Timex/Sinclair 1000 Tape Loading

[Gary Sparkes]

Well, I got a program I made to load up, even if it was just a one liner ;)
I guess the tapes are not very good :)

I've been googling around and couldn't find much in the way of software
Anyone know any good spots for programs?

Also - would just recording the programs as wav files work well?

If that's the case, I'll be able to feed the computer out into the
Tapedeck, since I can't get it to take anything directly from the TS
(at least, audiable on THAT deck, computer input is quite audiable,
I have another deck I can't load from but I managed to write a
Program to!)

And on another note, is ZXTAPE sensitive to cpu speed?

On 6/18/05 5:02 PM, "Tom Jennings" <tomj at wps.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 18 Jun 2005, Gary Sparkes wrote:
> 
>> I'm having a hell of a time getting any program to load, so far I've been
>> Totally unsuccessful.
> 
> You're having a vintage experience. This is unfortunately pretty
> much how it went in 1980, only there was no mailing list for you
> to gripe on :-)
> 
> Audio cassette data systems are notoriously finicky about tape
> speed and volume, then cleanliness, etc.
> 
> You also have to hope that when the tapes were made, they were
> with fresh batteries (or on AC adapter) and the volume was set
> right, etc. It is not only possible, it was COMMON, to make tapes
> that were never readable, even once.
> 
> I recall (now, with prodding, ouch) tense
> rewind/play/SHIT!/rewind/play/SHIT!/... sessions with my
> sole cassette-based storage system.
> 
>