10 Feb
2002
10 Feb
'02
6:04 p.m.
On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, Joe wrote:
Several times there have been discussions on this
list about wheather
or not IBM ever made cassette drives for use with the original IBM PCs.
The general feeling is that they never made any cassette drives or
tapes. BUT I was talking to Mike Haas about this recently and he told me
that he has an original IBM Diagnstics cassette tape! Today he sent a
picture and I've posted it here
<http://www.classiccmp.org/hp/ibm/ibm-cass.jpg> . As you can see it has
the same burgundy color as the standard IBM PC diagnostics disks.
Yes, I have several of those tapes. The most reliable information I have
on this comes from Fred and Tony, and that is that the IBM PC used the
same pin out on its cassette port as the TRS-80, so you could go to Radio
Shack, buy the TRS-80 cassette cable, and use whatever cassette player you
wanted.
Although I have never seen an IBM branded cassette player and doubt that
there ever was one, I will NOT say that it probably never existed because
as soon as you do, someone turns one up and proves you wrong ;)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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