Re: cassette out and modem for Apple IIe

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Joe <jidell@snip.net> wrote:

> what can i do with the cassette output port?

Not much more than what it was intended for.

> I was wondering about editing music.  

I doubt you would like the results.  The cassette output works pretty
much like the speaker: it generates a square wave.  It should be
possible to get anything that the IIe can produce on its speaker out
onto a cassette tape, which should give you some idea of the quality.

The cassette input is equally limited: it can only sense two levels on
the tape, so all signals will be reduced to a square wave again.

> also can i use a 14.4k modem with my A2?  it is not a card but an external
> modem i got about 4 years ago. 

Yes.  All you need is a Super Serial Card and appropriate software, e.g.
ProTerm.  This will give you access to a BBS or a UNIX shell account,
but I wouldn't hold out hope for accessing a PPP/SLIP account, or
running a graphical web browser.

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