Date   : Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:23:02 +0100
From   : kortink@... (John Kortink)
Subject: Fwd: Would it make sense to have another cassette

On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:05:58 +0100, nicola giacobbe
<nicolagiacobbe@...> wrote:

>[...]
>I'd like to save the wav files of many beeb programs for future
>compatibility but, even with today's storage they are unnecessarily
>redundant to be easily kept. Instead of relying on the future grown of
>storage I would like to be able to recreate them on the fly. I mean, the
>cassette files for the BBC micro are only a succession of 1200 and 2400 Hz
>tones so I could just store the tone (1 bit) and duration and let the
>computer recreate it. That could drastically reduce the space needed.
>What do you think about?
>[...]

There already is a 'minimally redundant' storage format for
tapes. It's called uef, and has been in use for many moons
now. Many, many, many moons.

I even think there's some software somewhere that can recreate
the audio (from a uef file).


John Kortink

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