[Coco] [Color Computer] Way around it?

Arthur Flexser flexser at fiu.edu
Mon May 11 17:52:39 EDT 2009


I may be mistaken, but I don't think the average generic cassette
recorder has an input jack for turning the motor off and on, does it?
So vacuumboy would have to start and stop it manually.

Art

On 5/11/09, Karl Sefcik <cdiman7 at flash.net> wrote:
> Vacuumboy,
>
>    If you have the cassette interface cable, then all you need to do is plug
> it into any cassette recorder, the only thing is that the tape speed is
> slower, and that tape can be only played back on normal machines. If you
> have an inexpensive cassette recorder from a drug store or Target (or
> other), that will work fine.
>   One other thing, you may have to turn the input level down because the
> Coco data is a square wave, and you will be recording on a device that is
> made for recording audio. Likewise, you may have to jack the playback output
> up.
>   I bought a table Pennfest one year, realized I brought my Coco (for
> demos), but failed to bring a data recorder (was going to travel light, with
> just a Coco, CM-8 and tape deck. I bought an ordinary cassette player, was
> able to save data, and later I bid on one in an auction and got one. Just
> that the tapes I made before on the other wouldn't work on the latter,
> because they played back at a higher frequency, and weren't recognized by
> the Coco as data for it.
>  Karl
>
>
>  vacuumboy1 wrote:
>
> > I don't have a cassatte  tape player to save my programs. Is there any
> other way to save? Again, any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
> >
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