At 09:48 PM 2/10/02 -0500, you wrote:
>I installed an entire classroom of IBM PC's that all had cassette interfaces
>on them,
Many of use have. The original PCs all had the cassette port.
but never have I ever seen an rebranded or OEM's tape drive
>directly from IBM themselves.
AFIK no one has. That's why I was surprised to hear of someone having a
tape for it.
The Diagnostic tape, was it to run diags on
>the IBM PC itself or was it a diagnostic tape for a tape drive???
No, this one has diagnostics for the computer.
I have
>several diag tapes for the Atari 410 which test the alignment and speed of
>the Atari 410 tape drives, so this is why I ask.
>
>
>Curt
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Joe" <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
>To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
>Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 7:18 PM
>Subject: IBM PC cassette drive
>
>
>> FWIW
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Joe
>>
>
>
Received on Mon Feb 11 2002 - 08:38:00 GMT
