C64 tape loading
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 3:18 pm
In anticipation of the arrival of my first ever Commodore 64 (from ebay) I am reading the C64 User Guide.
I was surprised to see that loading from tape seems to be different on C64 compared to VIC20. The (1982) C64 User Guide suggests that after you type LOAD, the screen is cleared to the border colour. When the program is found the message "FOUND ..." is displayed and apparently you have to hit the C= key to start it loading. I don't have a tape drive on any of my VICs, but this seems very different to what I recall on the VIC-20.
Is the C64 User Guide actually correct about this? And if so, why did CBM change the way of operation from the PET/VIC-20 method?
Seems very strange to me.
Aside: Interestingly the 1982 C64 User Guide explicitly refers to 'yellow function keys' ...
I was surprised to see that loading from tape seems to be different on C64 compared to VIC20. The (1982) C64 User Guide suggests that after you type LOAD, the screen is cleared to the border colour. When the program is found the message "FOUND ..." is displayed and apparently you have to hit the C= key to start it loading. I don't have a tape drive on any of my VICs, but this seems very different to what I recall on the VIC-20.
Is the C64 User Guide actually correct about this? And if so, why did CBM change the way of operation from the PET/VIC-20 method?
Seems very strange to me.
Aside: Interestingly the 1982 C64 User Guide explicitly refers to 'yellow function keys' ...