Hi Pawel, interesting that it saves but won't play. Have you opened it up and looked for loose wires etc? I just rebuilt an 8281 and noticed that some of the wires are stretched fairly tight between solder points.
Otherwise, if you are set on replacing it, any of the data cassette recorders of the era would work. It's better if they have a 'remote' connector as well as an in/Rec and out/Play jack. Also, those jacks should be mono, not stereo. Something like this: https://www.msx.org/wiki/NEC_PC-DR330 As an aside, do you have the manual/documentation for the 8281? I've been looking online and not found anything. --Brad On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 2:07 PM ExPLIT | Pawel Radomychelski < exp...@mailbox.org> wrote: > Hi guys, > > my NEC PC-8281A Data Recorde seems to be defective (It saves files on the > tape, but can't read from them. When i try to "play" a data tape throu > normal headphones i don't hear any noise.) > > Do some of you know a good substitution datasette ? > > Preferably one, which i can buy here in Europe. > > > Thanks > Pawel > -- -- Brad Grier
