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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