Re: Apple II cassettes by Brutal Deluxe Software

[Toinet <antoine.vignau@laposte.net>]

On 14 jan, 20:32, "Bill Garber" <willy4...@garberstreet.com> wrote:
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> > winston19842005 wrote:
> >> On 1/9/10 12:01 AM, in article
> >> 73060667-b6be-4aa2-9384-9aba3eece...@k19g2000yqc.googlegroups.com, "Toinet"
> >> <antoine.vig...@laposte.net> wrote:
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> >>>On 8 jan, 21:19, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
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> >>>>>Ciderpress recommends the use of a WAV file of 22 kHz 8-bit mono and
> >>>>>if I find a way to convert to that kind of file, I will upload the WAV
> >>>>>files to brutal-deluxe.fr
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> >>>>Audacity will happily save a file as 8-bit mono, if you delve into
> >>>>the menus.  ;-)
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> >>>The problem is that the menus of the PC version are not the same on
> >>>the Mac, have a look at the main buttons, there are not in the same
> >>>order! So, I'll have to dig into the menus :-)
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> >>>>Cassettes contain a small spring-loaded pressure pad which presses
> >>>>on the back of the tape to ensure good contact with the head.  If this
> >>>>spring strip is bent or fatigued, there may be imperfect contact--
> >>>>especially if the tape tension at the head is a bit high.
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> >>>He he, that may be the problem. I'll glu those that do not hold well.
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> >> Whenever the spring went missing (or the pad fell off I'd remove the
> >> spring), I'd just fold over a piece of paper to act as a spring and place it
> >> under the tape - good enough for you to use to copy it or load the data off
> >> of it...
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> > Yes, I remember wadding up a small piece of tissue and sticking it
> > behind the spring when one was weak...it should work well even if the
> > spring and pad are missing.
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> On Brutal Deluxe, under the Apple cassette section there is one called,
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> Alignment Test Tone, 600-2024-00, for those who want to make sure that
> their cassette deck they are using is properly aligned.  :-)))))
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> Bill

Hehe, what you probably (don't) know if that the alignment test tone
cassette was used in conjunction with the board shown there:
http://www.hackzapple.com/ORG1/M3/TAPES.HTM

antoine