Hi!
I recently got a message about PET tapes. Probably someone knows
how to convert them to .TAP files (or read them into the PC without
a PET). He also has some old docs about the PET.
(This mail is also sent to him as cc:)
Hope you can help
Andre
Here is the original message:
----- Forwarded message from Greg Renda -----
> To: a.fachat@physik.tu-chemnitz.de
> Reply-To: greg@ncd.com
> Subject: Digitizing PET tapes
> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 98 16:56:23 PDT
> Sender: greg@popeye.ncd.com
>
> Hi. I owned an original 8k PET 2001 in 1978 which I eventually
> upgraded to 32k and, unfortunately, ultimately gave away. However I
> do still have all of the original documentation, numerous newsletters,
> part of a service manual and lots of software on cassette. Do you
> know of any program or source code that I could use to convert
> digitized tape images to a form that could be read by VICE? I'd be
> happy to contribute the software to your archive if we can get it into
> a usable form. Thanks.
>
> -Greg
----- End of forwarded message from Greg Renda -----
Here's the answer to my reply. Probably you can tell him what you need
most or how he can convert the tapes.
----- Forwarded message from Greg Renda -----
>From greg@popeye.ncd.com Sat Sep 19 19:25:27 1998
Message-Id: <199809191725.KAA00432@popeye.ncd.com>
X-Authentication-Warning: popeye.ncd.com: greg@localhost.ncd.com [127.0.0.1]
didn't use HELO protocol
To: Andre Fachat <a.fachat@physik.tu-chemnitz.de>
Subject: Re: Digitizing PET tapes
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 19 Sep 98 09:55:59 +0200." <199809190756.JAA08333@legrelle.physik.tu-chemnitz.de>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 98 10:25:17 PDT
From: Greg Renda <greg@popeye.ncd.com>
>Cool! That's a big treasure nowadays :-)
>Would you mind check what you have with the archive at
>http://www.funet.fi/pub/cbm
>to see what is not yet there, and send a copy to me (paper, I can
>scan it) or scanned to this archive? That would really be great!
I've got quite a bit of material. I took a look at your archive but
didn't see any of it there. Here's a quick list of what I've got:
- Commodore Pet Users Club Newsletter (Volume I #1 & #2)
- Pet User Notes (from the PET User Group) Volume I #2 - #7
- what looks to be excerpts from a PET service manual or
technical description including schematics, parts list,
hardware & software descriptions, memory map, disassembly
of the PET Resident Monitor (with comments!)
- articles from various magazines and other newsletters
- various advertisments and Commodore literature
- Original PET manuals
- An Introduction To Your New PET
- PET Communication With The Outside World
- Squiggle and Big Time / Machine Language Monitor
- Word Processing 1
- Third party sofware documentation:
- Microchess 2.0
- The BASIC Programmers Toolkit
- Hayden Backgammon
- Bridge Challenger
- About 30 tapes, most with multiple programs
I'll look into scanning what I can in.
I also dug up my original reciept for the PET. I bought it on August 1, 1978
for $846.68. It was serial number 0029682. Maybe someone out there has
it :-).
>I know that there are efforts to read tapes from a normal tape recorder
>into the soundblaster to convert it to ".tap" files. Those files
>will eventually be read by VICE (although it cannot at the moment)
>and I am sure there is a converter from ".tap" to normal binary
>file.
That's exactly what I need. I was going to write one myself but I figured
someone must have done it already.
>If you don't mind I'll forward this mail to the cbm-hackers mailing
>list where most of the technically interested CBM people are on?
>(Please tell me if you mind or not :-)
>I am sure they can point to this stuff.
Please do forward it along.
Thanks.
-Greg
----- End of forwarded message from Greg Renda -----
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