I recently bought a cool little MSX controlled robot on eBay. Unfortunately, the software comes on tape and is currently refusing to load properly. I can get the software to load into memory but once you hit F5 to run you get one of two error messages depending on which side of the tape you're on. Here's what I'm getting:
Side A
"Undefined line number in 8"
Side B
"Illegal function call in 10140"
I'm using a Philips MSX2 if that matters.
Can anyone give me any advice on getting this to work? Would be fun to play with.
can you convert the tape to WAV using a PC Mic imput, then use the WAV to run it in an emulator, then to print it to file or save to hard disk with SAVE"",A command....
else, how you expect that we can to help without the listing?
For anything that's still on tape these days, easier method is:
Identify what's on the tape. It may not even be necessary to play the tape - just looking at label / box / context might be enough to determine what it is.
Find a copy of that online. If it's remotely interesting & it wasn't a DIY-project or unique personal files, chances are another copy of that tape was converted to an archive on FTP site ages ago.
Basically: regard pulling data off ancient audio tapes as a last resort, only to be attempted if all else fails & you want it badly. So: what MSX controlled robot? That yellow SVI-built thingie?
Is the program on both sides the same?
Save both progams to disk with different names
See I you can combine both to a working one if they are the same?
or Upload the saved files for help?
The robot is the Mitsubishi ML-ROBO. Can't control it without the software. And the program on both sides is the same, just different baud rates.
How would I go about copying them to disk? And is there a way to get the code up on-screen so I can edit it and re-save? I don't have a PC and hate using emulators, so it would be ideal if I could fix this on the original hardware.
