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M1540A cassette drive, built into the earliest models of PET in 1977. This was a standard shoebox tape recorder with a corner of the case removed and modified electronics; a Commodore PCB was installed internally in place of the Sanyo electronics. To disguise the Sanyo brand, Commodore simply fitted
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software appeared, providing much faster loading and saving. Such software was integrated into most commercial prerecorded applications (mostly games), as well as being available separately for loading and saving the users' homemade programs and data. These programs were only widely used in Europe,
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in the UK were on cassette. In the United States disk drives quickly became standard, despite the 1541 costing roughly five times as much as a Datasette. In most parts of Europe, the Datasette was the medium of choice for several years after its launch, although floppy disk drives were generally
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from positive to negative voltage of the analog signal is measured. The resulting time between these positive to negative crossings is then compared to a threshold to determine whether the time since the last crossing is short (0) or long (1). Note the lower amplitude for the shorter periods.
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The first two external models were made as PET peripherals, and styled after the PET 2001 built-in tape drive. The latter two were styled and marketed for the VIC-20 and C64. All 1530s are compatible with all those computers, as well as the
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and are continuously compared to a special bit sequence. This bit sequence can also be seen as a byte. A bit-sequence match means that the stream is byte-synchronized. The first byte to compare with is called the
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The second built-in Datassette in the PET 2001: another standard consumer model (sold in some markets as CCE CCT1020) modified with a Commodore PCB. Black cassette lid, five white keys, no tape counter, no SAVE
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reported in 1986 that British cassette-based software had failed in the United States because "97% of the Commodore systems in the USA have disk drives"; by contrast,
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available. The inexpensive and widely available audio cassettes made the Datasette a good choice for the budget-aware home computer mass market.
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Because of its digital format the Datasette is both more reliable than other data cassette systems and very slow, transferring data at around
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in place of the PCB edge connector. This can be used with a C64/128 via an adaptor, which was supplied by Commodore with some units.
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In addition to this, some models came with a small hole above the keys, to allow access to the adjustment screw of the tape head
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A circuit in the tape unit transforms the analog signal into a logical 1 or 0, which is then transmitted to the computer via the
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to convert the computer's digital data into analog audio and vice versa. Connection to the computer is done via a proprietary
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systems, and allows them to be used with any cassette player with suitable connections, but using analog tones—similar to how
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Like Datasette models, the recording format is compatible across computers; the VIC, for example, can read PET cassettes.
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As above but with black pattern and silvery Commodore logo, six black keys, tape counter and a red SAVE LED on right side
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Black/charcoal body new shape model, silver cassette lid, six light gray keys, with tape counter and a red SAVE LED
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White body new-shape model, silver cassette lid, six black keys, with tape counter and a red SAVE LED on the right
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White body new-shape model, silver cassette lid, six black keys, with white tape counter SAVE LED on left side
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to build a hardware adaptor/software program to archive Commodore Datasette files to a modern computer.
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reported that by 1983 "90 percent of new Commodore 64 owners bought a disk drive with their computer".
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White body original-shape model, black cassette lid, five black keys, with tape counter, no SAVE LED
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The Datasette is probably the most sophisticated tape-storage method of any microcomputer. Typical
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Black body original-shape model, black cassette lid, five black keys, no tape counter, no SAVE LED
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can thus easily be used to affect the adjustment without disassembling the Datassette's chassis.
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The Datasette has only one connection cable, with a 0.156-inch (4.0 mm)–spacing PCB
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at the computer end. All input/output signals to the Datasette are all digital, and so all
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In the Datasette, instead of writing two tones to tape to indicate bits, patterns of
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tones. The interface connects to the cassette deck using normal audio cables like
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Datasette service manual model C2N/1530/1531, preliminary, Oct. 1984 PN-314002-02
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interfaces of the late 1970s use a small controller in the computer to convert
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The Datasette was more popular outside than inside the United States.
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http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/faq/trivia/cbm-trivia-13.txt
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Friedman, Herb (February 1983). "The Five Friendliest Computers".
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Confusingly, the Datassette at various times was sold both as the
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There are at least four main models of the 1530/C2N Datassette:
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Description of tape format with conversion utilities and code
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Similar in physical appearance to the 1530/C2N models is the
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per second. After the Datasette's launch, however, special
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The Official Book for the Commodore 128 Personal Computer
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The C2N Cassette Unit, the original Datasette model shape
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The third, most common version of the 1530 C2N Datassette
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and other fast loaders increased this number to roughly
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Waite, Mitchell; Lafore, Robert; Volpe, Jerry (1985).
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versus two) used on the original product packaging.
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Sams & Co. pp. 11–32. 27:Dedicated magnetic tape data storage device 1237: 1223: 321:Commodore Datasette 18-second sound sample 991: 857:Commodore 64 Programmer's Reference Guide 495:a Commodore badge over the original logo. 187:. Programs are written twice to tape for 965: 751: 591: 472: 464: 289:The resulting waveform from storing data 284: 276: 170: 119: 29: 687:De Ceukelaire, Harrie (February 1985). 548:. Note the difference in spelling (one 481: 168:instead of successful loading of data. 148:. Such a system is compatible with the 14: 1656: 809: 760: 1218: 942: 812:"Rupert Report: Computers in Control" 558: 224:Datasettes can typically store about 124:The connection cable to the Datasette 994:"The Commodore VIC-20: A First Look" 442:. If matched, it's compared to the 24: 992:Thornburg, David D. (April 1981). 943:Abril, Editora (26 October 1973). 295: 25: 1695: 1168: 1144:Brooks, M. Evan (November 1987). 715:"The Apple II Cassette Interface" 350:. 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Index

Datasette

portmanteau
data
Commodore
magnetic-tape data storage
compact cassettes
storage medium
8-bit
PET
VIC-20
Commodore 64
Commodore 16
Plus/4

compact cassette
digital data
analog audio
RCA jacks
3.5mm phone jacks
Apple II
TRS-80 Color Computer
S-100 bus
dial-up modems
read errors

square waves
parity bit
error correction
analog-to-digital converters

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