It’s time to get the TechTran 8410 tape drive fully up and working, so we can plug it into the Data General Nova 1210 and rescue some ultra rare software, notably BURP, which stands for BASIC language User Responsive Program. A top-tier backronym if I’ve ever seen one!
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Intro Music adapted from:
Artist: The Runaway Five
Title: The Shinra Shuffle
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Chapters
0:00 One of the rarest flavors of BASIC out there
1:16 A real deal, proper 2-track mag tape drive on the bench!
4:38 Let the troubleshooting begin
8:07 It’s cabling, it’s always cabling…
11:00 Rescue mode initiated!
12:47 Job done! It wasn’t easy though… (CM)
15:43 Baud rate issues
17:07 Running BURP!
22:47 Come use BURP in person at VCFSW!
24:36 Rawr! I’m a vicious predator!