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IEC Type II

orangeorange
edited December 2009 in Hardware
Is it ok to use "IEC Type II cassette" in old player similar to this one:

http://www.califone.com/images/products/1300av.jpg

?
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  • xc8xc8
    edited December 2009
    I think its ok.. sorry I have years to use tapes,
    but 3-4 years ago I transfered some .tap programs to real tape (from the pc) IIRC the tapes were modern (not the old type I) I could play them back on the speccy using a plain (mono) sony cassette player .. (maybe the player had 'auto' detection of the tape type..)

    Chris
  • ingoingo
    edited December 2009
    orange wrote: »
    Is it ok to use "IEC Type II cassette" in old player similar to this one:

    http://www.califone.com/images/products/1300av.jpg

    ?

    Playing them is ok. Recording them may result in a lot of dropouts. Reason is that IEC Type II needs more bias current. Lack of bias current results in too much signal in high frequencies and dropouts.

    Greets Ingo.
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