Old tapes found
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 10:23 am
Hi guys. This is specially for Symoon (our archiver )
I found my old Oric tapes yesterday. I am unsure about their state; I'm afraid they were not stored in the best condition, so I don't know if they will be usable. Most of them are games you can find in Oric.org (Zorgon's Revenge, for instance), so I don't care much, but I also have a couple which could be of (relative) interest.
I have a Spanish version of Le Rendez-vous the la Terreur. I remember it was painfully translated and it was also buggy (the command "VIE" was not translated and it gave you your life points for an instant and then teleported you to another room - can't remember which one). Anyway maybe it could be of interest for preserving.
I also have a Tansoft tape of the first version of their chess game (awful, by the way), but it is called "Ajedrez" (in Spanish). I don't remember if the game itself was translated or just the name on the box.
Another one is Mission Delta, and again I can't remember if it is translated to Spanish.
Finally I have a copy (not the original) of a copier I used back in those days to copy tape programs. Nothing fancy, but useful as long as the program is not too big (Zoolympics could not be copied).
I couldn't find a copy of a program named Quimoric or Quimioric that I remember seeing and which was aimed to teach Chemistry using an Oric. Too bad, because I could not find it anywhere.
Now the thing is that I think I could get my old tape player and try to load or sample these programs with my PC; Not sure about the process (recording, wavclean, wav2tap) and even if I will be able to do so. Maybe I could give them to Symoon so he can try to extract the content if interested.
I will check if there is anything else of interest inside the tapes.
I found my old Oric tapes yesterday. I am unsure about their state; I'm afraid they were not stored in the best condition, so I don't know if they will be usable. Most of them are games you can find in Oric.org (Zorgon's Revenge, for instance), so I don't care much, but I also have a couple which could be of (relative) interest.
I have a Spanish version of Le Rendez-vous the la Terreur. I remember it was painfully translated and it was also buggy (the command "VIE" was not translated and it gave you your life points for an instant and then teleported you to another room - can't remember which one). Anyway maybe it could be of interest for preserving.
I also have a Tansoft tape of the first version of their chess game (awful, by the way), but it is called "Ajedrez" (in Spanish). I don't remember if the game itself was translated or just the name on the box.
Another one is Mission Delta, and again I can't remember if it is translated to Spanish.
Finally I have a copy (not the original) of a copier I used back in those days to copy tape programs. Nothing fancy, but useful as long as the program is not too big (Zoolympics could not be copied).
I couldn't find a copy of a program named Quimoric or Quimioric that I remember seeing and which was aimed to teach Chemistry using an Oric. Too bad, because I could not find it anywhere.
Now the thing is that I think I could get my old tape player and try to load or sample these programs with my PC; Not sure about the process (recording, wavclean, wav2tap) and even if I will be able to do so. Maybe I could give them to Symoon so he can try to extract the content if interested.
I will check if there is anything else of interest inside the tapes.