CB>I would have to disagree with you there. I feel the old tape units have a CB>place, not just in the later 8 bit systems, but the older systems too. As CB>"computer people" we can not forget our heritage. Try to find a college cla CB>in Assembly Language for any machine. There are many self taught people who CB>have mastered many a "lost art" on an older machine. It's not the speed, CB>quality, or relevance of the perticular piece of hardware that makes it CB>valueable, it's what you can learn from it, and what you can make it do that CB>makes it special. Heck, I really do feel from using most of the different CB>drives that were made for the CBM machines, and my favorites were the 8250, CB>SFD1001. (designed for the PET) Would I use a 1541 or 1540 as a doorstop CB>because I like them better, I think not (and I feel there are many that agre CB>with me.) CB>(just my 2 Cents) I was making a joke. You are rigth dattasettes are a very versitile storage device. They can hold as much data per side on a C-60 cassette as a 1541 disk can and even more on longer tapes. And they have much lower power consumption which is important if you are running your system off of batteries. They are also on the slow side and files are not as easy to find and access(things like Turbo-tape help) which is why they don't get as much use after you get a disk drive. Frank CB>Modem@sciboard.spd.louisville.edu wrote: CB>> Datassettes, after one gets a 1541, are commonly refered to as door CB>> stops or paper weights. CB>> - CB>> This message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list. CB>> To unsubscribe: echo unsubscribe | mail cbm-hackers-request@dot.tcm.hut.fi CB>- CB>This message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list. CB>To unsubscribe: echo unsubscribe | mail cbm-hackers-request@dot.tcm.hut.fi. - This message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list. To unsubscribe: echo unsubscribe | mail cbm-hackers-request@dot.tcm.hut.fi.
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