🚀 go-pugleaf

I don't have any old computers so I can't trade programs with you.

good idea for using a current PC.

The other thing you could do it bypass the tape / audio circuitry
altogehter and wire up something to hood directly up to a parallel
port. the interface is easy, and you could bypass all the sound
issues. 

Either way is propably equally simple, just depends on your experience
and background.



doriang@microsoft.com (Dorian Garson) wrote:

>Bloody heck, my newsreader won't let me kill this article!

>Oh well.  I realized immediately after sending that no work is required at 
>all -- who cares if you can decode the data stream on a PC.  

>What's important is that you can capture cassette output to a .WAV file 
>(or whatever) via the microphone in jack on a PC sound card, then play it 
>back any time you like, even trade the sound files with other owners.

>That said, does anyone have Sinclair ZX-81/TS-1000 games they'd like to 
>capture and send me or upload to an archive? :)

>  -Dorian

>In article <4etnnl$4fj@news.microsoft.com>, doriang@microsoft.com says...
>>
>>{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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>and do not reflect the official views of Microsoft Corporation.


Chris Cothrun
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Ingenuity Inc.