Digitizing ancient cassette data (was Re: COSMAC VIP documentation)

From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
Date: Wed Aug 21 18:46:00 2002

At 12:08 AM 8/22/2002 +0100, Tony Duell wrote:
>I'd do both. For some reason I feel that good old analogue tape is going
>to be a lot easier to understand in he future than some of these modern
>compressed digital formats....

I wouldn't use anything but a straight digitization of the
audio, either, if it was a purely audio recorder. Turning
it to MP3 could yield mush in a spot and you'd never know it.
Many tape readers for PC-level machines were just doing zero-crossing
counting and other simple tricks. MP3 and other codecs are
aimed at making sound that pleases the ear, not other machines.

- John
Received on Wed Aug 21 2002 - 18:46:00 BST