[Coco] [Color Computer] Way around it?

[Karl Sefcik]

Steve,

    No I haven't, and that was years ago. Now I remember that the 
cassette recorder I bought at Radio Shack in my college years was 
forever out of adjustment, and I just thought that was the way it was to 
be (I didn't know about troubleshooting it then).
\  So, with my data recorder being from the SHACK, you may be right, 
that my once-the-only-game-in-town RS data recorder may be out of spec.
Karl

Steven Hirsch wrote:
> On Tue, 12 May 2009, Karl Sefcik wrote:
> 
>> Mike,
>>
>>  Check this out, I think there is a difference. Take a normal 
>> pre-recorded tape of Christmas music or something else that you bought 
>> for use in your car (a few years ago), and play it in the 
>> TRS80-cassette deck. It will play faster, like chipmunk music, that's 
>> what I based my conclusion on for the faster tape speed.
> 
> Have you verified that on more than one unit?  Sounds more like a unit 
> with the speed adjustment off.  The mechanism is a standard audio 
> cassette drive and those run at 1-7/8 ips.
> 
> Steve
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