Date   : Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:07:56 +0000
From   : thfckish@... (THFCKish)
Subject: Cassette to floppy

Was this software available on a cassette. If so does anyone have a  
tape image file.

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On 10 Mar 2009, at 16:21, me@... wrote:

> On 10 Mar 2009, at 14:49, THFCKish wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to transfer cassette software onto floppy.
>
> ISTR a piece of software called Claire's (or was it Clare's)
> "Replica", which was expressly designed for this purpose. It made a
> "tape image" onto a floppy, and the way it worked was you'd boot
> Replica off a disk, point it at the clone of your tape, and the game
> would load as if from a normal tape, only much faster.
>
> It dealt with such factors as the filename length issue. (Tapes can
> have longer filenames than DFS disks.)
>
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