[Coco] Tape emulation

[Barry Nelson]

This cable (or a similar one) gives you a microphone input jack to your phone. You can then connect your cell phone to the CoCo’s cassette output.

 

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/3-5mm-Splitter-Cable-1-to-2-Earphone-Mic-Splitter-cable-For-iPhone-CTIA-Standards-Compatible/1665514562.html

 

I find this more convenient than using a computer.

 

From: Barry Nelson [mailto:Barry.Nelson at amobiledevice.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:20 AM
To: 'coco at maltedmedia.com'
Subject: RE: [Coco] Tape emulation

 

I use my android phone running a voice recorder app.

 

>        Michael Brant brant.michael.l at gmail.com  <mailto:coco%40maltedmedia.com?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BCoco%5D%20Tape%20emulation&In-Reply-To=%3CCAGJGKwiOqB8oXSOVOArmpHCBgf4ajZ6nN1qY_OZwjm01cjS1LA%40mail.gmail.com%3E> 
Wed Mar 16 01:35:52 EDT 2016 

 

>        I know we can use various media players to play tape audio to be read by

>         the CoCo.
>         In my original CoCo days I never used the tape functions.  When not using
>         real tapes how are people saving files using what the cooc thinks is a tape
>         but using modern hardware?
>         My main reason is for saving data while using program paks that don't allow
>         for use of a disk drive via an MPI.