[Coco] High(Er) speed cassette loading.

John Kowalski sockmaster at gmail.com
Wed Dec 30 16:13:36 EST 2020


On 12/30/20, Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com> wrote:
> On Dec 30, 2020, at 3:07 PM, John Kowalski <sockmaster at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Think of it as
>> different patterns representing bits - instead of just two patterns
>> //////\\\\\\ representing 1  and ///\\\ representing 0,
>> more patterns could be used  //////\\\ to represent 10, ///\\\\\\
>> representing 01...
>> and if we add even more lengths of / and \ to the mix we could
>> represent 3 bits or more in a single waveform.
>
> Interesting. My mind is having trouble grasping this.
>
> What is the current audio format? Just two tones, representing high and low?

Yes.  I don't recall the exact details but all zeros saved at one
speed and all ones saved at another!    //////\\\\\\    or  ///\\\
a longer waveform and a shorter waveform.

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