Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site inuxd.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!harpo!eagle!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!inuxd!porter From: porter@inuxd.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.cbm Subject: Re: Need c64 data recorder info Message-ID: <393@inuxd.UUCP> Date: Thu, 8-Dec-83 13:03:34 EST Article-I.D.: inuxd.393 Posted: Thu Dec 8 13:03:34 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Dec-83 01:48:50 EST References: <1188@cbscc.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Consumer Products Div., Indianapolis Lines: 36 This is the second time that someone has posted a desire to adapt a conventional audio tape recorder to a C64 and I think my comments deserve consideration for anyone who thinks they can get away with this, no hitches. The Commodore cassette is a digital cassette drive that uses direct head saturation. There is no kludged audio circuitry, no volume or tone controls to play with. The Commdore cassette is extremely reliable for this reason. Talk to any of your apple, TRS80, or TI friends and ask them about the problems with cassettes - they will all tell you they are a pain in the ***. They all use conventional tape recorders and every time they go to use them, they get load errors nearly every time. Now talk to someone with a commodore cassette drive and ask them how many load errors they have - the response maybe one or two a YEAR!! Conclucion: Shell out the bucks for the real thing. Don't waste your time with kludging up an audio recorder - it just isn't the same. There are a couple of other advantages: 1. The commodore cassette gets its power from the computer - one easy connection - no cable-idis. 2. The computer senses when you press "PLAY". 3. And of course, you can selectively load files by their 16 letter file name (as opposed to other computers that have no file name scheme with their cassettes. 4. Of course there is a tape counter for convience. 5. The motor on/off is software controllable. If you are still insistant on inflicting pain upon yourself, I can give references of articles in magazines of people who have done this kludging in the past. Jeff Porter (inuxd!porter) AT&T Consumer Products Indianapolis