25 Nov
1998
25 Nov
'98
2:44 p.m.
It's replies like the one below that make my education seem woeful to me.
A
-----Original Message-----
From: Allison J Parent <allisonp(a)world.std.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Thursday, November 26, 1998 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: Audio Cassette formats; what about ADAM?
< What about the ADAM computer from Coleco??? It
uses a digital tape that
< holds (around) 256K or so... (Never set mine up yet).
<
< Is there any way you could run that thang thru an audio player and have
< PC routine re-digitalize it, or are you stuck with read a thing and
< serial-send it over to another PC?
No! It's digital saturation like a floppy and the encoding is to the
flux reversal timing.
Adam is digital stauration recording like a floppy only slower, audio
tape is audio frequency/phase change and the medium is the linear portion
of the BH curve. They are very different from each other.
Allison