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Kemitron TP-A-2 Tape Interface

A project log for Kemitron Computer

As I collected parts for my Interak Computer project, I gained a few Kemitron Computer cards. But what is a Kemitron - could I build one?

willWill 04/03/2025 at 11:290 Comments

I know little about this board, although the Interak overview documentation does state that a Tape Interface can be used within an Interak System. Elsewhere, the Interak documentation refers to the board as a "Serial Binary and FM Converter", an indication that it uses frequency modulation to encode/decode a serial stream of binary data.

There is a 1979 Kemitron Electronics booklet “A Guide to SC/MP Programming” that has a description of an assumed earlier but similar TP-A board:

This board coverts serial binary input data to an audio signal and the converse.” ... “The Kemitron tape board (TP-A) is reasonably sophisticated and uses digital synthesis to produce a near sine-wave output (this is easier to record than a square wave) as well as a majority input gate to reduce the effects of minor tape defects.

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