IBM PC hacking - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

28 Sep 2005

...
   Then again,
could you do useful word-processing work on a cassette-based 
 machine?  Anyone who use Atari 8-bit, C64, etc. -- was this common?  I assume   
 Scripsit (for the TRS-80 Model 1 and 3) was certainly available on a 
 cassette, with load/save of your text to cassette. It worked, but it 
 wasn't that practical :-) 
The BBC micro was cassette-based, but had a word processor in ROM
(View).  I remember using cassettes to save letters etc.
Eventually I saved enough money to buy a single 720K floppy drive
by Cumana (sp?).

**vp