Some of the basic games that have been stored as CP/M com files are missing from the sorcerer archives at Microbee Technologies (Alan Laughton is the curator) so i went through the process of transferring them back to audio files.
These were translated to wav files as follows:
- At monitor GO BC00 to boot up CP/M.
- Load the basic rompac (LDRAM).
- Reset – starts basic.
- Bye to return to monitor.
- SE T=1 to set 300 baud.
- GO BC00 to boot up CP/M.
- Load up the game eg A>LAIR to load up LAIR. This starts up the ROMPAC basic.
- Load up Audigy on a PC.
- Set recording gain to max and the input to mono.
- Connect LINE IN on PC to AUX on Sorcerer.
- Start recording and enter CSAVE LAIR.
- When the sorcerer comes back with READY stop the recording and trim if necessary.
- Apply a good 20dB of gain to maxout and square up the waveform.
- Export the audio to a wav file.
Check as follows:
- Connect the PC LINE OUT to the input of the external amp.
- Connect the external amp output to the EAR input of the Sorcerer.
- Set Audigy playback volume to max.
- Watch the EAR input with a scope and back off the Audigy volume until the waveform is clean and square.
- CLOAD LAIR.
- Hit play on Audigy.
- The title should be shown in less than 30 seconds.
- By the time the audio is complete, the sorcerer should say READY.
- RUN and enjoy.
If you want to do another then breakout with ^C, BYE to return to monitor and GO BC00 to boot CP/M.