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Old 06-22-2008, 01:08 AM
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But I have found that because basic and such are interpreters, they can't handle the normal transfer speed of a cut and paste directly into basic because there is a delay at the end of each line while the computer accepts the new line of code. The result is a slow transmission using that method. However, this may not be the case with the 680!
I don't know about the 680 version of Microsoft BASIC but in the early 8800 versions, you can set NULL 2 or higher before writing a tape so that there will be some space added after each line. You then set the same NULL number to read the tape back. This gives the processor time to enter each line. In the later versions of MS BASIC, NULL isn't necessary. BASIC can read in the file at full speed (110 baud - Wow!) from paper tape.
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