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Loading Cassette Programs - Atari XC12 Owner's Manual

Program recorder

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LOADING CASSETTE PROGRAMS
I
T y pe C L O A D and press
RETURN. You'll hear a
beep from the computer
to remind you to press PLAY on
the program recorder.
PLAY
Insert the program cassette in
the program recorder.
If you're using a prerecorded
cassette, rewind the tape to its
beginning and continue with
step 1.
If you are using your own
cassette program, find the pro¬
gram you want on the tape by
pressing either REWIND or FOR
WARD
Use the tape counter to
locate the program (providing
you previously made note of its
location).
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After pressing the PLAY
button on the program
recorder,
press
the
RETURN key again on the com¬
puter console. The cassette tape
will start turning and your com¬
puter will load the program into
its memory.
If you get an Error 143 or Error
138 message on your television
screen
during
a
loading
pro¬
cedure,
your
tape
leader
(the
non
magnetized
strip
wound
ahead
of
the actual recording
tape), may be tool long. As a
result,
the
computer
may
be
trying to read data where none
exists. Rewind the tape to the
beginning,then advance it appro¬
ximately 10 counts, (to 010). Now
begin
the
loading
procedure
again.
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