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fabbo posted 03-09-2001 03:13 PM GMT
Hey, the one and only Gordon Houghton mentioned my site! What an honour!!!
There are 12 Megatapes now: tapes 25, 26 and 27 have been added. The only one in my collection which has not been dumped yet is Megatape 11: it had mechanical problems, but fortunately I found a double-deck tape player-recorder which can read it, so I made a duplicate of it and dumped it. Side 2 is now working, while side 1 needs some cleaning up (low-pass filtering of the WAV file to reduce noise, maybe). Hope it is finished in the weekend.
Let's hope that these Megatape dumps eventually make their way to Iain's site!
By the way, has anyone got some Megatapes to be dumped? It woyuld be really nice to have a complete collection of them!
fabbo posted 03-09-2001 03:15 PM GMT
Uh, forgot the URL!
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Platform/8224/zzap.html
Gordon posted 03-09-2001 07:27 PM GMT
Well, it seems like a very useful site -- it'd be nice if you could eventually gather them all in one place (or as you say, have Iain host them), because there's definitely a lot of interest.
G
iain posted 05-09-2001 05:12 AM GMT
Excellent!
How have you copied them over? Using a 1541x lead and a real C2N?
I also used a program to tidy up the taps so they are cleaner and crunch down a lot more.
It would be great if I could host the tapes on my site. I could also do the scans of the covers etc, for them
Matt posted 05-09-2001 02:01 PM GMT
Is this website ALIVE AND KICKING or what!
Cheers to all the folks contributing the scene! Keep it up lads!
/Matt
fabbo posted 05-09-2001 02:08 PM GMT
The tapes were first sampled to WAV, then a program for converting WAV files to TAP files was used. In many cases, the WAV file has been low-pass filtered to eliminate noise before conversion to TAP. And in some cases the TAP files have been edited by hand. When using an x1541 cable, the signal is clearer, but you have to build the cable yourself.
DavidK posted 06-09-2001 09:42 PM GMT
If you're interested, I've made TAP images of the contents of the first Zzap tape, from issue 26 (I think) called the "Zzap Sampler".
David

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Author	Topic: New tapes
fabbo	posted 03-09-2001 03:13 PM GMT Hey, the one and only Gordon Houghton mentioned my site! What an honour!!! There are 12 Megatapes now: tapes 25, 26 and 27 have been added. The only one in my collection which has not been dumped yet is Megatape 11: it had mechanical problems, but fortunately I found a double-deck tape player-recorder which can read it, so I made a duplicate of it and dumped it. Side 2 is now working, while side 1 needs some cleaning up (low-pass filtering of the WAV file to reduce noise, maybe). Hope it is finished in the weekend. Let's hope that these Megatape dumps eventually make their way to Iain's site! By the way, has anyone got some Megatapes to be dumped? It woyuld be really nice to have a complete collection of them!
fabbo	posted 03-09-2001 03:15 PM GMT Uh, forgot the URL! http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Platform/8224/zzap.html
Gordon	posted 03-09-2001 07:27 PM GMT Well, it seems like a very useful site -- it'd be nice if you could eventually gather them all in one place (or as you say, have Iain host them), because there's definitely a lot of interest. G
iain	posted 05-09-2001 05:12 AM GMT Excellent! How have you copied them over? Using a 1541x lead and a real C2N? I also used a program to tidy up the taps so they are cleaner and crunch down a lot more. It would be great if I could host the tapes on my site. I could also do the scans of the covers etc, for them
Matt	posted 05-09-2001 02:01 PM GMT Is this website ALIVE AND KICKING or what! Cheers to all the folks contributing the scene! Keep it up lads! /Matt
fabbo	posted 05-09-2001 02:08 PM GMT The tapes were first sampled to WAV, then a program for converting WAV files to TAP files was used. In many cases, the WAV file has been low-pass filtered to eliminate noise before conversion to TAP. And in some cases the TAP files have been edited by hand. When using an x1541 cable, the signal is clearer, but you have to build the cable yourself.
DavidK	posted 06-09-2001 09:42 PM GMT If you're interested, I've made TAP images of the contents of the first Zzap tape, from issue 26 (I think) called the "Zzap Sampler". David