as delivered, the cassette interface on the trs-80 model 1 did not work well, but there were software and hardware fixes that helped a lot.
On Sat, Jun 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM ben via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2025-06-21 7:54 p.m., Scott Baker wrote: > > > > You can also find schematics for computers that used a tape, such as the > > TRS-80 Coco. There's lots of old 8-bit computers that used tapes. Even > > the original IBM PC had a tape interface built in (though it was rarely > > used). > > > I had a COCO and tape. It never realy worked well. > > > You will have a bit of work, in both software and hardware, to adapt one > > of these existing designs. > > > > For a terminal, I typically use some variation of this: https:// > > maccasoft.com/en/electronics/vga-serial-terminal/ <https:// > > maccasoft.com/en/electronics/vga-serial-terminal/> > > > I have big terminal already, but vintage IO is planned soon. > > > > > Scott > Ben. > > -- --Carey
