18 Jun
2005
18 Jun
'05
2:02 p.m.
On Sat, 18 Jun 2005, Gary Sparkes wrote:
I'm having a hell of a time getting any program to
load, so far I've been
Totally unsuccessful.
You're having a vintage experience. This is unfortunately pretty
much how it went in 1980, only there was no mailing list for you
to gripe on :-)
Audio cassette data systems are notoriously finicky about tape
speed and volume, then cleanliness, etc.
You also have to hope that when the tapes were made, they were
with fresh batteries (or on AC adapter) and the volume was set
right, etc. It is not only possible, it was COMMON, to make tapes
that were never readable, even once.
I recall (now, with prodding, ouch) tense
rewind/play/SHIT!/rewind/play/SHIT!/... sessions with my
sole cassette-based storage system.