5 Sep
2001
5 Sep
'01
11:41 p.m.
On Wed, 5 Sep 2001 23:04:53 +0100 (BST) Tony Duell
<ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
I did! I hooked up my Akai 4000DS reel-to-reel
(transistor, not valve) to my Compukit UK101. The idea was
to try to record faster by using higher freqencies and a
higher baud rate -- and a higher tape speed, 7 1/2 ips.
> I am not
sure that ancient analogue tape recorders
> are on-topic :-)
While it is possible to use such machines to store programs
from most
home computers, I don't think many people did. Somebody actually told me
the IBM PC 'cassette port' wouldn't work with a reel-to-reel tape
recorder, but never gave a sensible reason why not (and FWIW, I don't
believe it won't work).
-tony
As far as I can see, anything that'll record and play back
audio should work on a cassette port. So a reel-to-reel
machine should be fine, as should, say 45rpm vinyl records.
Didn't one of the Elektor machines use 45s for software
distribution? Wasn't there once a music CD with software
on one track (for a Spectrum?)?
--
John Honniball
Email: John.Honniball(a)uwe.ac.uk
University of the West of England