7 Dec
2000
7 Dec
'00
8:06 p.m.
In a message dated 12/06/2000 4:47:39 PM Eastern Standard Time,
ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk writes:
Well that just proves you can learn something new every day ;>)
I went through four tape players before I found one which worked error-free
with my home-built ZX81. It has been 95 percent reliable over a two-year
period.
Additionally I use a fast-data-transfer program (FASTLOADER) which increases
the speed of SAVEs and LOADs by 16 times. What's cool about this software is
that it merges with the program I'm working with, so I don't have to pre-load
the FASTLOADER. I pretty much just SAVE and LOAD as usual.
I don't know about your penmanship, but I can't write down 16 KB of BASIC
instructions in 30 seconds ;>)
Glen
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> Aw, come on Tony -- you mean your ZX81
doesn't have a printer? You can
get
Yes, of course it does. Problem is, finding the
metalised paper for it :-)
Ah -- here in the states we use the Alphacom 32, which uses any white thermal
(fax) paper which has the same width as the ZX81 printer.
one at any car
boot for a couple of pounds, you know ;>) Of course, you
still have to type it back in, unless you splurge and buy a cassette
recorder
. . .
You mean that's more reliable and faster than writing down the program
and retyping it? That's news to me :-) :-) 
8 Dec
8 Dec
2:47 p.m.
Glenatacme(a)aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 12/06/2000 4:47:39 PM Eastern
Standard Time,
ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk writes:
Well that just proves you can learn something new every day ;>)
I went through four tape players before I found one which worked error-free
with my home-built ZX81. It has been 95 percent reliable over a two-year
period.
Hi
Most cheap cassette decks drag a permanent magnet across the
tape to erase and also to give it a little bias. This is usually
vary poor for fidelity. It tends to make lop sided signals when
played back. This is OK for voice but not OK for computer
data.
The cassette decks that use a high frequency erase head and
high frequency bias during record usually work better. The
problem with these is that they are usually only in audio
quality decks with only line in and outs. Some better quality
portables do use this technique, even some of the Radio Shack
units.
Dwight
Dwight
> Aw, come on Tony -- you mean your ZX81
doesn't have a printer? You can
get
Yes, of course it does. Problem is, finding the
metalised paper for it :-)
Ah -- here in the states we use the Alphacom 32, which uses any white thermal
(fax) paper which has the same width as the ZX81 printer.
one at
any car boot for a couple of pounds, you know ;>) Of course, you
still have to type it back in, unless you splurge and buy a cassette
recorder
. . .
You mean that's more reliable and faster than writing down the program
and retyping it? That's news to me :-) :-)
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