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Neat hack proposal for old machines...

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From: Dorian Garson
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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From: doriang@microsoft.com (Dorian Garson)
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Subject: Neat hack proposal for old machines...
Date: 2 Feb 1996 19:12:53 GMT
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