Dannyboy Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Hi, Can anyone tell me if you can 'Tune' your tape recorder for the 800xl as many of my games are not loading and a lot are hit and miss. Is there some way i can tune it as you did with the screwdriver on the C64?? Cheers Danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 i think there are screws on beneath the tape header if my memory is right? but you had to open the recorder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Probably oxide deposits on the head. Just rub on some video head cleaner using a cloth or cotton bud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 Cheers lads ill give that a go and report back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Hi, Can anyone tell me if you can 'Tune' your tape recorder for the 800xl as many of my games are not loading and a lot are hit and miss. Is there some way i can tune it as you did with the screwdriver on the C64?? Cheers Danny Yes, there are 2 small X head screws on the tape head, can't remember how to get to them though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 Ok i took the tape deck to bits and gave the head a good cleaning but i still get no joy!!! I cant see how you would get to the screws unless you took the whole things to pieces anyone know an easier way. If i dont get my fix of Crystal Raider soon im going to explode Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 maybe I was thinking of the 410?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 Ok iv just read my 1010 user manual and it says you need the Basic cartridge in befor you can play a game that cant be right can it??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Press Play to make the heads stick out maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 isn't chrystal raider not a maschine code game so why Basic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 Yea thats what i was thinking! Anyway Crystal raider still boot error Matta blatta still no go Ninja still no go but crappy Bubble Trouble works fine!!! Wheres the justice Eh!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 For machine language games, you'll need to hold down the "Start" and "Option" keys when booting, if you're not already doing so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 do you have a cassette recorder that you can plug in to your pc? it may be worth trying to find the .cas files, convert them to .wav (using cas2wav) and then recording them via media player? Anyway I have about 60 cassettes here so I will have a look what I have got Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 (edited) Also, you could download the .cas files from Atarimania, and use cas2wav to make them into .wav files, which can be recorded to cassette, if you can't get the originals to work at all. <edit - mimo beat me to it!> Edited January 7, 2008 by deathtrappomegranate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 <edit - mimo beat me to it!> Thats a first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 do you have a cassette recorder that you can plug in to your pc?it may be worth trying to find the .cas files, convert them to .wav (using cas2wav) and then recording them via media player? Anyway I have about 60 cassettes here so I will have a look what I have got Cool ill give that a go!! it will at least determine if its the tape drive or not!! Cheers lads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Another thing I have found to work with many old cassettes is to fully fast forward and rewind them several times before using them. I think with age the tapes tend to get a bit stuck due to lack of movement and exercising them a bit seems to make them play more smoothly. Speaking of cassettes on the Atari 8-bit, I really think Atari had a great multimedia tool well before anyone else. The educational cassettes I have that teach you language, programming, and math really are quite good how they play voice and load data at the same time. Its really a shame Atari didn't get further saturation in schools than Apple during that period. The multimedia use was fantastic. Fletch do you have a cassette recorder that you can plug in to your pc?it may be worth trying to find the .cas files, convert them to .wav (using cas2wav) and then recording them via media player? Anyway I have about 60 cassettes here so I will have a look what I have got Cool ill give that a go!! it will at least determine if its the tape drive or not!! Cheers lads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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