> On Aug 21, 2021, at 11:48 PM, Jay Jaeger via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
>
> ...
> There were third party cassette systems, typically using some kind of digital
> cassette format, that you could hook up with a terminal. One was made by
> Sykes that I played with once upon a time:
>
> http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/sykes/brochures/Sykes_3000_Cassete_Brochure.pdf
And of course some were built right into the terminal; the TI Silent 733 comes
to mind. That was around 1974. My guess is that it was intended to replace
paper tape that was a popular terminal capability at the time (on the Teletype
33 and 35). Those things actually had an API of sorts; I remember playing with
it a bit but it was never interesting enough to do serious work. The fact that
it was limited (by the comm line) to 30 cps was not a whole lot of motivation.
paul
