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Remzi:
That's great news.I'm glad to hear that it worked well for you.
--- Quote from: c64midrezzie on October 01, 2018, 03:18:42 PM ---Interestingly I only need to go as far as volume 2 for reading tapes.
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That is one of the minor issues that I need to look in to.Datasette is too loud,needs attenuation.
--- Quote from: c64midrezzie on October 01, 2018, 03:18:42 PM ---recorded it back to a new cassette
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Check out this video 8)
c64midrezzie:
That looks class - what glue did you use ?
Quick question for you - what program do I use to create taps from multi load games like Midnight resistance or Terminator 2? Thanks - had a brilliant trip down memory lane on a rare day off thanks to that cable I restored loads of tapes from my collection.
Remzi:
That is what I used.Just an ordinary superglue.I just checked the cassette in the video.It seems it is still holding fine.Glue didn't eat through the magnetic tape.
Best way to backup your tapes is capturing the audio with the Audacity.Save it as wav file and convert it to TAP using audiotap.You don't need to change any settings at all.
Test the TAP with FinalTap or Tapclean.Tapclean is more upto date and recognizes more loaders.
c64ever:
The 1530usb did not disappoint me but:
After several attempts, I obtained 80% of good results. Sometimes though, even with the recorder calibrated well and the tapes recorded only once, inexplicably they can not (using the parallel null modem cable in pure DOS environment, the dumps succeed well at 90% of the time, both in hard disk and in the tapes).
However, to get good results I put the volume at maximum ("100%") with both the usb pnp driver for playback (from hd to datasette), and the usb pnp driver for recorder (from datasette to usb).
I would like to know if there is a method to be able to work on the computer at the same time as the dump. If, while I do the dump on tape, I watch videos on youtube or listen to mp3 or if windows applications play sounds, these are recorded on the cassettes together with the sound of TAP files !!!
Remzi:
If you want to use your computer for watching videos etc. while recording software to cassette tapes there is a trick.
Convert the TAP file to WAV file and play it with VLC media player.Go to audio options and audio device,choose the RECORD.
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