[Color Computer] Re: [Coco] History of Tandy/Radio Shack Cassette Recorders

[Neil Morrison]

They did have ALC. Only playback volume was manually set.

Neil

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John E. Malmberg" <wb8tyw at qsl.net>


> Because the Color Computer generated an approximate sine wave, it
was
> more forgiving than the other home computers of the era.
>
> The big issue that seemd to cause distortion in recording is ALC,
or
> automatic level control.
>
> In playback, having the volume set too high would cause problems.
>
> The Tandy recorders seemed to be differentiated from the standard
> cassette recorders of the time in that they did not have the ALC
feature.


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