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Author here: Thank you so much for posting the article, I really appreciate it! The article actually began as a technical deep-dive into the internals of the Ya
by ajxs 4y ago
Author here: Thank you so much for posting the article, I really appreciate it! The article actually began as a technical deep-dive into the internals of the Yamaha TX81Z. It seems as though most of the technology in the TX81Z is pretty well understood at this point. However I'd never seen anyone ever talk about how the cassette interfaces on the Yamaha synths actually worked. Figuring this out turned out to be way more fun than doing a deep-dive into the whole synth, and I got to learn a lot in the process. I know some people would definitely have already known how this worked. In my case, the synth is actually older than I am! I unfortunately missed out on the very interesting era of computing where this kind of technology was more common.
- parenthesis 4y agoLatelyBass !
- ROTMetro 4y agoI had one of these as a kid and a RadioShack tape deck to backup my TX81z, but more importantly my QX7 (and my Vic20). I had a little journal where I wrote where things were on the tape. I think that time was so much easier for learning computers, because it was all still understandable and complexity built on top of it. For my son, I tried using Minecraft as an entry point, but I think seeing so much fully polished stuff made him frustrated and what little he was learning. Midi connecting all my synths/modules really prepared by for understanding basic Networking as well. I was the only kid I knew who was networking synths, backing up to tape, writing (very basic) videogames, so I had no expectations nor feelings of inadequacy.