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- toul
yo. is it possible to store data to a simple audioMC?
- JamesEngage0
it was how they used to do it.
- ribit0
You used to be able to download analog software streams from a radio station...
- DutchBoy0
"1.3 Audio tape
Compared to diskette, the tape is slower and more unreliable. However, cassette tape drives used to be cheaper than disk drives, and C cassettes are still available (for audio applications) unlike 5¼-inch diskettes and disk drives. Furthermore, the data recorded on the tape can be captured and produced with the built-in audio equipment of modern personal computers.
Audio data can be represented with a stream of PCM samples. However, the cassette tape circuitry in 8-bit computers only recognises changes in the signal polarity. Therefore, the data can be represented as the delay between polarity changes. Most 8-bit Commodore computers only recognise the positive-to-negative polarity changes. Thus, most low-level tape images (TAP files) record the time between successive positive-to-negative polarity changes."
- toul0
i got an old c64 datasette with a special cable. that makes it possible to connect to a pc.
- ribit0
and what do you then? Run a C64 emulator on the PC?
- toul0
cool dutchboy...are you interested storing data to mc's?
- DutchBoy0
no i am not.
- pascii0
crazy shit. the DATASETTE needs a revival.
- hellraising0
5¼-inch 4 Life!