Re: Tape85

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Re: Tape85

how big is the tape
is it those microcassetes or those regular ones
are you going to sell them or do we make them
what is the memory capacity
can you run the software directly from the tape??
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On Tue, 8 Jul 1997 19:14:27 GMT Reinier Zwitserloot
<R.Zwitserloot@BTINTERNET.COM> writes:
>Right now I can send data through the link port just fine. Wave
>analysis
>(at tape quality.. 8-bit stereo 22Khz) shows that the data output is
>good
>enough for storage on tape. However, I can't seem to get the data back
>into
>the calc. It appears I will need an analog 2 digital (ADC, A/C
>convertor,
>whatever you wanna call it) convertor to get the signals across. These
>things are really cheap.. One place even sold them for 6 dollars a
>piece!
>
>However, I have limited experience with hardware, I don't live in the
>states, and you need to order en-masse (100 or so) to get them for an
>actual 6 dollars. various places on the web sell all sorts and kinds
>of
>ADCs, most are in fact both ADC and DAC (Go both ways). The 'best' one
>I
>have seen up to know is from Analog Signalling Inc. They are currently
>giving away (sending them to your home) the data sheets for their
>products
>for free, but only till 18th July. If anyone want's to continue the
>project, I'll always be glad to help with it. However, for lack of
>good
>knowledge of ADCs, I won't be working on it much.
>
>If anyone does want to take a peek at it, try to search for ADC,
>Analog,
>Convertor or something like that (I got plenty of hits, although more
>than
>half of it wasn't actually about ADCs, but that's actually a pretty
>good
>score for Alta vista..)
>
>That website that's selling the really cheap ADCs (To this particular
>non-hardware-technical literate it seems the one most suited..) I
>actually
>found it when I actually looked at one of those ads :-). I should have
>bookmarked the site, because after almost hjalf an hour searching I
>can't
>find it. whine! O well, there are very many companies out there
>selling
>them, so i'm still looking. many companies have datasheets for
>downloading,
>and that makes life easier. I probably won't find something that will
>be
>easy to get for me, but if I do, i suppose i'll work on it.
>
>--
>-R.Zwitserloot@BTInternet.com
>
>Michael J. Malluck <malluck@BELLSOUTH.NET> wrote in article
><33C15C8E.729@bellsouth.net>...
>> Hi All,
>>         I think Tape85 is a great idea! I just have a few questions.
>> Where could I find more information on this project (update page
>ect.)?
>> Will this project be ported over to the 86 in the near future?
>>         -Michael
>>
>
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