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Post by mirkosoft on Jan 5, 2019 2:00:42 GMT
Hi!
I want to ask some hardware Qs, so I'm creating single thread.
Here you can see photo of enlargement cable for Expansion Port also with power - from website (downloaded long time ago): It looks great - my Q is maybe wrong - Expansion port has 44-pins, is possible to create similar cable from 44-pin IDE HDD cable from laptops? Or also generally same Q to User Port - is possible anything similar like on photo for User Port? Why - User Port and Expansion port are hard to access - at back side of C128 (D or DCR) and monitor takes it near unacesible.
2nd: Simple - Tape Port has 5V, I need to do it for other reason by USB, simple take 5V of USB to Tape connector - is it possible, and if, can it harm computer?
3rd is last: Maybe some of you were using ZX Spectrum. Its loader produces audio. I found on CSDb Tape Turbo with audio output similar. But, exist any loader for datassette normal speed with audio? Similar again. Or it needs to have custom own?
Thank you all for reading it and each help. Miro
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Post by bjonte on Jan 7, 2019 17:00:41 GMT
Expansion port has 44-pins, is possible to create similar cable from 44-pin IDE HDD cable from laptops? Yes, you should be able to make an extension cable if you have the connectors. Simple - Tape Port has 5V, I need to do it for other reason by USB, simple take 5V of USB to Tape connector - is it possible, and if, can it harm computer? 5V from tape to USB? It’s not clear to me what you want to do. Maybe some of you were using ZX Spectrum. Its loader produces audio. I found on CSDb Tape Turbo with audio output similar. But, exist any loader for datassette normal speed with audio? It should be possible to make a tape loader for standard speed with sound but I don’t know if it had been done. I don’t think people in general are interested in standard speed.
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Post by mirkosoft on Jan 7, 2019 19:16:08 GMT
5V: You understand me not correctly - 5V not for USB - 5V for Tape port from USB.
Audio loader: I own some original tapes and there's not way to make them in turbo, or only copy by that way.
Miro
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