Prices to pay for old computers... - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

23 May 1998

-----Original Message-----
From: Kip Crosby &lt;engine(a)chac.org&gt;
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
Date: Saturday, 23 May 1998 2:09
Subject: RE: Prices to pay for old computers...

...
 At 16:31 5/22/98 +0100, you wrote:
 back on topic though, what cassette unit could be
connected up to the
original PC machines? Was it a custom IBM unit only (similar to the way
the C64's only accept Commodore tape decks), or could anything be used
if a cable was made up? 
There was a discussion on here a while back about whether IBM had ever made
cassette decks to attach to that port, and IIRC, the outcome was
inconclusive.  If such a thing existed, certainly there were never many of
them.  In general, the favorite commodity cassette recorder for the purpose
was one of the long Panasonics with the carrying handle.
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yes a cable is needed on one end it has the plug for the IBM and on the
other it has 2 connectors for the input and output on the cassette
player....