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Article #6Neat hack proposal for old machines...
From: Dorian Garson
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1996 19:12
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1996 19:12
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{Forgive me if this has already been addressed in a FAQ somewhere...}
So we've got dozens of old relics that have nothing to save/load data
to/from but a cassette tape recorder.
Now, note that a PC clone with a cheap sound card can generate and capture
audio signals.
Proposal: Is it possible to write an app that could capture programs &
data from an old computer's cassette interface via a sound card? If so,
could it be architected to accomodate all popular data formats and so that
people could add new formats as they're discovered?
The benefits are obvious: greater reliabilty, limitless, random access,
and greater ease in trading/distributing/archiving legacy code for old
hobbyist platforms. Also, those old cassette tapes are losing their bits
with every passing year!
Would anyone want to take this on with me?
-Dorian
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