Inquiry

From: Hans Franke <Hans.Franke_at_mch20.sbs.de>
Date: Fri Apr 30 08:56:32 1999

Date sent: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 22:14:51 -0800
Send reply to: classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu
From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers" <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: Inquiry

>
> >I have a lot of the kid's computers, (Atari, Commodore, CoCo, etc), which
> >I am trying to keep alive. Does anyone know if I can substitute high
> >quality music tapes in place of computer tapes? Or where I can still
> >find computer cassette tapes for sale?
> >
> >Stephanie
>
> Back in the early 80's I didn't even use high quality music tapes, instead
> I used the cheapest cassette tapes I could find. Never had any problem,
> except for tape wastage since I'd only use about the first five minutes of
> the tape. It was easiest to try to limit it to one program per tape.
>
> The only problem along these lines that I experienced was a tape that
> someone copied on a home stereo system. Part of the time it would load,
> part of the time it wouldn't.
>
> BTW, the computer I used was a Commodore VIC-20 with the original Cassette
> Deck.
>
> Zane
> | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Adminstrator |
> | healyzh_at_aracnet.com (primary) | Linux Enthusiast |
> | healyzh_at_holonet.net (alternate) | Classic Computer Collector |
> +----------------------------------+----------------------------+
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