scc (04/28/83)
I would like to know if anyone has been able to rig something up which allows you to use a non-atari cassette recorder with th 400. I picked up a 400 for $89 and do not wish to pay as much for the recorder as I did for the computer. I already have a GE data cassette recorder and would like to hook it up to the 400. Thanks in advance Sally Catena floyd!burl!scc
newman (04/29/83)
The Atari computers virtually have to be used with the Atari cassette recorders because the cassette recorders have non-trivial decoding circuitry to produce ttl digital output from the analog signal that was recorded. They are also stereo recorders, having a second analog channel that some software uses for a soundtrack. Schematics for the circuitry in the 410 were published in the latest Antic magazine, but it wouldn't be easy and you still wouldn't have the second channel or motor control. Conclusion: not worth it.