Re: Looking for games on tape

[apple2pd@garp3.icaen.uiowa.edu (ground.ecn AppleII Librarian)]

In article <3BF817BD.7@digitalcivilization.ca>,
Mike Pfaiffer  <mike@digitalcivilization.ca> wrote:
>
>	It's been a while since I've heard anybody using tapes on an Apple... I 
>think you are likely to be stuck using DOS programs. I don't think 
>ProDOS can load or save from tape.
>

Trivial point:  Neither DOS 3.x nor ProDOS can load or save from tape on a
II, II+, or IIe.  Tape I/O is supported by the ROM in the machines which
works regardless of the op. sys. running.  A good TOS (Tape Operating
System) was never universally adopted by the Apple II users, although some
primitive ones were developed.  Does anyone here remember hooking a simple
transistor circuit to the game i/o port to turn the cassette player on/off
remotely under the computer control?  Those were the days my friend ...

You must bypass DOS and ProDOS to use tape on an apple II.  

  --Steve

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 --Steve  (apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu)