More C1P tapes (and another emulator)

[bxdanny]

https://trmusson.dreamhosters.com/c1p.html

[ronin47]

Cool, more tape images will help me out I think once I get back to looking at this issue with loading and saving.

[jbtech]

Thanks bxdanny for adding that link. So far I've tried the OSI Invaders tape file from the site and that one works fine.

Apart from typing a couple of short BASIC programs, saving those to tape and re loading them successfully I hadn't tried any larger programs with my Klyball 600 board so this was a good opportunity.

Initially running the program in Mark's WinOSI emulator and testing different RAM configurations I realised I would need to upgrade my on board RAM from 4k to 8k Bytes.

Having done that I just copied the .wav file directly to an older model phone (with headphone socket) turned the volume up and loaded it from there without any issues.

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According to some notes, the procedure was to begin with a cold start pressing 'C' ENTER ENTER then BREAK and 'M" then "L' to commence loading. After a few minutes loading the machine program and data followed by BASIC, the program ran upon completion.

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Not a bad adaptation of the game considering the limited hardware resources and lack of sound. It has no trouble with speed of play and gives a choice from impossibly fast on level 1 to very slow on level 15. I started it on level 9 which seemed quite playable.

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I haven't tried recording the .wav file to tape as yet, I do have an old style mono cassette recorder which I plan to use with the computer but it neds a bit of an overhaul as its record level is way too low so I will see if I can get that working soon.

Regards, John.