Re: Reel-to-reel on //e?

[rcain3@mindspring.com (Richard N. Cain)]

In article <1805852706-980306021000@rook.wa.com>, 
brian.hammack@rook.wa.com says...

> I was thinking as I found this reel-to-reel tape in the alley behind
> the U-Haul that it'd be pretty wild to use a reel-to-reel player as a
> device.

I used to have my apple II+ connected to my stereo, and I used both the 
cassette and 8-Track for storage.

>I've fiddled with the volume and tone.  It'd
> be nice if the Apple shared a trait found in Commodores and displayed
> something like "Found program, loading..." so I'd be able to follow.

That's the only way to make it work.  You have to play with the volume & 
tone until you get it right.  Once that's accomplished make a mark so you 
know where to put them in the future.  Yes it would have been nice, to 
have some sort of cassette operating system.  I remember using a program 
that came close, but it wasn't like have DOS loaded.  I always liked the 
Adam's approach to cassettes.


> My question is, was there something special about the Apple tape
> recorders?  Less feedback, higher output volume or lower input volume
> (what I've saved to reel-to-reel as well as to a cassette recorder is
> not very loud IMHO)?  Do you have to have BOTH jacks filled at the same
> time (I've been moving 1 cable between a2in-tapeout and a2out-tapein)?
> 
No, but you do have to have the cable in the right jacks (in vs out).  
Good luck.


The Silicon Knight!