On 01-Apr-97, classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu wrote:
>We ORIC users do exactly this -- use a PC sound card to transfer/copy those
>old program tapes. Works wonderfully. You might want to take a look at the
>Oric pages on http://www.ensica.fr/oric to see if any of the technology in
>use there is worthwhile for your needs.
I would think that all that would be needed was a standard cassette player
that has both a MIC jack and a line-out jack. To make a WAV or other format
recording of the data cassette, one would just plug the line out of the
cassette player into the line-in on the soundcard and use your favorite
recording software. You'd likely have to play with the volume to get it just
right though. One would do just the opposite to create a copy of the data
cassette file: plug the line-out of the soundcard up to the MIC jack on the
cassette recorder. Again, it's likely one would have to play with the volume
level for a bit. I used to use my home stereo system for my Timex-Sinclair's
mass storage, and sometimes it got outright picky about the volume!
The question then is: what sampling rate would be the best overall for
this? Obviously, I don't think you'd need to use the stereo mode, but it'd be
nice to keep the file size down if possible, without affecting the quality of
the recording.
I realize it'd be on shaky ground legally, but would any of you be
interested in creating an archive of these data tape images? This would
certainly ensure the programs originally provided on tape would be around much
longer than the original tapes themselves.
Jeff jeffh_at_eleventh.com
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Received on Tue Apr 01 1997 - 01:29:37 BST