Atari XL

Permanent Storage 193
Finally, D specifies the device type where ((C:"
indicates the cassette unit.
Having opened a channel, data is sent to the
specified device using either the PRINTI
command or the PUT command.
The syntax of the PRINrrl command is:
PRINT #Ci"DATA"
PRINT #Ci"123456"
The PRINTI command prints a string of ASCII
characters to the tape, via the channel specified by
the parameter C.
The PUT command sends a single item of data to
the cassette and takes the form:
PUT #C,x
where X is the numeric data and C specifies the
channel.
Reading data from the tape involves the two
commands INPUTI and GET.
The INPUT command is used to retrieve numeric
or string data, depending upon the variable given
in the command. Its syntax is:
INPUT IC,A
INPUT #C,A$
GET is used to read single bytes of data from the
tape, its format is:
GET Il,X