CBM Tape Pi v1.6.0 with direct SD card access
CBM Tape Pi v1.6.0 finally supports direct Raspberry Pi SD card access (the additional serial connection to a PC is no longer necessary)!
Watch the video (demoing with a Commodore CBM 3032)!
Please use the more recent version CBM Tape Pi v1.6.1!
Read all about it at GitHub project page.
RhinoDevel 
Tom Nardi from HACKADAY wrote about CBM Tapi here: https://hackaday.com/2019/12/17/commodore-tape-drive-emulator-on-a-raspberry-pi/
RhinoDevel
18. December 2019 at 09:32
I meant CBM Tape! 🙂
RhinoDevel
18. December 2019 at 09:34
There is a test connector inside some of the drives, like the card edge port on the CBM motherboard. If you had a switch for connecting / disconnecting the motor signal could you wire a raspberry pi zero internal to the tape drive and switch between your emulator and the actual drive?
In addition, Is there a way to use your emulator to save and load from the drive itself? I’m sure that would require completely different software.
Gary Hayman
29. July 2020 at 21:29
You mean a test connector inside the datassette drives? I did not know about that. This may be possible, CBM Tape Pi at least works with a Pi Zero. Currently the Pi gets controlled via CBM (next step is finishing the fastloader/-saver, found no time for that lately) and there are no plans to add a display and buttons to the Pi to directly load and save. The goal of CBM Tape Pi is to be the simplest solution concerning hardware requirements, but still be useful. But you wouldn’t need completely different software, if you want to add display & buttons for direct load & save.
RhinoDevel
18. August 2020 at 15:00
Would this work on other 8 bit micros, e.g. ZX81 or Oric? In other words, is this literally a digital tape player/recorder equivalent or is it specifically configured for a Commodore system. Sorry, not technically knowledgeable enough to know the difference!
George
29. March 2021 at 18:25
Sorry for the late reply! No, it won’t work, because Commodore used a very special format (for robustness). And the most recent CBM Tape Pi version 1.7.0 even uses a fast mode, which is coded specifically for CBM/PET, VIC 20 and C64. Checkout the new release here: https://github.com/RhinoDevel/cbmtapepi/blob/v1.7.0/README.md
RhinoDevel
1. June 2021 at 13:33