Re: LZ: cassette tapes

Subject: Re: LZ: cassette tapes
From: greg <gregb@serv01.net-link.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 15:41:49 -0400
In-Reply-To: <LZ: cassette tapes>
it ISN'T that complicated!!! you never ahve to convert the wav to an 85b
file or whatever. The only way the wav ever would contact your calculator
is throught the sound's plyaing through the link all the wav does is allow
you to convert an 85s file to sounds!
jeez!
-greg


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> From: Max Mansour <mmansour@gis.net>
> To: list-zshell@lists.ticalc.org
> Subject: Re: LZ: cassette tapes
> Date: Wednesday, September 11, 1996 12:05 AM
> 
> Andrew Haninger wrote:
> > 
> > ok. ok. ok. i think i'm the one who started this whole string. all i'm
> > think ing about is:
> 
> Actually, the idea has been discussed before, about 6 months ago.  The
> idea back then also came from the c64 tape backup drive.
> 
> > 
> > ok, here ya'll go, i'll put up my idea:
> > 
> > 1. you make a bu of your calc
> > 2. you run it through a program on your pc that will convert it to a
wav
> > file. preferably mono 8bit so those of us with an old sb can also do
this.
> 
> You're forgetting something:  wav files are compressed, and formatted. 
> If you converted an 85b to a wav, you would lose the data.
> 
> > 3. you record the file onto a tape recorder. this would be done by
making
> > a link to go from the speaker port in your sb to the mic on the
recorder.
> > essentially just a wire with two "headphone" plugs on either end.
> > 4. you get an adapter from RShack for $3.00 and play the tape into your
calc.
> > 5. you have a prog. on your calc that's checking the port and receiving
> > the blips of sound  and converting it to 0s and 1s and putting it in
ram.
> > 6. the prog. is loaded and you're on your merry way
> > 
> > see, no fancy wiring. all simple...   simple, simple simple. (well,
except
> > for the conversion program<G>) kinda simple kinda simple.........
> > 
> > Andy Haninger
> > aka &amp;y
> > ahaning@freenet.columbus.oh.us
> 
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