Tandy MC10 microcomputer

Welcome to the home of the MC10 archive, a resource for everything Tandy MC10.

About the size of a hardcover book, the MC-10 came equipped with four kilobytes of RAM, a Motorola MC6803 eight-bit microprocessor, a built-in serial port, and graphics capabilities similar to those of the original Color Computer (provided by the same Motorola MC6847 video display generator).
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MC10 extended basic

It is important to create digital copies of your old MC10 software saved on cassette tapes. I used the following steps to create digital archives.

You'll need your MC10, cassette recorder and a copy of the MC10 emulator, which runs on windows XP.

1. CLOAD the program into the MC10 then CSAVE it directly to the PC, with the MC10's audio output plugged into the PC's sound cards audio input (with the shortest possible leads). Then using your favourite audio capture program, capture and save the audio 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

Backing up machine language programs
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
- Ensure cables are as short as possible between cassette player and PC, roll up excessive leads to prevent unwanted noise from being picked up.
- Change the cassette players power source to another socket, so that it is on a different outlet to that of the PC.