Q*LOAD tape loader / mastering tool.

tlr · Post by **tlr** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:55 pm

Q*LOAD is a tape loader / mastering tool for the Vic-20.
It will take a number of files and write them to tape together with an autobooting turbo loader.
Loading will automatically "unexpand" the vic before running.

Quick instructions:
1. create configuration. It will be saved to device 8.
2. write tape. It will load the configuration and files from device 8.

I've included a .tap of "datapop" and "skramble" as an example.

Download: qload_tape_master-0.1.zip

Boray · Post by **Boray** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 2:39 pm

Cool!

nbla000 · Post by **nbla000** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 7:30 am

Nice, it is similar to my Turbo Tape 2.0, have you never tried it before ?

tlr · Post by **tlr** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:47 am

nbla000 wrote:Nice, it is similar to my Turbo Tape 2.0, have you never tried it before ?

I've seen it but haven't tested it. It looks quite nice.

The target audience for Q*LOAD is game creators and/or demo creators.
My primary aim besides exploring how to code the tape routines was a fast autostarting loader allowing to load several parts whilst having a fairly small memory footprint.
e.g game title + main game (see the skramble_qload.tap for an example)

Some extensions could be running code while loading, or perhaps some simple copy protection scheme, just for the fun of implementing it.

nbla000 · Post by **nbla000** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 4:28 am

tlr wrote:The target audience for Q*LOAD is game creators and/or demo creators.

Yes, I've noticed it, it has a very professional look.