[sebhc] H8 tapes for Dave - archiving tapes?

[Dwight K. Elvey]

Hi Jack
 The best is to get it changed from audio form to digital
form as I have done for my Poly88 tapes. I wrote some
simple software to transfer from tape to serial and
back. This way, one can move them to a PC.
 Of course, as one knows from the current market, the
serial port is going away. One can still get a USB serial
port. I'm told that the serial rate can be limited but
for archiving purposes, it can be as slow as we like.
I'd hate to have to work at 110 baud but as long as
it actually worked it is better than nothing.
 If I get around to getting my H8 up and running, I should
be able to write some code to deal with the tape.
I still have the tape board for my H89 but as I recall,
one could have the tape or the disk but no both at
the same time. I bought my H89 with tape and later
upgraded to the disk.
Dwight


>From: "Jack Rubin" <jack.rubin at ameritech.net>
>
>> Hi, I've recently acquired a Heathkit H8, however I did not 
>> receive the original software. I do have documentation for 
>> the following packages, which all appear to be original 
>> Heathkit distributions on cassette tape:
>> 
>>    BUG-8 Console Debugger
>>    TED-8 Text Editor
>>    HASL-8 Assembly Language package
>>    Benton Harbor BASIC / Extended Benton Harbor BASIC
>> 
>> I'm looking for copies of the software. I'd love to obtain 
>> original Heathkit tapes, however I would be happy just to 
>> obtain the binaries or even audio recordings of the tapes.
>
>Dave, I've got some (vintage) copies I can send you - please send me a
>mailing address (on or offlist) and I'll put them in the mail when the
>tax crazies get out of the post office. I've tried to read one or two of
>the tapes that came with this batch - there is definitely a signal on
>the tape but the adhesive that holds the tape on the spindle is dried up
>and the tapes just flop off the end. They can be easily repaired with a
>little Scotch tape. 
>
>My tape card (H8-5) didn't seem to react at all and I shelved the
>project for other things; I'd be interested in your ideas about
>preserving the info on the tapes - I've saved .wav files of various
>other tapes (SWTPc and ProcTech) but I've never had the means or need to
>try to retrieve the info.
>
>Input from anyone else on best practices for audio tape archiving would
>be appreciated.
>
>Jack
>
>> 
>> I'd also REALLY like to locate a disk controller for it - An 
>> original Heath board would be ideal, but I'd be "almost as 
>> happy" with a working replica.
>> 
>
>
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