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Use Cases¶

Overview¶

Do you want to know if TURGEN is a tool that you need? Review its most prominent use cases.

All use cases assume you have a PC or Mac, 8-bit Atari computer, and a data recorder.

Record Software on Tape Using an Ordinary Tape Recorder Connected Directly to the PC¶

TURGEN was originally created for this use case.

Equipment needed: Ordinary cassette recorder, connecting cable.

Create a project and populate it with project items
Connect the input of the tape recorder to the output of the sound card using a cable
Select project items
Insert a blank tape in the tape recorder, position the tape
On the tape recorder, start recording
Generate and send signal to the sound card
When the signal generator has finished, stop the recording

Record software on Tape Using Tape Self-Extractors (TSFXes) and a Data Recorder¶

If you don't have an ordinary cassette recorder (these are hard to obtain), you can still record files on tape using your Atari data recorder.

In a nutshell:

Create a project and populate it with project items
From the project items, create TSFXes and transfer them to a modern storage device connected to your Atari computer
Insert a blank cassette into your Atari data recorder
Execute the TSFXes. They will record their contents onto the blank cassette

For detailed information, refer to the TSFX page.

Transfer Software to the Atari Computer Using a Cassette Adapter and a Data Recorder¶

Equipment needed: Cassette adapter

Create a project and populate it with project items
Connect the input of the cassette adapter to the output of the sound card of the PC
Insert the cassette adapter in the data recorder
Select project items
Instruct the Atari computer to read data from the data recorder
Press PLAY on the data recorder
Generate a signal and send it to the sound card.

Create WAVE Files that Hold Signal Representing the Software¶

Create a project and populate it with project items
Select project items
Generate and store signal to WAVE files

Create WAVE or CAS files from Multiple Project Items (Tape Sides)¶

Create a project and populate it with project items
Select project items
Select the Create Tape Sides tool
Setup parameters (duration of the tape side, gaps between files, output format, etc.)
Create the tape sides