7 Oct
1998
7 Oct
'98
2:57 a.m.
< >How do you know it was paper tape... MITS basic that was "pirated" was
< >often supplied on MITS ACR format audio tape. Still have one!
<
< At the time, were ASR-33s or cassettes the more common media for exchang
Yes!
ASR33 was expensive so many people used terminals or VDM1/parallel port
keyboard or other combinations.
Also ASR33 was 10 cps and ACR was 300baud... considering the 4k basic was
a 8-9 minute load on the tty and about 3 on the ACR it should be obvious
tape was a better way to go.
Allison