Load from Tape/Com save to Com/Tape

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Written by Chris Desp

Monday, 16 July 2012

How to load from tape and save to com port (rs232)

and

How to load from com port(rs232) and save to tape.

On the pc side of course you should use the emulator ;-)

This way you can transfer a tape to the emulator through a working NewBrain machine

and

You can save a program from the emulator to a tape cassette through a working Newbrain.

//Load from Com Save to Tape

5 ON BREAK GOTO80

10 CLOSE#1

20 CLOSE#9

30 OPENOUT#1,1,"<YOUR FILENAME>"

40 OPEN#9,9

50 INPUT#9,a

60 PUT#1,a

70 GOTO 50

80 Close#1

100 END

//After Error 200 type Close#1

//Load from Tape Save to Com

5 ON BREAK GOTO80

10 CLOSE#1

20 CLOSE#9

30 OPEN#1,1

40 OPEN#9,9

50 GET#1,a

60 PRINT#9,a

70 GOTO 50

80 Close#1

100 END

// Ignore Error 133 Past End of File

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