Load from cassette, start/end address

[Marek Karcz]

Hello,

Does anyone know how to check the start address and how many bytes (or the end address) of the program loaded from tape?

Let's just assume that I know the program's purpose and execute address, but I don't remember start/end address as it was recorded to tape.

I appreciate any tips or reference to a documentation where I can find that info, short of reverse engineering the tape load routine - that'd be the last resort, I am hoping somebody already knows the answer.

Thanks,

[Hans Otten]

Yes, it can be done.

I wrote a program to reproduce a copy of a whole cassette of files. Hypertape.

Tape copy – Retro Computing (hansotten.nl)

That has routines to read ID and start address and end address.

With the KIM monitor, VEB $17ED $17EE  will have the end address loaded. Start address, ID is not stored.

Hans

[Hans Otten]

Oh, and of course The First Book of KIM has a program called 'Directory' 

http://retro.hansotten.nl/uploads/files/First%20book%20of%20KIM%20sources.zip contains sources and papertape