Reading MT/ST Tapes

[Mike Stein]

And here I've always thought of you as a pessimist who would have called it
'Half Empty ST'...

On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 9:17 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:

> Yep.
>
> And, it was not appreciated when I suggested an interim release between
> the MT/ST emulator and "Full-ST" to be called "Half Full ST"
>
>
> On Fri, 30 Jul 2021, grif615 at mindspring.com wrote:
>
> > Scope Creep.. no telling how many projects died in stalled development.
> >
> > On Jul 30, 2021 16:36, Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> >       On Fri, 30 Jul 2021, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
> >       > Not really--it's very old technology, (1964), of limited
> >       capacity (about
> >       > 20 KB per tape), was a hideously expensive way to buy a
> >       typewriter
> >       > (about USD$7000 in 1964, or about USD$61,000 today), used
> >       almost
> >       > exclusively in large corporate offices to create form
> >       letters and
> >       > documents.  In other words, it was not intended as an
> >       archival medium.
> >       > The effort required in preparing a document was
> >       considerable (one used
> >       > the mini-keypad for various functions).  For a memo, it was
> >       easiest to
> >       > use the typewriter as a typewriter.
> >       > There are more interesting things to look at.
> >
> >       Well, form letters are "important".
> >       But, once microcomputer word processing matured, they could
> >       be done easily
> >       and much better.
> >
> >       An acquaintance was working on creating an emulation of the
> >       MT/ST, as a
> >       way for those who were familiar with the MT/ST and/or
> >       actually liked it,
> >       to be able to continue unchanged on a microcomputer.
> >
> >       But, then he started adding features.  Besides delaying the
> >       completion
> >       until it was no longer relevant, it was suggested that he
> >       change the name
> >       from "MT/ST" (pronounced "empty ST") to "FULL ST".
>