It's replies like the one below that make my education seem woeful to me.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Thursday, November 26, 1998 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: Audio Cassette formats; what about ADAM?
>< What about the ADAM computer from Coleco??? It uses a digital tape that
>< holds (around) 256K or so... (Never set mine up yet).
><
>< Is there any way you could run that thang thru an audio player and have
>< PC routine re-digitalize it, or are you stuck with read a thing and
>< serial-send it over to another PC?
>
>No! It's digital saturation like a floppy and the encoding is to the
>flux reversal timing.
>
>Adam is digital stauration recording like a floppy only slower, audio
>tape is audio frequency/phase change and the medium is the linear portion
>of the BH curve. They are very different from each other.
>
>Allison
>
>
Received on Wed Nov 25 1998 - 22:44:50 GMT