31 Jul
2013
31 Jul
'13
2:09 p.m.
On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Rob Doyle <radioengr at gmail.com> wrote:
I just found it strange that the diagnostics would
come on cassette tape
but there was never an IBM cassette player.
And as far as I know, there was no official IBM explanation of where
to get a suitable cable. As mentioned earlier in this thread, the
salesmen at ComputerLand and such places generally would tell you to
go to Radio Shack and buy the TRS-80 cable (p/n 26-1207), but I don't
think IBM ever officially suggested such a thing.
When my employer purchased on on the first day of availability, we
didn't even think to ask. We noticed that the connector was the same
as the TRS-80, so we tried a cable we already had, and were pleasantly
surprised that it worked.
Eric