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Improving tape loading on Minstrels

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According to Adafruit, Dave Curran has improved the tape data loading circuitry on the Minstrel 4, a Z80-based computer kit that runs Forth and supports RC2014 expansions. The enhancements benefit the retro computing community still wrestling with cassette-based storage on Jupiter Ace–compatible hardware.

Source: https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/06/15/improving-tape-loadi...

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