Re: LZ: cassette tapes
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On Sun, 8 Sep 1996 11:31:09 -0400 (EDT) Andrew Haninger
<ahaning@freenet.columbus.oh.us> writes:
>about all this mem stuff... i think some one already mentioned this
>but, i
>think this might work. okay, what if you wrote a .bat or .exe or .com
>file
>or something that would convert a backup of your calc into sound(a wav
>or
>voc file). and then you made a link plug to go from your sb mic port
>to a
>tape recorder.(this would probably have to work at 8bit mono for those
>of
>us with an 8bit mono sb). then, you could get a little $3.00 adapter
>fromradio shack to go to the link port so you could hook your calc to
>your
>walkman( that would be best for portability) and play the cassette
>tape and
>have a file that would check the link port and convert the analog
>sounds to
>binary numbers(you'd probably have to just use different sets of ticks
>for
>the 0s and 1s) and load the program into ram. then, if there were
>sounds
>in the program, you'd just unhook the plug, put the adapter on a
>headphone
>plug, and you're on your way. i'd ***LOVE*** to help in the creation
>of
>this if it is possible but, i don't know assembly(YET) and so, all i
>can
>do is say my idea.
>
Well i know the old commodore 64's had a drive known as the datasette. It
probably had a capacity of around 80k per tape.. but if that was to be
harnessed by the ti, there could be big change. Right now i'm looking
into working on a link between ti's and hp's, and a possible backup ram
connection. However i'm not that knowledgable about this stuff.
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