Vintage GE Computer data tape recorder
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I used one of these in a TRS-80.
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@Maxxarcade I do know for C64 programs they have a file format .tap, one person showed how you can put them on a tape.
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Do you think you could do some videos of presentations of you recorders (like the Rhapsody) of recording quality and playback? That would be great!
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I had a PET years ago but stripped it when I was a dumb kid. I really wish I still had it. I think I stripped it because the keyboard was trashed... I could have fixed it now.
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Err, you said run PET programs on the VIC-20... no idea there...
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It does kinda of look like Trash 80, but it seems like Radio Shack would have rebranded the recorder with the Tandy brand like they were famous for doing with other products.
Maybe it is for the TI-99 4A like putergk said?
It would be a fun project to make new cassettes of those old programs!
I imagine that the POKE, PEEK and SYS command addresses, etc would be unique to the Vic-20 hardware, and also the character set would be incompatible with a PET... Do you have one of those too?
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Whats the capacity for a tape: I mind how many megas?
Abrahandsome3200 1 year ago
@Abrahandsome3200 It probably varies between formats, but I'd say it's less than a megabyte in most cases.
Maxxarcade 1 year ago
I've got the exact same model!! And it works with no problems, built to last. I don't think it was for any one computer, probably for any that supported regualar tape recorders. Man, you could even use a reel-to-reel with an old computer like that! This recorder, sorry to say, is DC bias.
CassetteMaster 3 years ago
Still sounded pretty good in your demo for DC bias. I suppose the clarity had to be of certain standards to record computer data though.
I'm still wondering if I could make new tapes from audio files and use them on my old Commodore...
Maxxarcade 3 years ago