Re: Reel-to-reel on //e?

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rcain3@mindspring.com (Richard N. Cain) wrote:

>brian.hammack@rook.wa.com says...
>
>> I was thinking as I found this reel-to-reel tape in the alley behind
>> the U-Haul that it'd be pretty wild to use a reel-to-reel player as a
>> device.
>
>I used to have my apple II+ connected to my stereo, and I used both the 
>cassette and 8-Track for storage.
>
>>I've fiddled with the volume and tone.  It'd
>>be nice if the Apple shared a trait found in Commodores and displayed
>>something like "Found program, loading..." so I'd be able to follow.
>
>That's the only way to make it work.  You have to play with the volume & 
>tone until you get it right.  Once that's accomplished make a mark so you 
>know where to put them in the future.  Yes it would have been nice, to 
>have some sort of cassette operating system.  I remember using a program 
>that came close, but it wasn't like have DOS loaded.  I always liked the 
>Adam's approach to cassettes.

The Adam was one unique computer.  When I got one for the first time,
I did a doubletake seeing the BASIC.  It was a clone of Applesoft!  The
random access high speed cassette storage was unique and worked
just like Apple DOS disks.  It had a Z80 processor and was capable of
running CP/M once you added upgrade hardware.  In later years, the
Adam got memory expansion, 80 columns, and a hard disk.  This was
way after it was discontinued, of course.