 37 5.1 OVERLAY TECHNIQUE .................................. 40 6. STORAGE OF MACHINE LANGUAGE PROGRAMS ............... 43 7. CASSETTE BUFFER .................................... 49 7.1 CREATING A LIST OF CASSETTE CONTENTS .............. 50 7.2 DISPLAY OF FILES FOUND ............................. 53 7.3 SELF-STARTING PROGRAMS AND PROGRAM PROTECTION ...... 55 8. STORAGE FORMAT IN CASSETTE STORAGE ................. 63 9. APPENDING BASIC PROGRAMS ........................... 67 10. PROGRAM CONTROL OF DATASSETTE ...................... 73 11. DATASSETTE HARDWARE ................................ 83 11.1 CARE OF DATASSETTE ................................. 83 11.2 CHOICE AND HANDLING OF CASSETTES ................... 85 11.3 DATASSETTE OPERATION ............................... 87 11.4 LOUDSPEAKER FOR DATASSETTE ......................... 90 11.5 ADJUSTING THE HEAD ................................. 92 11.6 OTHER CASSETTE RECORDERS FOR DATA STORAGE .......... 99 12. NEW 'FASTTAPE' CASSETTE OPERATING SYSTEM .......... 103 12.1 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION ............................... 126 13. DATA PROCESSING WITH 'FASTTAPE' ................... 137 13.1 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION ............................... 159 14. CASSETTE CONTENTS & CATALOG OF FASTTAPE CASSETTES.169 15. DISK BACK-UP FOR CASSETTE AND VICE VERSA .......... 171 15.1 DISK BACK-UP FOR CASSETTE ......................... 171 15.2 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION OF DISK BACK-UP FOR CASSETTE .. 179 15.3 CASSETTE BACK-UP FOR DISKETTE ..................... 181 15.4 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION OF CASSETTE BACK-UP FOR DISK .. 208 APPENDIX IMPORTANT ADDRESSES FOR DATASSETTE HANDLING ... 211