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Re: CiderPress v2.1.0 released

Andy McFadden wrote:
> 
> Jayson Smith <nospamratguyspambegone@nospamplease.bellsouth.ihatespam.net> wrote:
> > Just wondering, any chance of getting a cassette encoder?  Probably not very
> > useful but then again it might be.
> 
> I thought about it, but it didn't seem useful enough to devote time to.
> I'd also have to un-bury a bunch of stuff to be able to test it, since
> my IIgs doesn't have cassette input jacks.
> 
> If copying files between PC and Apple II is the goal, the PC app should
> be able to manipulate the sound card directly, rather than operating
> through WAV files that have to be recorded or played by another program.

Wouldn't that apply to the case when importing cassete data as well?

I believe it's simpler to read or write WAV files than to manipulate the
sound card directly.  You did choose that route when letting Ciderpress
import data from Appple II cassette tapes.  Letting Ciderpress export
data in cassette tape format through a WAV file would be even simpler
still: no need to mess with real-world data with noise, drop-outs and
other imperfections of cassette tape.  Just write (almost) perfect sine
waves to the wave file!  Or don't even bother with sine waves - a
triangular
or swuare wave would most likely work just as fine.

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