<div style="border: 1px solid rgb(228, 222, 222); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0.5em 1em; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><center>'''Using a tape-image on a real CPC''This article originally came from Kevin Thackers' archive at [http://www.cpctech.org.uk http://www.cpctech.org.uk].'''''</center></div>
== Introduction ==
A tape image can be used on a real CPC if it is converted back into a audio signal.
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The method to load this audio signal into the CPC then varies depending on the model of CPC you have.
To use cassette software you must have a lead (5-pin DIN plug to 3 x 3.5mm plug) to connect the computer to a cassette player or the sound card of your PC or Mac.
== Loading using a cassette lead connected to a sound card ==
If you have a CPC664, CPC6128 or KC compact you can follow these steps:
#* The 5-pin DIN plug connects to the CPC cassette connector,
#* the 3.5mm data-in plug is connected to the line-out connector of your sound card,
# <nowiki>Start the CPC computer and type the commands to load from cassette, ([</nowiki>[/D:/mirror/cpctech.org.uk/cpctech.org.uk/www.kjthacker.f2s.com/docs/loadsoft.html#cassette Instructions to load from Loading cassette software on a real Amstrad computeremulator]] )
# Start the sample playing
# Wait for the CPC to load the program
== Loading using a cassette player (internal or connected to the CPC using a cassette lead) ==
If you have a CPC464 and CPC464+ or a CPC664, CPC6128 or KC Compact with a cassette lead you can follow these steps:
# Record the sound onto a audio cassette
# <nowiki>Start the CPC computer and type the commands to load from the cassette, ([</nowiki>[/D:/mirror/cpctech.org.uk/cpctech.org.uk/www.kjthacker.f2s.com/docs/loadsoft.html#cassette Instructions to load from Loading cassette software on a real Amstrad computeremulator]] )
Recording the sound onto a audio cassette: