Re: Cassette Tape Player for Apple II Advice

[Doug Browning <wpg750@mb.imag.net>]

Try thrift stores and garage sales. They usually have stuff like that.

Bryan Villados wrote:

> Hi, guys!
>
> I just purchased an Apple II (not the II+, II). And, I'm
> re-constructing the system to that of the year 1978 (it's for an Apple
> Museum I own). I have the cassette tapes that came with the unit (Star
> Wars/Star Trek, Breakout, etc.) But what I need is a cassette tape
> player/recorder that will work with the Apple II.
>
> According to the "Red Book", "... the Apple II needs a signal of about
> 2 1/2 to 5 volts peak-to-peak". And, they're recommending the Panasonic
> RQ-309 DS as a unit that works best. My ultimate goal would be to get
> that exact model or a similar tape player that was made around that era
> (1977-1978 time) so the configuration stays within the time context
> (i.e. it will throw the configuration off if I were to use a tape
> player that was made years later, such as 1998).
>
> If anyone knows of any place that sells cassette tape players that
> still work and was made around 1977-1978, and that will work with the
> Apple II, I'd be interested in purchasing.
>
> If you reply by e-mail, remove the "nospam_" from my e-mail address.
>
> Thanks!!!!
>
> --
> Bryan G. Villados
> HMAUS Historian & Curator
> Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users' Society (HMAUS)



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