> > Curt wrote: > > > > ... my first computer, the TI99/4A. ...I casually mentioned > > that my first computer had 16KB of RAM and we saved programs > > to audio tape. ... The younger folks didn't believe you could > > save programs to audio tape so we had a learning moment...
> fmiser wrote: > > Sure! You could _save_ the program to audio tape - but how > often were you able to _load_ from audio tape? In that > respect, the TI was pretty weak. We had better luck with > reel-to-reel at higher tape speeds than with cassette, but it > was still not very dependable.
Curt wrote:
Uhh, always? Never had a failure, still works 35 years later... Curt
Really! Wow... I'm remembering we tried at least 3 different cassette machines and I think two different reel to reel and we had less than 50% success loading a program. Maybe closer to 25%. One brother gave up on it and would write a program from memory, use/play until the computer locked up, then type it in again because he found that less frustrating than the tapes. Maybe ours had a problem... _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
