7 Nov
1998
7 Nov
'98
3:06 a.m.
On Sat, 7 Nov 1998, James L. Rice wrote:
PCM magazine, a dedicated Tandy mag from the 80's
had Model 100 software
printed in bar code format. You used a program called Tandy Code,
Then of course there was the Causin SoftStrip reader. The Apple magazine
Nibble (among others) used to print strips about 5/8" wide that you could
cut out and run through the reader to load the published programs into
your computer instead of typing in listings.
As with all the others, it hung around for a year or so and then folded.
People just didn't like the concept I suppose, or maybe it just wasn't
accurate enough (I don't know since I never actually used it).
Thanks to Kai's generosity I finally fulfilled my lifelong quest to obtain
a SoftStrip reader at the VCF. I am complete.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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