Changes
added information on remote jack, standard pinout of cassette recorders and how to connect properly to the CPC
4 Data Input |3 1|
5 Data Output \5_2_4/
* The two Remote Control pins are connected to a relais relay inside of the CPC, the relais relay becomes closed when the /Motor On bit in PIO Port C is set to zero, ie. the cassette recorder may use the relais relay to switch its power suppy supply on and off when Play and/or Record is pressed - this is of course supposed for low-voltages only. You have to connect both pins to the remote connector of the cassette recorder.
* The CPC 6128+ does not include a Cassette Connector.
5 Motor On (TTL) \5_2_4/
Shield GND
* Caution: The connector looks same as on CPC, but the Pin-Outs are entirely different, and, Motor On is a TTL output (instead of a RelaisRelay)
== Aleste Tape/Sound Connector (female) ==
* The Left/Right pins are actually shortcut with each other on the Aleste mainboard, so sound is mono.
* There is no Tape Motor Control (the corresponding PIO bit is mis-used as Printer Strobe in the Aleste).
* According to the Russian User Manual the two Tape pins are NC. They do exist in the schematics though.
== External Cassette Ports ==
* [[Draysoft Doubler]] (external tape input, for tape-to-tape transfers)
== Connector on Cassette recorder ==
1 (Left) Input __ __
2 Ground / - \
3 (Left) Output | |
4 (Right) Input |3 1|
5 (Right) Output \5_2_4/
On mono cassette recorders, pin 4 and 5 can be missing.
== Adapter cable ==
Computer Recorder
+---- 1 Input (l)
Output 5 ---------------------+---- 4 (Input r)
Ground 2 -------------------------- 2 Ground
Input 4 ---------------------+---- 5 (Output r)
Remote 1 --------------- +---- 3 Output (l)
Remote 3 -------------- \
\ \
\ \--------- 1 Remote-jack
\---------- 2 Remote-jack
[[Category:Peripherals]][[Category:CPC Internal Components]][[Category:DATA Storage]]
== See Also ==
* [[Read error codes]]
