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CS1 to Windows XP Sound Recorder


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I bought a cassette cable from Ebay and now I realize I don't have a cassette recorder. I connected it to a laptop I have running sound recorder on XP. I was unsuccessful in loading a program. I can record fine and the audio sounds nice. Any advice? On my old TRS-80 Model I there were blinking asterisks to let me know that it was at least seeing data. On the TI I just get a failure message at the end. The only variables I seem to have control over are the gain on the recording and the volume of the playback. Also, maybe there are some audio files on the Internet that are known to work. I would like to try one of those if somebody can point to an address where some are stored.

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Sound recorder should work, I've used it before. I had to fiddle with my cable to get a good signal in, but also check volume -- too loud will distort and cause errors, too quiet it won't hear it (should say no data found). You have to find a sweet spot.

 

I don't know about Audacity, but Goldwave, another more capable piece of software, didn't work for me because it filtered the audio. You want those hard edges! ;)

 

If you're playing back files you recorded, you might be dealing with two problems. You might try an existing wav from somewhere else (I think there are some on this forum?) just to start with a known good file. Alternately you can try one of the file->wav converters (again, sorry, have to search the forum).

 

(Schmitzi links some in this thread: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/237344-ti994a-tape-mp3/?hl=%2Bcassette+%2Bwav+%2Bfiles)

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I finally got it to work. I set the microphone gain to maximum and the output volume to 1 tick below maximum. Thanks for everybody's help and encouragement. Now I am going to try to get an old shoebox cassette recorder and get it to work. If I get a Texas Instruments branded one that would be cooler. I have seen a couple on Ebay, but I need to watch for the right price. Sometimes I ask myself why I am doing this. Why are we all doing this?

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Thanks, Opry99er for not raining on my parade. Once again I am waxing nostalgic at 12:16 AM about TI-99/4a's while drinking Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout. Late night computing has always been my favorite. I was playing King Richard the Lionhearted tonight in The Adventures on Robin Hood at the South Jackson Civic Center tonight and I also was the house manager for lockup so I have an excuse for being up really late. So, Opry99er I like your avitar on here. Is that Tunnels of Doom? I have never played it. How much more do I have to add to my setup to run it? I have a TI-99/4a, output to a RF modulator, save to a cassette port connected to another PC. Also, do you know what I need to add minimally to try assembler programming?

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Also, do you know what I need to add minimally to try assembler programming?

 

Mini Memory Cartridge. Works just fine in a cassette environment. It comes with a program on tape called Line-By-Line assembler. The Mini Memory has 4K of RAM built in.

 

Ah.... Mini Memory... Line-By-Line Assembler... Green screen monitor... Memories...

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... So, Opry99er I like your avitar on here. Is that Tunnels of Doom? ...

 

The Avatar is a game project. "The Legend of Beryl Reichardt," an RPG for the TI-99.

 

You can look at the last post I made in the thread for.the game to see a video for it in action.

 

Let me help. |:) Post #1004 in The Legend of Beryl Reichardt.

 

...lee

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