Re: Hardware gadget for tape loading

["Chris Young" <unsatisfactory@bigfoot.com>]

On Sun, 19 Sep 1999 09:23:58 +0100, Philip Kendall (of comp.sys.sinclair "fame")
wibbled on for an age:

> In article <49438B888F%news@youmustbejoking.demon.com.uk>, Darren Salt
> <news@youmustbejoking.demon.com.uk> wrote
> >In message <37fb8bb7.64667360@news.freeuk.net>
> >          greenaum@BOLLOCKSyahoo.co.uk wrote:
> >
> >> It would be better to use the sound card,
> >
> >Sound card? Perhaps you should look at where this is crossposted...
> 
> But we're talking about a hardware gadget which connects to the parallel
> port on your PC (or whatever it connects to on the Miggy)

Joystick port.  I thought I mentioned that, actually, but looking back
I see I didn't.  It essentially toggles the fire button on and off as
sound goes in.  It's best not to have joystick emulation switched on
while it's connected, though :-)

Chris

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