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rjm@swift.eng.ox.ac.uk (Bob Manners) writes:


>>   ????	Vic-20 (may not be readable on standard casstte recorder)
>>   ????	C-64   (may not be readable on standard casstte recorder)

>Should be readable. There was a kit I remember from a few years ago to
>use a `normal' cassette machine with the VIC/C64. The only difference
>with the Commodore version was a fixed record/replay level. I can find
>out the VIC/C64 pinout for the cassette port if you like.

I designed an interface like that when I got my first (second-hand) PET. 
It works with a Tandy CCR82 (I think) cassette recorder, and even 
correctly handles the play-button-pressed signal without mods to the 
recorder or the PET. I'll dig out the circuit sometime if anybody wants it.

>>   ????	IBM-PC

>Not much point? How much was available on tape?

That's surely the easiest machine to transfer tape to PC disk for, isn't 
it. All you need is an original PC motherboard, and a standard disk 
controller and video card. Then a bit of simple software to call the 
relevant BIOS routines to read the tape and write it to disk.

>Robert Manners                                  Osney Laboratory



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