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(DIR) Post #ATUbSbxI2vbLcfgScS by textfiles@mastodon.archive.org
2023-03-11T02:39:13Z
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First, the very good news: Version 4.0 of The Ultimate Tape Archive, a compilation of Commodore 64 cassette-based software, has been released, with Internet Archive as the primary download!https://archive.org/details/Ultimate_Tape_Archive_V4.016gb of cassette based software, scans of the cassettes and inlays and instructions.The even better news: The collection has ALL of them, emulated!https://archive.org/details/ultimatetapearchiveThat's 2000 tapes for you to enjoy.
(DIR) Post #ATUbSduWmAa1ggPHai by textfiles@mastodon.archive.org
2023-03-11T02:39:33Z
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Remember, we're ACCURATELY EMULATING CASSETTE SPEEDS, folks. That means you could spend up to 10 minutes letting these little guys load in. Some of the C64 games had stuff like mini-games, graphics and more while you waited, so get ready to waste some time in the most exquisite ways.
(DIR) Post #ATUfwHSNDwJiYFcrbs by Madagascar_Sky@mastodon.social
2023-03-11T03:43:46Z
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@textfiles This is amazing! God, what would we do without the Internet Archive. Let's hope it doesn't go the way of Living Computer Museum.
(DIR) Post #ATUgRUq1WPyh1wZZcO by DragonDave@mastodon.social
2023-03-11T03:49:18Z
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@textfiles Or, you can press F12, Speed Settings and select WARP MODEStill trying to work out how to get basic joystick input working so I can play Thomas the Tank Engine :)
(DIR) Post #ATUiBNyTTODz1AyGxM by wolwe@nerdculture.de
2023-03-11T04:08:57Z
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@textfiles omg!
(DIR) Post #ATUidgW87nLGdUCuvo by textfiles@mastodon.archive.org
2023-03-11T04:09:21Z
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@DragonDave CHEAT CODE
(DIR) Post #ATUiyjN2i8TtZCzaRk by tehstu@hachyderm.io
2023-03-11T04:13:34Z
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@textfiles So envious of my C64 owning friends for their mini games. As a Spectrum owner, I was lucky if I got a countdown.
(DIR) Post #ATUjP0jMmzGGwAxuu8 by robert@social.winter.ink
2023-03-11T04:16:57Z
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@jefklak Given your penchant for retro gaming.
(DIR) Post #ATUp1f5lft1stHh1sG by skiskamp@mastodon.social
2023-03-11T05:25:40Z
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@textfiles Cool! Do they have if for my childhood platform: Apple ][?
(DIR) Post #ATUpUgw5tiot0X0ihM by drwho@hackers.town
2023-03-11T05:26:26Z
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@textfiles Gortek and the Microchips, here I come!
(DIR) Post #ATUpxugpq9Gy3vo7U0 by textfiles@mastodon.archive.org
2023-03-11T05:35:20Z
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@skiskamp https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_apple
(DIR) Post #ATUtkZpOUbsdPchtEO by BernieWonIowa@mastodon.social
2023-03-11T06:18:40Z
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@textfiles I want to know what this means. Are there cassette players that connect to a computer? Obviously I don't expect an answer if it would take too long. Sorry, not a tech person but I still want to know.
(DIR) Post #ATUx213gnqjseTOu8W by textfiles@mastodon.archive.org
2023-03-11T06:55:09Z
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@BernieWonIowa There used to be cassettes that connected to a computer to allow loading and saving of programs; these are commercial versions of said programs that thrived in the early 1980s.
(DIR) Post #ATUxZtQJhEccom8cxU by BernieWonIowa@mastodon.social
2023-03-11T06:56:03Z
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@textfiles That's cool, thank you for explaining
(DIR) Post #ATUxyYVUbIGdBbJqnw by nygl@mastodon.social
2023-03-11T06:58:23Z
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@textfiles I certainly remember Racing Destruction Set coming on about 6 cassettes. You *really* needed to want to play that.
(DIR) Post #ATUyrYVkHqdF7rfCcq by textfiles@mastodon.archive.org
2023-03-11T07:16:06Z
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@BernieWonIowa Happened to find an image.
(DIR) Post #ATV1CKE2nLr2oGPoDQ by skiskamp@mastodon.social
2023-03-11T07:41:52Z
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@textfiles I may have to take a trip down nostalgia lane. Thanks for the info! 👍
(DIR) Post #ATV2XSPxdDnsFjd6LQ by markdevries@mstdn.social
2023-03-11T07:57:11Z
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@textfiles soooo Cool. Even if I never owned a C64 (We had MSX computer), I remember the sound of the taperecorder when loading them games vividly! 👍
(DIR) Post #ATV5opxxdG304XVnPM by eobet@oldbytes.space
2023-03-11T08:33:30Z
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@textfiles Haha, I can’t believe you forgot the most famous thing they had while loading: Music! 🎵 I have fond memories of listening to the music of Rob Hubbard, David Whittaker, Martin Galway, etc and of course special mention to Ben Daglish and Anthony Lees magnum opus, the entire The Last Ninja score (which you absolutely had time to finish listening to because that was 10 minutes of loading between each level)! 😄👍
(DIR) Post #ATV7ZgQJ1uGS2YfiRk by gemofhope@mendeddrum.org
2023-03-11T08:53:35Z
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@textfiles oh my goodness, this hits me right in the childhood! Thanks so much for sharing 😊
(DIR) Post #ATVDCIPajmLydOZL6m by Boring@strangeobject.space
2023-03-11T09:56:08Z
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@textfiles Thanks for this! I had a C64 as a kid and spent loads of time trying to load games from tapes. So this really takes me back.Sadly the machine got lost over the years.
(DIR) Post #ATVFBLQQFR2JbCdE4e by ElGris@mastodon.social
2023-03-11T10:18:46Z
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@textfilesEpic, thanks 😊@ricmac
(DIR) Post #ATVQddBAvnRuGaBsJc by morb@mastodon.social
2023-03-11T12:26:47Z
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@textfiles > 662.8036 days at 300 bpswhoa
(DIR) Post #ATVSUbDR3uadTk4KS8 by mgleadow@mastodon.green
2023-03-11T12:47:50Z
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@textfiles @BernieWonIowa still got one in the attic! And I've just found the oddest game I remember from my childhood is included: https://archive.org/details/uta_Chickin_Chase_1985_Firebird_418
(DIR) Post #ATVTK2cWvoVlF3KtoO by Traumavore@musician.social
2023-03-11T12:57:10Z
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@textfiles Can I add my Tape to that? It was released two days ago.
(DIR) Post #ATVbTHncfJ9QYeRZbM by reidrac@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-03-11T14:28:15Z
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@textfiles excellent! https://archive.org/details/uta_Sanxion_1986_Thalamus_1702Best loading song? Probably!
(DIR) Post #ATVdGgva7wXIdUHxRI by mvdhout@mastodon.social
2023-03-11T14:48:27Z
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@textfiles @janbeta started torrent, thanks!
(DIR) Post #ATVfhS4df4bYIJPfkG by bobginpgh@mastodon.world
2023-03-11T15:15:35Z
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@textfiles Cool, but I’ll be really impressed when they collect PDP-8 paper tapes for teletype.
(DIR) Post #ATVgAmJ1WCKpRO7pZI by robpomeroy@infosec.exchange
2023-03-11T15:17:37Z
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@textfiles Very very cool.Interesting access stats!
(DIR) Post #ATVgadRz46ydVNe7aS by robpomeroy@infosec.exchange
2023-03-11T15:25:19Z
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@textfiles @BernieWonIowa And there was a constant battle between game developers and gamers who enjoyed making tape-to-tape copies of games. Early copy protection technology was one outcome.There nothing new under the sun!
(DIR) Post #ATVhVgoHFNQuQmHMtU by cmonster@mastodon.social
2023-03-11T15:36:03Z
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@textfiles omg, so much great stuff on here--I LOVED Zaxxon!!
(DIR) Post #ATW24iw3Koy4F1toBM by jwz@mastodon.social
2023-03-11T19:26:29Z
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@textfiles I hope at least some people have noticed and appreciated the fact that the mcom.com web site serves documents at 56kbps.
(DIR) Post #ATW5H27A9WKR3uemyO by BernieWonIowa@mastodon.social
2023-03-11T20:01:38Z
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@textfiles Wow look at that thing
(DIR) Post #ATWMCBL480ErRYQrvk by pxls@social.vivaldi.net
2023-03-11T23:11:56Z
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@textfiles @triptych Waiting for games to load from tapes. Budget Mastertronic titles. Those were the days!
(DIR) Post #ATXbZXgssoxRtiC9PE by thef1y1@c.im
2023-03-12T13:38:54Z
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@textfiles WOW! Mule...
(DIR) Post #ATaILTJ34Y24afVEuW by ladyparabellum@elephantfossil.com
2023-03-11T21:37:25Z
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@BernieWonIowa @textfiles yes, and now we have adapters that will let you store all 16GB of that audio on a phone, and plug in an audio adapter between the phone and cassette port on vintage computers, and have access to an entire library.
(DIR) Post #ATaILU9VvU03DO38gi by BernieWonIowa@mastodon.social
2023-03-11T23:23:10Z
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@ladyparabellum @textfiles There's a cassette port on old computers?
(DIR) Post #ATaILUk1jjCt2d8IbI by davoloid@qoto.org
2023-03-12T13:15:08Z
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@BernieWonIowa @ladyparabellum @textfiles Some were integrated, e.g. Amstrad CPC 464
(DIR) Post #ATaILVSh3ew5HA1yDo by BernieWonIowa@mastodon.social
2023-03-13T01:25:19Z
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@davoloid @ladyparabellum @textfiles I don't know why this is amazing but it is
(DIR) Post #ATaILW14zoRQzo7Qoq by textfiles@mastodon.archive.org
2023-03-13T20:47:35Z
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@BernieWonIowa @davoloid @ladyparabellum I have been enjoying bumping into people who didn't know about the cassette era of computers.
(DIR) Post #ATaIunXdpUxtU7Aohk by textfiles@mastodon.archive.org
2023-03-13T20:49:04Z
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@Traumavore These are computer data tapes, not audio tapes. Congrats on your album release, though.
(DIR) Post #ATb7vNAyRA8bfIbP6G by Deus@mastindia.co
2023-03-13T21:01:29.321297Z
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They had come up with a way of storing data in cassette tapes? Wow! I knew about the ‘tape backups’ that would happen on a periodic basis but those were at a server level. I guess the principle is the same?
(DIR) Post #ATb7vNpO0uSpgdVg5g by textfiles@mastodon.archive.org
2023-03-14T06:25:43Z
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@Deus @Traumavore Here's a good overview:https://wav-prg.sourceforge.io/tape.htmlThere are others, if you want to dig deep. But the throughput of this will make you really amused.In modern era, people have taken the data off cassettes and put them into a .TAP or similar format, which is JUST the data, so it can load faster. I chose it to stay old-school slow.
(DIR) Post #ATbarjXwDhJIYexcGW by Traumavore@musician.social
2023-03-14T11:49:53Z
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@textfiles oh fuck, soryy 😂
(DIR) Post #ATbbvvhl3bgrNZ7PLk by BernieWonIowa@mastodon.social
2023-03-14T12:00:10Z
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@textfiles @davoloid @ladyparabellum Lol, were there 8-track computers?
(DIR) Post #ATc4sT5Ttf0QQSusj2 by ladyparabellum@elephantfossil.com
2023-03-14T12:11:41Z
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@BernieWonIowa @textfiles @davoloid Perhaps not in the 8 track audio format you're thinking of (although there's no reason one couldn't they can store audio, just like a cassette), but the QIC (Quarter-inch tape cartridge) form had a format called QIC Mammoth, introduced in 1972. I believe QIC-80 had 28 tracks, and about 80MB capacity on a quarter inch tape. I just recently got around to dumping all my old QIC tapes from the 80s and early 90s to bluray disc. So, sure, multitrack recording was certainly a thing. Oh, wait, Tandberg had an 8 track reel-to-reel tape. I know we were using 9 track reel-to-reel back in the day. Much of this starts to fade from my memory as fast as wrinkles creep in! ;)
(DIR) Post #ATc4sTaK2zfxy7LVnU by BernieWonIowa@mastodon.social
2023-03-14T12:57:48Z
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@ladyparabellum @textfiles @davoloid Wait. Was it called an "8 track" because there were eight tracks?What even is a "track"? 🤯
(DIR) Post #ATc4sU2KMs4rMyRsRs by textfiles@mastodon.archive.org
2023-03-14T17:26:18Z
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@BernieWonIowa @ladyparabellum @davoloid Imagine the long strip of tape inside a cassette. It is sprinkled with metal on top of plastic to take the signal.The "head" (recording/playing part) can turn on and off up and down the tape as it goes by, in sections. Each one is a track. 8 track had 4 stereo-music tracks on a tape.
(DIR) Post #ATdZ1n3v5u2oswY02q by BernieWonIowa@mastodon.social
2023-03-15T10:38:33Z
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@textfiles @ladyparabellum @davoloid Old but new to me lol, ty for explaining
(DIR) Post #ATgWg55hlYbnzmmaFk by elStiko@dice.camp
2023-03-16T20:56:25Z
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@textfiles *muffled noises of excitement*
(DIR) Post #AUS9s1can7Ukmiml6G by sharan@metalhead.club
2023-04-08T20:26:42Z
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@textfiles this is wonderful.