Thanks Jim, Simon,
Good lesson learned here! Check for code 18 errors first.
That makes sense, the default device numbers for the PET's are the ones that
make the most sense.
Sadly, I know very little about device numbers. Is there a cheat sheet
somewhere that lists all the commonly used devices?
I think ,8 is the standard 8050 Disk drive right? It's just kind of weird to
think that the same LOAD command works with tapes and disks when the routines
to read these different mediums must be very different.
Cheers,
Josh
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From: torontocbm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <torontocbm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on
behalf of Simon Z <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2021 11:09 PM
To: torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [torontocbm] Re: Commodore PET 2001 original with External Tape drive
issues
Hi Jim,
Thanks for the suggestion , that did the trick , I can’t
believe it. I have a regular PET 2001 with non-chiclet keyboard and I do not
have to specify the device # . But I guess in the case of the original since it
had the tape drive hooked up to the internal port the back port would be device
#2.
Thanks again,
From: Jim Mazurek<mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: January 12, 2021 10:53 PM
To: torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [torontocbm] Re: Commodore PET 2001 original with External Tape drive
issues
Simon,
I believe if you do not specify a device number it implies device #1 if
you are using the secondary tape interface I believe you must specify
device #2.
I suggest you try it before ripping things apart.
Jim
On Tue, 12 Jan 2021, Simon Z wrote:
Hello Jim,
I am using load ?filename?
And then it tells me to hit play on the tape drive and I do
I am not putting in a device/unit number I didn?t think you had to do that for
tape drives
From: Jim Mazurek
Sent: January 12, 2021 10:38 PM
To: torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [torontocbm] Re: Commodore PET 2001 original with External Tape
drive issues
Simon Z,
Let me ask a stupid question:
When using the external tape interface are you using the correct
Device/Unit number with your LOAD/SAVE commands?
The internal tape interface is device/unit #1 and the external tape
interface is device/unit #2 if I recall correctly.
save "filename",2
load "filename",2
Device #2 gets recycled in later computers for the RS-232 interface.
Jim
On Tue, 12 Jan 2021, Simon Z wrote:
Hello TPUG,
I have an original Commodore PET 2001 with Chiclet
keyboard
and I am trying to read a tape from a working tape drive connected to the
back port. The pet provides power to the tape drive since it have rewind
and
forward the tape and even play , but the Pet does not acknowledge with I
am
trying to load a program off tape and pressing play. The interesting part
is
that the tape drive works fine if I use the internal tape drive
connection.
Any thoughts as to what the issue may be?
Thanks
Simon
