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- From: doriang@microsoft.com (Dorian Garson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sinclair,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.tandy,alt.folklore.computers
- Subject: Re: Neat hack proposal for old machines...
- Date: 2 Feb 1996 22:54:16 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- Message-ID: <4eu4mo$gff@news.microsoft.com>
- References: <4etnnl$4fj@news.microsoft.com>
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- 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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- The opinions expressed in this message are my own personal views
- and do not reflect the official views of Microsoft Corporation.
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