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- Short: .WAV to Atari XL .CAS image converter.
- Author: ernest@wxs.nl (Ernest R. Schreurs). Amiga port by Wojciech Pasiecznik
- Uploader: voydial@wp.pl (Wojciech Pasiecznik)
- Version: 1.00
- Type: util/conv
-
- This program will convert a .wav sound file to a format known as the .cas
- format. It is assumed that the wav file contains a sample of a Classic Atari
- cassette tape. This program converts the FSK sounds to the data they are
- representing.
-
- The design goal of this project is to retrieve the data that is stored on
- cassette tapes. This sounds like a sensible thing to do with a storage
- device. That is, unless you design cassette interfaces. The data can be
- stored on a mass storage device on some host system. It should be possible
- to load the data from the host system into the Classic Atari. The data
- could also be re-saved onto cassette tape, thus cleaning up faulty tapes
- that contain dropouts, spikes, noise, or other problems. Data that is
- damaged can be restored, or repaired. The data on the new tape could be
- saved at a higher baudrate, thus reducing the time required to load the
- tape. The quality of the cassette tape can be greatly improved in this
- way. The various emulators that currently exist, might add support for the
- file format used to store the cassette data. Booting a cassette tape on
- these emulators could then be implemented, and it could load a tape
- instantly. Since the cassette data is retrieved using only a sound card
- and some software, there is no need for a cassette unit. Data can be
- retrieved from the cassette tapes even if your cassette unit is broken,
- unreliable, or otherwise not available. Data that is retrieved from a tape
- can be processed, and converted to a disk format.
-