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- From: doriang@microsoft.com (Dorian Garson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sinclair,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.tandy,alt.folklore.computers
- Subject: Neat hack proposal for old machines...
- Date: 2 Feb 1996 19:12:53 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- Message-ID: <4etnnl$4fj@news.microsoft.com>
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- {Forgive me if this has already been addressed in a FAQ somewhere...}
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- 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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