On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, Joe wrote:
> Several times there have been discussions on this list about wheather
> or not IBM ever made cassette drives for use with the original IBM PCs.
> The general feeling is that they never made any cassette drives or
> tapes. BUT I was talking to Mike Haas about this recently and he told me
> that he has an original IBM Diagnstics cassette tape! Today he sent a
> picture and I've posted it here
> <http://www.classiccmp.org/hp/ibm/ibm-cass.jpg> . As you can see it has
> the same burgundy color as the standard IBM PC diagnostics disks.
Yes, I have several of those tapes. The most reliable information I have
on this comes from Fred and Tony, and that is that the IBM PC used the
same pin out on its cassette port as the TRS-80, so you could go to Radio
Shack, buy the TRS-80 cassette cable, and use whatever cassette player you
wanted.
Although I have never seen an IBM branded cassette player and doubt that
there ever was one, I will NOT say that it probably never existed because
as soon as you do, someone turns one up and proves you wrong ;)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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