Loading Theta Music Composer and others

[mos6502]

Greetings!

I'm trying to load this (and Music Protracker) on my stock Atari 800XL and after a short period of loading, it stops and displays a gray READY prompt. Same thing happens in an emulator, so it's not the machine. I'm assuming there's something I need to do at this point to get it to finish loading/run the program, any suggestions?

I've also tried changing the video standards around in the emulator in case there was a compatibility issue, but PAL and SECAM have the same issue. My actual hardware is NTSC.

I'm a regular C64 user/SID composer, but I'm new to all things Atari (aside from my trusty 2600) and would love to see what I can do with POKEY.

Thanks!

[mos6502]

Looks like found the answer (asked on AtariAge). Hold down Option to disable BASIC, then load the program by typing in the name once the prompt appears.

Sometimes the smallest things present large stumbling blocks... I wasted a couple hours trying to figure this out