Computer Collector
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The other day I went to the thrift store and couldnt believe it; my dream came true! There, on the top of a pile of tapes, was a TRS-80 software cassette. Actually, its not much of a dream come true; there was only one, and it looks like its probably going to be a boring game (I dont like card games). Anyway, I was happy to find this tape, as its my first piece of actual trs-80 cassette software (professionally produced). On one side of the tape we read:
Blackjack
level II
TRS 80
and on the other side we read
Backgammon
level II
TRS80
Its a very nice looking white tape housing with a chrome and white label. What does level 2 mean? Anyway, I put this thing into my cassette player (which loads and saves my own BASIC programs just fine and typed in:
CLOAD "BACKGAMMON"
and hit enter.
Sure enough, I could hear the squelch of the software loading. But it never gave me the "ready" signal. In other words, it didnt load properly. Is this because I sould have CLOADed something different than "BACKGAMMON"? what type of mistake do you think I made?
I could not run the program.
I have a model 4 with a tandy computer cassette player.
Blackjack
level II
TRS 80
and on the other side we read
Backgammon
level II
TRS80
Its a very nice looking white tape housing with a chrome and white label. What does level 2 mean? Anyway, I put this thing into my cassette player (which loads and saves my own BASIC programs just fine and typed in:
CLOAD "BACKGAMMON"
and hit enter.
Sure enough, I could hear the squelch of the software loading. But it never gave me the "ready" signal. In other words, it didnt load properly. Is this because I sould have CLOADed something different than "BACKGAMMON"? what type of mistake do you think I made?
I could not run the program.
I have a model 4 with a tandy computer cassette player.