Re: Many questions about cassette tapes

[Egan Ford <datajerk@gmail.com>]

On Aug 11, 6:37 pm, dog_...@macgui.com (D Finnigan) wrote:
> > I've been trying to load up a few games from the excellent
> >http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/projects/cassettes/index.htmlarchives on
> > my IIe (physical and virtual) and I get ERR.  Most likely because most
> > of them are INT BASIC.  So I booted a 3.3 master and typed INT and
> > then LOAD and now I get ERR*** MEM FULL ERR.
>
> You likely need to adjust the tone or volume control of the cassette
> playback machine.
>
> Pages 4 through 9 of the Red Manual
> (online PDF here:http://macgui.com/kb/article/352)
> offer notes on how to load a tape, and also what to do if there are errors.

Thanks for the link.  So far no luck with Virtual ][.  I've tried to
increase the volume within Virtual ][ as well as increase the volume
with Audacity.  I'll keep trying and will try a few other tapes as
well.  Lastly I'll try it on the real thing this weekend.

BTW, I get the same error with Virtual ][ as only a II.  I do not
think I am truly running out of memory.

> > 3.  Can I boot from tape on a IIe?  Actually I know I can based on the
> > ADTPro instructions.  But how would I create a boot tape?
>
> Not sure what you're asking here. The Apple either loads data into RAM from
> a tape, or dumps a range of its memory back to tape.

Got it.

> > 5.  Any cool hacks, like IIe to IIe networking with audio?  Or a token
> > passing network with 3 or more IIs?
> There are also some ways to digitize sound using the cassette ports and some
> additional hardware. Try the 1979 compendium, Peeking At Call-Apple for an
> article on this.

Thanks.  Found it.

Thanks again for the pointers.