TYD*BYTS

PUT AUDIO ON YOUR TAPE

If you’re using tape for mass storage, you may be neglecting a very valuable resource. It’s awfully easy to forget that the tape was designed for audio signals. The audio capabilities can be exploited in a number of ways:

1. You can put a short voice message in front of each SAVE, giving information like the program name, the peripherals required, etc.

2. (For the TS2068) If your recorder has MONITOR capability, you can insert a customized BEEP message at the end of a SAVE, and a different message to indicate that the tape should be left running, as to load bytes of machine code.

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REM LINE UTILITY FOR TS2068

Paul Holmgren, Indianapolis, IN

This utility allows you to create very easy to read, and nicely formatted REM lines with less than the expected memory usage. Try it by entering the following lines on your TS2068:

   1 REM §§§§REM Line Utility Designed by:§§Paul Holmgren§[address omitted]§§§
  10 FOR f=26714 TO 26714+PEEK 26712:IF PEEK f=94 THEN POKE f,6
  15 NEXT f: STOP

(EDITORS NOTE: § = TS2068 up arrow symbol)

If your REM line is longer then 255 characters then replace the PEEK 26712 in line 10 with (PEEK 26712 +256*PEEK 26713). As you can see, approximately 140 bytes of ’empty’ REM spaces have been replaced with a mere 12 bytes. Once you have finished expanding the REM, DELETE 10,15.