[HN Gopher] Tapedeck.org
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Tapedeck.org
Author : bookofjoe
Score : 103 points
Date : 2021-08-14 17:45 UTC (1 days ago)
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| incanus77 wrote:
| Ok, I wasn't expecting this to be as nostalgic as it was for me.
| Less for music, but more for my first programs in BASIC on the
| TI-99/4A. All I could remember was "red" -- and then there is a
| color search. Ahh, it was Kmart.
| http://www.tapedeck.org/400/k_mart.php
| sandworm101 wrote:
| >> triggers memories of particular pieces of music.
|
| It triggers my memories of scanning for songs, using toothpicks
| to extract broken tapes from car dashboards, and spending
| afternoons rewinding loose tape back into cassettes. Cassettes
| (8-tracks included) were a horrible bridge technology between
| vinyl and CDs. I'm glad people can find joy in their external
| appearance. That is their only redeeming quality.
| transitorykris wrote:
| Mixed CDs never quite created the same joy as mixed tapes for
| me
| 123pie123 wrote:
| I was asked by a younger person how many giga bytes does a
| (magnetic) tape hold?
|
| I had to decribe the concept of analogue/ digital, A2D process,
| error rate, even the home computers of the 80's. all this whilst
| completely and utterly drunk
|
| the conversation latest for ages - no idea whether he fully
| understood or if I was talking rubbish.
|
| But it it made me realise how much life has changed
| sprash wrote:
| I used my 16-bit 192 kHz sound card to determine how much data
| can fit on a cassette by "prolonging" the length of each bit
| until I got an acceptable error rate. I found that the absolute
| best you can do with a decent old Technics tape deck is 8-bit
| at 12kHz which means for a 90-min Tape you can fit about 60 MB
| on one tape.
|
| I noticed however that switching between bits produced a
| "ringing artifact" oscillating at about 60 kHz. If this is
| caused by my particular setup I don't know. With a better
| modulation than just PCM this could be compensated and you
| could pull probably more data out of the stream.
| JohnJamesRambo wrote:
| My Uncle had some big Atari adventure games on tape and they
| blew my mind back in the day.
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_from_the_Mindmaster
|
| I haven't seen that cover art in decades wow. Still frightens
| me now.
| forinti wrote:
| I had games in tapes which were very short. 7 minutes a side
| comes to mind, but I can't be sure. They were long enough for
| just one game.
|
| The micro could do 1200 bauds/s, so 150 bytes/s. In 7 minutes
| you'd load almost 64KB (no game was ever that big).
| [deleted]
| ajsnigrutin wrote:
| Not sure about audio tapes, but video tapes could hold a lot of
| data... there was even a D-VHS standard:
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-VHS - 50 gigs
|
| also some standards worked with normal tapes:
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUS0Zv2APjU (1.5gig)
| theklub wrote:
| I started buying tapes again recently. They are a good size to
| collect even if the music quality is suspect.
| apelapan wrote:
| Are you collecting pre-recorded tapes or recording your own
| stuff to them?
|
| After not having actively listened to a tape for twenty years,
| I was recently exposed and really surprised by how good the
| sound was. With some half-decent tapes and a half-decent deck,
| I was struggling to make out the difference between cassette
| and CD during A/B testing.
| hbgngkkgk wrote:
| If you struggle to tell the difference between cassettes and
| CDs maybe you should upgrade your headphones/speakers to
| something worth more than 5 bucks :)
| WalterBright wrote:
| I could easily tell the difference 20 years ago. Now I can't,
| but that's due to some hearing loss of mine.
| motohagiography wrote:
| Can see the appeal of tape. Recently bought an old stereo reel
| to reel from the 60's to turn into a delay and general filter
| effect as well.
| SubiculumCode wrote:
| Cassettagram: Send loved ones an audio greeting on a cassette
| tape for the vintage vibe. One of my worse 'startup' ideas (none
| of which have I ever acted upon).
| brewdad wrote:
| Love the idea actually but the finding a customer base would be
| a bear. Might as well offer video messaging on Betamax to round
| out the market. :-)
| jacquesm wrote:
| Laserdisc. Good luck finding a (working) player.
|
| And for an encore, 2" AMPEX :)
|
| That might be a bit costly with shipping.
| ArekDymalski wrote:
| Wow. You even have Stilon in this collection.
| wiredfool wrote:
| I always liked the TEAC mini reel to reels.
| akudha wrote:
| Do they not have copyright issues?
| extra88 wrote:
| I expect the site owner took the photos themselves. I assuming
| copyright would even apply to the appearance of most cassette
| tapes, why would the copyright holders sue, what would they
| expect to gain? The web site itself could likely use a fair use
| defense, maybe not the T-shirt business.
|
| They're more likely to have trademark issues with the T-shirt
| business. A consumer might reasonably assume a t-shirt with an
| image of a Sony cassette tape on it was made by Sony. Maybe
| they were careful in their selection of which tapes are on
| t-shirts on their own, the links to the actual store (on a
| German site) don't work for me.
| jacquesm wrote:
| Funny how that works. I had a huge collection of cassettes at
| some point (I was pretty active in the dutch pirate radio scene
| and making mix tapes was a great way to while away the long
| nights), and just seeing the images of some of these cassette
| shells immediately triggers memories of particular pieces of
| music.
|
| I still have one weird piece of disco music that I've never been
| able to tie to a particular artist, pretty good mystery that one.
| I managed to recover it from the tape after not playing it for
| decades.
| siquick wrote:
| You could try the World of Echoes Facebook group ran by
| Francois K, would be surprised if you didn't get that track ID
| in there.
| slim wrote:
| There's a set by Sven Vath, I've downloaded it circa 2003 and
| lost the mp3 since. Every now and then I take a few hours to
| research then listen patiently to the sets in hope to find the
| one I'm looking for.
| codeulike wrote:
| I've got good memories of these very 90s memorex ones
|
| http://www.tapedeck.org/400/memorex.php
| kQq9oHeAz6wLLS wrote:
| Same! Man, what a blast from the past.
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