[HN Gopher] Tapedeck.org ___________________________________________________________________ Tapedeck.org Author : bookofjoe Score : 103 points Date : 2021-08-14 17:45 UTC (1 days ago) (HTM) web link (tapedeck.org) (TXT) w3m dump (tapedeck.org) | incanus77 wrote: | Ok, I wasn't expecting this to be as nostalgic as it was for me. | Less for music, but more for my first programs in BASIC on the | TI-99/4A. All I could remember was "red" -- and then there is a | color search. Ahh, it was Kmart. | http://www.tapedeck.org/400/k_mart.php | sandworm101 wrote: | >> triggers memories of particular pieces of music. | | It triggers my memories of scanning for songs, using toothpicks | to extract broken tapes from car dashboards, and spending | afternoons rewinding loose tape back into cassettes. Cassettes | (8-tracks included) were a horrible bridge technology between | vinyl and CDs. I'm glad people can find joy in their external | appearance. That is their only redeeming quality. | transitorykris wrote: | Mixed CDs never quite created the same joy as mixed tapes for | me | 123pie123 wrote: | I was asked by a younger person how many giga bytes does a | (magnetic) tape hold? | | I had to decribe the concept of analogue/ digital, A2D process, | error rate, even the home computers of the 80's. all this whilst | completely and utterly drunk | | the conversation latest for ages - no idea whether he fully | understood or if I was talking rubbish. | | But it it made me realise how much life has changed | sprash wrote: | I used my 16-bit 192 kHz sound card to determine how much data | can fit on a cassette by "prolonging" the length of each bit | until I got an acceptable error rate. I found that the absolute | best you can do with a decent old Technics tape deck is 8-bit | at 12kHz which means for a 90-min Tape you can fit about 60 MB | on one tape. | | I noticed however that switching between bits produced a | "ringing artifact" oscillating at about 60 kHz. If this is | caused by my particular setup I don't know. With a better | modulation than just PCM this could be compensated and you | could pull probably more data out of the stream. | JohnJamesRambo wrote: | My Uncle had some big Atari adventure games on tape and they | blew my mind back in the day. | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_from_the_Mindmaster | | I haven't seen that cover art in decades wow. Still frightens | me now. | forinti wrote: | I had games in tapes which were very short. 7 minutes a side | comes to mind, but I can't be sure. They were long enough for | just one game. | | The micro could do 1200 bauds/s, so 150 bytes/s. In 7 minutes | you'd load almost 64KB (no game was ever that big). | [deleted] | ajsnigrutin wrote: | Not sure about audio tapes, but video tapes could hold a lot of | data... there was even a D-VHS standard: | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-VHS - 50 gigs | | also some standards worked with normal tapes: | | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUS0Zv2APjU (1.5gig) | theklub wrote: | I started buying tapes again recently. They are a good size to | collect even if the music quality is suspect. | apelapan wrote: | Are you collecting pre-recorded tapes or recording your own | stuff to them? | | After not having actively listened to a tape for twenty years, | I was recently exposed and really surprised by how good the | sound was. With some half-decent tapes and a half-decent deck, | I was struggling to make out the difference between cassette | and CD during A/B testing. | hbgngkkgk wrote: | If you struggle to tell the difference between cassettes and | CDs maybe you should upgrade your headphones/speakers to | something worth more than 5 bucks :) | WalterBright wrote: | I could easily tell the difference 20 years ago. Now I can't, | but that's due to some hearing loss of mine. | motohagiography wrote: | Can see the appeal of tape. Recently bought an old stereo reel | to reel from the 60's to turn into a delay and general filter | effect as well. | SubiculumCode wrote: | Cassettagram: Send loved ones an audio greeting on a cassette | tape for the vintage vibe. One of my worse 'startup' ideas (none | of which have I ever acted upon). | brewdad wrote: | Love the idea actually but the finding a customer base would be | a bear. Might as well offer video messaging on Betamax to round | out the market. :-) | jacquesm wrote: | Laserdisc. Good luck finding a (working) player. | | And for an encore, 2" AMPEX :) | | That might be a bit costly with shipping. | ArekDymalski wrote: | Wow. You even have Stilon in this collection. | wiredfool wrote: | I always liked the TEAC mini reel to reels. | akudha wrote: | Do they not have copyright issues? | extra88 wrote: | I expect the site owner took the photos themselves. I assuming | copyright would even apply to the appearance of most cassette | tapes, why would the copyright holders sue, what would they | expect to gain? The web site itself could likely use a fair use | defense, maybe not the T-shirt business. | | They're more likely to have trademark issues with the T-shirt | business. A consumer might reasonably assume a t-shirt with an | image of a Sony cassette tape on it was made by Sony. Maybe | they were careful in their selection of which tapes are on | t-shirts on their own, the links to the actual store (on a | German site) don't work for me. | jacquesm wrote: | Funny how that works. I had a huge collection of cassettes at | some point (I was pretty active in the dutch pirate radio scene | and making mix tapes was a great way to while away the long | nights), and just seeing the images of some of these cassette | shells immediately triggers memories of particular pieces of | music. | | I still have one weird piece of disco music that I've never been | able to tie to a particular artist, pretty good mystery that one. | I managed to recover it from the tape after not playing it for | decades. | siquick wrote: | You could try the World of Echoes Facebook group ran by | Francois K, would be surprised if you didn't get that track ID | in there. | slim wrote: | There's a set by Sven Vath, I've downloaded it circa 2003 and | lost the mp3 since. Every now and then I take a few hours to | research then listen patiently to the sets in hope to find the | one I'm looking for. | codeulike wrote: | I've got good memories of these very 90s memorex ones | | http://www.tapedeck.org/400/memorex.php | kQq9oHeAz6wLLS wrote: | Same! Man, what a blast from the past. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-08-15 23:00 UTC)