From: zapbuzz@westnet.com.au   
      
   "Bruce Tomlin"  wrote in message   
   news:bruce%23fanboy.net-0627AC.09161803112006@news.newsreader.com...   
   > Is there any cassette archive out there or interest in one?   
   >   
   > I've recently been playing around with writing code to extract the data   
   > from .WAV files of my old Model I tapes.  I looked at wav2cas and it was   
   > way too much of a hack for my taste.  (having everything inside main()   
   > was a bad start)  Right now there's still a lot of manual work in my   
   > process, and it depends a lot on what quality of recording I get, which   
   > is mostly due to getting our old friend the volume control right.   
   >   
   > So far I've rescued one side each of two tapes from my box of oldest   
   > tapes, including tweaking a few weak waves with Audacity to get good   
   > reads, and I even decoded a few tail ends where the beginning got   
   > recorded over.   
   >   
   > My main goal is to read my old stuff, but I also got a good read of the   
   > KBFIX/RELO and Invasion Force tapes.  I figured it would be a good idea   
   > to ask before reading the pre-recorded tapes I have handy, to avoid   
   > duplication of effort.  I really only want to stick to 500 baud tapes   
   > right now, but if there's any interest in 250 baud Level I tapes, I can   
   > try reading a few of those as I find them.   
   >   
   > Interestingly enough, Invasion Force has garbage in unitialized areas at   
   > the end, some of which appears to be bits of Eliza and other source code.   
   >   
   > LOT DW 0   
   > 1382 CLEAR ASC '      '   
   > 1383  DB 0   
   > 1384  ASC '      '   
   > 1385  DB 0   
   > 1386 SWT1 EQU '0'   
   > 1387 SWT2 EQU '!'   
   > 1388 XFLAG DB 0   
   > 1389 ZFLAG DB 0   
   > 1390 WH1 DB 0   
   > 1391 WH2 DB 0   
   > 1392 DDEMO DB 0   
   > 1393 BTYPE DB 0   
   > 1394 NSHTS DW 0   
   > 1395 NHITS DW 0   
   > 1396 XPLO1 DB 020H,'*',191,'*',020H,0   
   > 1397  DB '*'??????   
   >   
   > 1471  DS 32   
   > 1472 STACK DB 0   
   >   
   > 38   
   > 1280  ASC /ARE SUCH QUESTIONS ON YOUR MIND OFTEN?/   
   > 1281  DB 40   
   > 1282  ASC /WHAT IS IT THAT YOU RE   
      
   i need to find a site with tapes but everyone is scared about copyrights   
   even though everything is obselete and companies don't exist or care anyway.   
      
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