Andre Fachat wrote:
>
> 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
Nice collection! I'd like to see scans of the ads and promotional stuff myself...
Besides the stuff on the funet archive, I did discover a tape to disk transfer
for the 64 that does a great job with PET tapes, but of course you need a 64
and disk drive to convert them and then convert them to IBM. But if you have
that sort of hardware handy, it is there:
http://www.goldrush.com/~foxnhare/petfaq.html
Larry Anderson
P.S. If you live in California, there's going to be 'The Vintage Computer
Festival" Next weekend at the Santa Clara Convention Center, I'm going to be
there showing off part of my Commodore 8-bit collecton, and the organizer is
hinting that possibly Chuck Peddle (designer of the 6502 and Commodore PET) my
be visiting at some point as well. Interested? Address follows:
http://www.siconic.com/vcf/
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