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>(I managed to synchronize the tape drive properly only once and played "Winter Games") Odd; the Commodore Datasette is about as reliable as a microcomputer ta
by TMWNN 1y ago
>(I managed to synchronize the tape drive properly only once and played "Winter Games")
Odd; the Commodore Datasette is about as reliable as a microcomputer tape storage system can be, far more so than the tin cans-on-a-string designs of Sinclair and TRS-80. Did you attempt to use a regular cassette recorder with a third-party adapter?
- kybernetyk 1y agoHmm, same here. I had a Datassette 1530 C2N but never managed to load anything really. I think once or twice it worked. My parents even sent it in for repair but it came back as "it's not broken".
- syntex 1y agoI think there were alignment programs for the Datasette. It played a constant tone or signal that would show whether the head was properly aligned. I think it was on on cartridge that I didn't have. And actually as a young kid I didn't know about this alignment thing. Learned years later after switching to Amiga 500.