[Coco] High speed tape mod...?

[Louis Ciotti]

Interesting MOD.  I assume the mod chances the rate the data is saved to the tape, so I would think is success/failure would depend on the quality of the tape player/recoder you are using, unless it does someting different to the output liek use a different modulation method.
 


> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:44:00 -0500

> From: aawolfe at gmail.com

> To: coco at maltedmedia.com

> Subject: Re: [Coco] High speed tape mod...?

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> Personally, I'd have taken a 1/2 or 1/4 speed interface if it could

> promise my programs would save and load reliably.

> I suffered some devastating losses in my early adolescent years due to

> that blasted cassette interface.

> To this day if I hear even a few seconds of audio from a csave I'm

> likely to end up huddled in a corner, stuck in an infinite mental loop

> of rewind, play, S, F, FM? or OD? or OM? and stop, pray, rewind, etc.

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> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 2:27 PM, <haywire666 at aol.com> wrote:

> > I don't think the speed difference would be that great but I may buy one and see.

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> > I just got back to my old coco3 and I only have a cassette now. Its okay, feels pretty retro.

> > I haven't yet written any really long programs that take that long to load yet, so for me it may be a waste.

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> > I suppose I just thought it was an interesting mod. I probably would have loved that back in the day. (when I was once

> > stuck with just a cassette and DID write programs that took forever to load, at least as I recall!)

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> > Steven

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> > -----Original Message-----

> > From: Andrew <keeper63 at cox.net>

> > To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>

> > Sent: Thu, Feb 23, 2012 9:19 am

> > Subject: Re: [Coco] High speed tape mod...?

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> > I bought one as a "collectors item" - I've never hooked it up or

> > bothered with it otherwise...

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> > Andrew L. Ayers

> > Glendale, Arizona

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> >> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:07:48 -0500 (EST)

> >> From: haywire666 at aol.com

> >> Subject: [Coco] High speed tape mod...?

> >> To: coco at maltedmedia.com

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> >> Saw this on ebay. Has anyone tried this and is it worth installing?

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> >> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hi-Speed-Tape-TRS-80-Color-Computer-6000-baud-4x-faster-than-standard-/330689351423?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cfe9f0eff#ht_747wt_1344

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