The Tandy Micro Color Computer MC10 was my first computer. I learnt to program in basic and later experimented with 6803 machine language.

I was a regular contributor to the "Australian COCO" magazine and the "MC10 Users Group", during the mid to late 80's.

I have written various programs including a voice synthesiser but I am especially proud of Extended Basic which gives the MC10 an additional 26 extra basic commands.

I have had the most success by following these steps:

1.) CLOAD the program into the MC10 then CSAVE it directly to the PC (with the shortest possible leads), using your favourite audio capture program saving as WAV file. 44.1KHz 8Bit Mono

2.) CLOAD saved file into the emulator (don't worry about editing the WAV file)

3.) CSAVE the program

4.) Use the C10TOWAV conversion tool to convert the C10 file to a WAV file

For machine language programs use this method:

1) Use BACKUP or ID.CSAVE and CSAVE directly to the PC

2) Use the BACKUP program loaded into the emulator following step 4 of the BASIC conversion

The saved program in WAV format can be downloaded to a real MC-10 by plugging your audio input lead into the speaker output of the pc's sound card

If you are experiencing difficulties try these ideas:

1) Ensure cables are as short as possible between cassette player and PC, roll up excessive leads to prevent unwanted noise from being picked up

2) Change the cassette players power source to another socket (so that it is on a different outlet to that of the PC)