Re: Many questions about cassette tapes

[Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Egan Ford <datajerk@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

You aren't--it's an error in the length bytes. 

The cassette interface requires glitch-free sound, which many emulators
cannot provide.  A real Apple is the only way to go. 

-michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon