Kansas City standard

The Kansas City standard (abbreviated KCS) for storage of digital (micro)computer data on an ordinary compact audio cassette is also known as the BYTE standard, from its connection with BYTE magazine, or the Processor Technology CUTS (PT Computer Users' Tape Standard).

Related Topics:
(micro) - Computer - Compact audio cassette - BYTE magazine - Processor Technology

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The standard got its name from a symposium held in Kansas City in the fall of 1975, which BYTE magazine sponsored, with the goal of reaching a recording standard for digital data on audio cassette recorders.

Related Topics:
Kansas City - 1975

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KCS uses asynchronous serial data, encoded using audio frequency-shift keying (AFSK) such that a '0' bit is represented as four cycles of a 1200 Hz sine wave, and a '1' bit as eight cycles of 2400 Hz. This gives a data rate of 300 baud.

Related Topics:
Asynchronous - Serial data - Encoded - Audio frequency-shift keying - Hz - Sine wave - Baud

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Tapes with Kansas City standard data stored on them may be accurately archived in the UEF file format.

Related Topics:
Archive - UEF - File format

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