Re: Apple II cassettes by Brutal Deluxe Software

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@garberstreet.com>]

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message Jd2dnQM-n4jtTdXWnZ2dnUVZ_ohi4p2d@giganews.com">news:Jd2dnQM-n4jtTdXWnZ2dnUVZ_ohi4p2d@giganews.com...
> winston19842005 wrote:
>> On 1/9/10 12:01 AM, in article
>> 73060667-b6be-4aa2-9384-9aba3eecec64@k19g2000yqc.googlegroups.com, "Toinet"
>> <antoine.vignau@laposte.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On 8 jan, 21:19, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>Ciderpress recommends the use of a WAV file of 22 kHz 8-bit mono and
>>>>>if I find a way to convert to that kind of file, I will upload the WAV
>>>>>files to brutal-deluxe.fr
>>>>
>>>>Audacity will happily save a file as 8-bit mono, if you delve into
>>>>the menus.  ;-)
>>>>
>>>
>>>The problem is that the menus of the PC version are not the same on
>>>the Mac, have a look at the main buttons, there are not in the same
>>>order! So, I'll have to dig into the menus :-)
>>>
>>>
>>>>Cassettes contain a small spring-loaded pressure pad which presses
>>>>on the back of the tape to ensure good contact with the head.  If this
>>>>spring strip is bent or fatigued, there may be imperfect contact--
>>>>especially if the tape tension at the head is a bit high.
>>>
>>>He he, that may be the problem. I'll glu those that do not hold well.
>>
>>
>> Whenever the spring went missing (or the pad fell off I'd remove the
>> spring), I'd just fold over a piece of paper to act as a spring and place it
>> under the tape - good enough for you to use to copy it or load the data off
>> of it...
>
> Yes, I remember wadding up a small piece of tissue and sticking it
> behind the spring when one was weak...it should work well even if the
> spring and pad are missing.

On Brutal Deluxe, under the Apple cassette section there is one called,

Alignment Test Tone, 600-2024-00, for those who want to make sure that
their cassette deck they are using is properly aligned.  :-)))))

Bill