Hi Stephanie! My recollections are that the tape decks used for home computers were all fairly cheap. Even the Commodore ones, which you had to buy specially at vast cost, were quite cheap decks inside. (For commercial software production a friend and I used the deck from my hi-fi, but that's another story). The important thing is that very few of these decks could handle chromium dioxide or metal tapes properly. Ferric oxide tapes will give you the best results. Other than that, use any half-way decent brand. The really top brands will give the best results, but like many other contributors to this list, I never had any problems with cheap tapes (I couldn't afford decent ones when I was using home computers regularly). I have since tried the compact-cassette-sized "digital tapes" that were popular for backups and things a few years ago, but ordinary audio tapes work better. After all, the home computer market had to get quite big before "computer tapes" became readily available in small-town electronics shops and places. As far as I can tell, the only distinguishing feature of these tapes was the short length. Philip. PS Do I also have to say "Welcome to the list"? This is your first post isn't it?