Yes thanks! I was looking at that. However, the model show there is slightly different than mine.. mine doesn't have the keypad on the front. It only has a power and reset key. I assume as Chuck suggested to me previously there is a way to pass commands via serial to get it to do something.. but I've not found any info on what you need.
-----Original Message----- From: cctalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sean Caron Sent: Monday, May 9, 2016 1:34 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Memodyne M80 Digital Cassette Recorder On Mon, 9 May 2016, Brad H wrote: > Hi there, > > > > I have a Memodyne M-80 Digital Cassette 'Computer' which, in talking > to people more experienced than me, seems to be just a digital > cassette recorder. Googling around there seems to be very little info > out there, although one paper written about their use with scientific > equipment detailed some of the bits triggered to make the recorder > operate. Mine has several cards including a Z80 CPU card and serial input/output. > > > > I was wondering if anyone out there was familiar with these and/or had > a manual? I read these were even used sometimes with SWTPC > terminals/computers, so I'd be interested to see if I can get it running. > > > > Thanks!! > > > > Brad > > I found some interesting information about it in the Appendices of this technical report: http://misclab.umeoce.maine.edu/education/VisibilityLab/reports/SIO_82-27.pd f Apparently the product was used in several documented data acquisition applications over the course of the early '80s. Best, Sean
