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Re: Many questions about cassette tapes

Subject: Re: Many questions about cassette tapes
From: Eric Rucker <bhtooefr@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:04:34 -0700 (PDT)
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On Thursday, August 11, 2011 8:37:51 PM UTC-4, D Finnigan wrote:
> Not sure what you're asking here. The Apple either loads data into RAM from
> a tape, or dumps a range of its memory back to tape.

Interestingly, there are ways to do more stupid computer tricks, just by loading into the right range of memory, and those tricks were used for various things, ranging from executing the program without having to do xxxxG in the monitor, all the way up to primitive copy protection schemes: http://www.fadden.com/techmisc/cassette-protect.htm

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