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Posted By

MMS
on 2025-02-23
12:21:46
 Re: CD player adapter from 1989

@SukkoPera
Again, you surprised us all happy

Two comments:
1) On ZX Spectrum there is a similar project, you can use eg. iPhone to load any program literally for seconds, with a special tool compressing the TAP files.
2) And yes, the method used to "turbo-tape" a program should be available here, but with a better quality and more stable source (no flutter, no wow, higher signal/noise ratio) the loading speed could be much higher.
(here I want to mention the sinclair QL microdive could load files with 10-15 KB/sec speed

"Unfortunately" right now I am in so many differnet projects, I cannot offer any testing. Not to mention my non-existing skills happy

Posted By

SukkoPera
on 2025-02-22
17:56:47
 Re: CD player adapter from 1989

Well, I guess that these adapters are still technically limited to the Datassette bitrate, they cannot be faster than that, except for any fastloader mechanisms.

Anyway I have replicated both of these adapters. They are totally untested, but if anyone wants to have a go, I can provide gerbers, etc.

(I guess you'd still need the TAP file for the cassette loader, or you can use them anyway with any audio source on your own.)

Posted By

MMS
on 2025-02-22
16:40:27
 Re: CD player adapter from 1989

Just a brand new test popped up.

It was REALLY much faster than the tape or the 1541. I suppose the loading speed is equal to a 10x fastloader on 1541.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SpeJ_SU0fM

Posted By

SukkoPera
on 2025-02-07
08:13:35
 Re: CD player adapter from 1989

Here's another similar design: https://zxjim.blogspot.com/2011_06_01_archive.html?m=1

Posted By

gerliczer
on 2025-02-06
05:54:16
 Re: CD player adapter from 1989

This could have gone to the interesting and funny stuffs topic. Because it is interesting.

Posted By

Spektro
on 2025-02-06
05:49:39
 CD player adapter from 1989

https://www-c64--wiki-de.translate.goog/wiki/1st_CD-Edition_(Sammlung)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=fi&_x_tr_pto=wapp


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