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Dan Tobias: Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=physical |subcat=Magnetic tape |subcat2=Audio Cassette }} The '''Commodore data cassette''' format was used to store programs and data on cassette ta..."

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Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=physical |subcat=Magnetic tape |subcat2=Audio Cassette }} The '''Commodore data cassette''' format was used to store programs and data on cassette ta..."

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The '''Commodore data cassette''' format was used to store programs and data on cassette tapes from Commodore computers (PET, C-64, etc.). It was so notoriously slow that even the rather sluggish [[Commodore 1541 disk]] format was lightning-fast in comparison. Most commercial Commodore cassettes ended up using "turbo loaders" which were stored first on the cassette in standard Commodore format, then executed to install a new load command which used shorter pulses, a format in which the actual program was stored.

== Format documentation ==
* [http://c64tapes.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=analyzing_loaders Tape loaders]
* [http://c64tapes.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=loaders:rom_loader CBM ROM loader]

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 * [http://www.robohara.com/?p=2791 Forum thread about Commodore tapes]
 * [http://www.6502.org/users/andre/petindex/transfer.html Transfer files to PET and back]
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0FLlxq5LSlo#at=127 Today's kids try the Commodore 64]
 [[Category:Commodore computers]]

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+The '''[[Commodore data cassette]]''' format was used to store programs and data on cassette tapes from Commodore computers (PET, C-64, etc.). It was so notoriously slow that even the rather sluggish [[Commodore 1541 disk]] format was lightning-fast in comparison. Most commercial Commodore cassettes ended up using "turbo loaders" which were stored first on the cassette in standard Commodore format, then executed to install a new load command which used shorter pulses, a format in which the actual program was stored.
 The '''Commodore data cassette''' format was used to store programs and data on cassette tapes from Commodore computers (PET, C-64, etc.). It was so notoriously slow that even the rather sluggish [[Commodore 1541 disk]] format was lightning-fast in comparison. Most commercial Commodore cassettes ended up using "turbo loaders" which were stored first on the cassette in standard Commodore format, then executed to install a new load command which used shorter pulses, a format in which the actual program was stored.
 [[Tap file]]s are a format for storing the raw pulses of a Commodore cassette in a file suitable for storage and transfer in modern computer systems and networks.

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 * [http://www.robohara.com/?p=2791 Forum thread about Commodore tapes]
 * [http://www.6502.org/users/andre/petindex/transfer.html Transfer files to PET and back]
 [[Category:Commodore computers]]

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	* [http://www.robohara.com/?p=2791 Forum thread about Commodore tapes]		* [http://www.robohara.com/?p=2791 Forum thread about Commodore tapes]
	* [http://www.6502.org/users/andre/petindex/transfer.html Transfer files to PET and back]		* [http://www.6502.org/users/andre/petindex/transfer.html Transfer files to PET and back]
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		+	[[Category:Commodore computers]]

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	* [http://tapes.c64.no/ The Ultimate C64 Tape Page]		* [http://tapes.c64.no/ The Ultimate C64 Tape Page]
	* [http://www.robohara.com/?p=2791 Forum thread about Commodore tapes]		* [http://www.robohara.com/?p=2791 Forum thread about Commodore tapes]
		+	* [http://www.6502.org/users/andre/petindex/transfer.html Transfer files to PET and back]

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	* [http://c64tapes.org/ C64 Tapes project]		* [http://c64tapes.org/ C64 Tapes project]
	* [http://tapes.c64.no/ The Ultimate C64 Tape Page]		* [http://tapes.c64.no/ The Ultimate C64 Tape Page]
		+	* [http://www.robohara.com/?p=2791 Forum thread about Commodore tapes]

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	== Other links ==		== Other links ==
	* [http://c64tapes.org/ C64 Tapes project]		* [http://c64tapes.org/ C64 Tapes project]
		+	* [http://tapes.c64.no/ The Ultimate C64 Tape Page]

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 The '''Commodore data cassette''' format was used to store programs and data on cassette tapes from Commodore computers (PET, C-64, etc.). It was so notoriously slow that even the rather sluggish [[Commodore 1541 disk]] format was lightning-fast in comparison. Most commercial Commodore cassettes ended up using "turbo loaders" which were stored first on the cassette in standard Commodore format, then executed to install a new load command which used shorter pulses, a format in which the actual program was stored.
 == Format documentation ==
 * [http://c64tapes.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=analyzing_loaders Tape loaders]
 * [http://c64tapes.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=loaders:rom_loader CBM ROM loader]