Re: A2 Tape finds

["Jason Whorton" <jason at microxl.com>]

If possible, you might want to save them to disk, then save them to a new,
blank, non-original Apple cassette and use the new copies instead of the
originals.  I'd rather not use the originals for more than making a back-up.
I am guessing that 20 - 22 year old cassette tape is a bit prone to
breakage.

Just my opinion,
Jason Whorton


"Ernest" <ernestls@attbi.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
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> "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
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> > Ernest wrote:
> >
> > >> "Ernest" <ernestls@attbi.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:TRXw9.226958$%d2.75956@sccrnsc01...
> > >> > I was just given a stack of original Apple II tapes. I've been
looking
> > >all
> > >> > over for some of these, and these are the first that I've found.
They
> > >are:
> > >> >
> > >> > -Penny Arcade / Finance 1
> > >> > -Renumber/Append / Alignment Test Tone
> > >> > -Brian's Theme / Phone List
> > >> > -Little Brick Out / Color Demosoft
> > >> > -Lemonade / Hopalong Cassidy
> > >> > -Music Kaleidoscope (4k)
> > >> >
> > >> > The Music Kaleidoscope tape has Apple on the label but it looks
> > >different.
> > >> It
> > >> > may be a third party program. I haven't tested any of them yet but
> I'll
> > >> > probably drag out the tape player, and give them a try this week.
> > >> >
> > >> > E.
> > >> >
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> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >
> > >"Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net> wrote in message
> > >3dc4561f@news.svn.net">news:3dc4561f@news.svn.net...
> > >> I wonder if these could be recorded via the soundcard on a modern
> computer
> > >> (cassette player connected to the line in of the soundcard) and then
> played
> > >> back to the Apple II via the line out jack...
> > >> -Paul
> > >
> > >Probably, assuming that you could get the "out" volume right. It's an
> > >interesting idea, and a good way to save cassette images if it does
work.
> >
> > Since these cassettes contain Integer BASIC, Applesoft BASIC, or
> > binary "files", it would also be possible to boot into DOS, LOAD the
> > cassette, and then SAVE the program file to disk.  (In the case of
> > a binary file, one would need to find the start address and length
> > before SAVEing, but that's located at a standard place in memory.)
> >
> > Saving the content of the files, not the tones, would be much more
> > economical in terms of space--not to mention portability.
> >
> > And if you ever wish that you had the cassette form, you can just
> > reverse the process, SAVEing the file(s) to cassette.
>
> Yes, I knew that I could save programs to cassette but I was hoping to
find
> original apple labeled cassettes, and to work with them in cassette form
> rather than from floppy disk. I'm sure that these programs exist as images
on
> Asimov, etc. but I was happy to find the "real" thing.
>
> E.
>
>