Re: Cassette Port?

[Doug Browning <wpg750@mb.imag.net>]

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



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