--- title: Play A .WAV Instead Of Typing Line After Line Into... description: Casey Bralla built Python tools to simplify software development on the Rockwell AIM 65, a late-70s microcomputer with no disk drive or filesystem. Instead of... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/play-a-wav-instead-of-typing-line-after-line-into-vintage-microcomputer-fkf2wp2pu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Play A .WAV Instead Of Typing Line After Line Into Vintage Microcomputer | daily.dev og:description: Casey Bralla built Python tools to simplify software development on the Rockwell AIM 65, a late-70s microcomputer with no disk drive or filesystem. Instead of... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/play-a-wav-instead-of-typing-line-after-line-into-vintage-microcomputer-fkf2wp2pu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Fkf2wp2PU.png og:image:alt: Play A .WAV Instead Of Typing Line After Line Into Vintage Microcomputer og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Play A .WAV Instead Of Typing Line After Line Into Vintage Microcomputer **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Casey Bralla built Python tools to simplify software development on the Rockwell AIM 65, a late-70s microcomputer with no disk drive or filesystem. Instead of typing programs by hand, he created an encoder that converts programs written on a modern PC into .wav audio files, which can then be played back into the AIM 65 via its tape interface. He also built a decoder, a two-pass assembler, and a source code formatter. The encoding/decoding tools were developed with help from Anthropic's Claude AI, which read the original Rockwell documentation and generated working implementations. Data transfers at 300 baud. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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