paulw@amd.UUCP (Paul Woods) (01/31/85)
I am currently attempting to copy several program that I purchased on tape and relocate them on to a floppy disk. I realize the basic operation are to take one byte at a time from the tape and store a 256 byte block in the memory. Then write this data to the disk and then repeat this process until the end of the program on the tape is reached. Now one could sit down and write this but I hate to re-invent the wheel. I would expect that someone has already done this and thus if anyone has or knows where one can obtain a copy of this type of a program I would like to know. Paul Woods
dillon@ucbvax.ARPA (The Sherif "Matt D.") (02/01/85)
> > I am currently attempting to copy several program that I > purchased on tape and relocate them on to a floppy disk. > I realize the basic operation are to take one byte at a time > from the tape and store a 256 byte block in the memory. Then > write this data to the disk and then repeat this process until > the end of the program on the tape is reached. > > Now one could sit down and write this but I hate to re-invent the > wheel. I would expect that someone has already done this and > thus if anyone has or knows where one can obtain a copy of this > type of a program I would like to know. > > Paul Woods Well, for one thing, There two types of files on a tape. A program file, and a data file. Your tape probably has a program file (or more). The basic difference is that a program file is saved in one big SWOOSH. In fact, it's saved twice. There are no 'blocks', which means that you would have to load the entire program before you could save it to disk. If your talking about data files (Which I gather your not), they are saved on tape in blocks of ... let's see, 192 bytes or something like that, not 256. Matt.