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.
