Re: Cassette Port?

[Alan Tuttle <news001@macgeek.org>]

The program you're thinking about is called "The Parrot". I have the
program lying on a disk somewhere in my thousands of floppies. When I
received the program as a kid, it came with a recording of Rush's
"Limelight", which totally blew me away!!!

In article <37B8BB88.84E5605B@mb.imag.net>, Doug Browning
<wpg750@mb.imag.net> wrote:

> There used to be a program that used the cassette ports to input/output sound
> to be
> digitized. The proggy was printed in a magazine back in the early 80's.
> 
> stephen e buggie wrote:
> 
> > I've not used the cassette ports for cassettes, but _did_ use them for the
> > Causin Softstrip reader.  Software code was printed on dot patterns on
> > paper (like bar-code on groceries), then read into the computer.  It used
> > the cassette ports.   Worked WELL!
> >
> > Steve Buggie            buggie@unm.edu
> >
> > Doug Browning (wpg750@mb.imag.net) wrote:
> > : Saving and loading programs via a cassette recorder. With an Applesoft
> > program
> > : in memory, start the recorder in record mode, then enter the command
> > "SAVE".
> > : When the cursor reappears (after several moments of waiting), you may
> > stop the
> > : recorder. Whenever wou wish to reload the program you saved on tape,
> > rewind the
> > : tape, start the recorder in play mode, and enter the command "LOAD",
> > again,
> > : stop the recorder when the cursor reappears.
> > : The tape method of saving programs went out of favor when the faster and
> > easier
> > : to use floppy disks became available.
> >
> > : Drake Anderson wrote:
> >
> > : > What is the Cassette I/O port on the back of an Apple 2e Platinum used
> > for?
> > : >
> > : > --
> > : > Drake Anderson
> > : > drakea@bellsouth.net
> >
> > : --
> > : Doug Browning
> > : dougbrow@mb.imag.net
> > : www.mb.imag.net/~wpg750
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Doug Browning
> dougbrow@mb.imag.net
> www.mb.imag.net/~wpg750