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Using a Generic Tape Recorder as an Atari Cassette Drive?

Posted by Cliff on from the blast-from-the-past dept.

JoeShmoe950 asks: "I recently got my hands on an Atari 65XE. It didn't come with a floppy or a cassette drive. I started programming when I realized there was no way to save my program. I wanted to ask you people if there is any way to wire up a normal cassette recorder to an Atari. What I need is the description for what part of a tape recorder(record, mic, speaker, etc) to each pin. I want to create an alternative to buying an Atari Cassette Drive from eBay."

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  1. A better place to ask would be... by Kris_J · · Score: 5, Informative

    The AtariAge 8-bit forum.

  2. there's some useful info here: by spiny · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www2.asw.cz/~kubecj/

    i'm more of an ST guy, but searching on google has found some info - it appears that the 65 tape drives are more akin to a modem than the Sinclair / Oric etc way of loading data, so it might not be that straightforward....

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