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

✍ Scribed by Paulissen, Dirk

• Publisher: Abacus Software
• Year: 1985
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 226
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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

✦ Table of Contents

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

✦ Subjects

Commodore 64 (Computer)