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Re: Apple stuff again. Also, cassettes
09/13/18 03:59 AM
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> > That's so awesome, shame that it's Apple-II exclusive for now. > > > > > > Makes me wonder if somebody has ever tried to capture the full magnetic field of > > cassettes... > > For what purpose though? > > Maybe I'm missing something but why would you want to do that when you can just > record whatever is on the tape? > > S
A bunch of cassette formats just store the data after demodulation, which doesn't work for cassettes that have mixed audio and data, certain copy protection schemes, or where it depends on periods of silence. Using an audio format like WAV/FLAC helps for computers that used consumer audio cassette media and player. You still need to be careful with copy protection schemes that try to mess with AGC or bias compensation.
Then there are the systems that store MFM data directly onto cassettes, that would benefit more from a specialised format...
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