15 May
2001
15 May
'01
2:14 p.m.
Quoting David Findlay <david_j_findlay(a)yahoo.com.au>au>:
I am a new member of the list in digest mode. I have
read quite a
bit about the early homebrew computer club days and processor
techniques. I am currently designing my own computer
Cool. I want to do that someday. A friend and I have been toying
with the idea of building a computer out of relays.
and want to come up with a easy cheap method of mass
storage. I
have been thinking about hacking a tape recorder's read/write/
erase heads and support equipment into my computer. I would just
make a small modem thing to turn my data to sound and record it
on the tape.
Sounds good to me; lots of micros used cassette tapes for storage.
I've never done it myself, so I'm not of much help I guess :-).
But it *has* been done, so you should be able to do it.
--
Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss(a)ou.edu