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- Path: netcom.com!librik
- From: librik@netcom.com (David Librik)
- Subject: Re: Neat hack proposal for old machines...
- Message-ID: <librikDM833H.5Fp@netcom.com>
- Organization: Icy Waters Underground, Inc.
- References: <4etnnl$4fj@news.microsoft.com>
- Date: Sat, 3 Feb 1996 23:11:41 GMT
- Sender: librik@netcom3.netcom.com
-
- doriang@microsoft.com (Dorian Garson) writes:
-
- >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?
-
- The TRS-80 Model 1 Emulator for PCs, written by Jeff Vavasour, comes with
- some utility programs which can read and write TRS-80 tapes using a
- Soundblaster-compatible sound card.
-
- You can find a shareware version of the TRS-80 Model 1 emulator at the FTP
- site: oak.oakland.edu. The file is under: simtel/msdos/emulator/model1-d.zip.
- I don't remember if the shareware version has the cassette support software;
- you may have to register -- it's quite cheap -- to get those utilities.
- You'll certainly need to register to get their source code.
-
- - David Librik
- librik@cs.Berkeley.edu
-