Re: Apple II cassette drive.

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

You don't have to boot DOS to use the cassette port. It is all handled in
basic/monitor. The commands are load/save for basic proggies,
bload/bsave(address/length) for binary images.

Mike Pfaiffer wrote:

> Ernest wrote:
> >
> > I am interested in finding a cassette drive for my apple IIe. Does anyone
> > know where I can find on (or does anyone have one to sell me?)
> >
> > From what I've read, Apple had their own way of using a cassette drive,
> > which was not the IS of 300 baud, because unlike other companies, Apple was
> > able to transfer data at 1200 baud with no problems. So my other question is
> > does the Apple II require a special cassette drive, or will a cassette drive
> > from, say, a TRS-80 CoCo work on it.
> >
> > Did Apple make their own cassette drive?
> >
> > I don't have any experience using a cassette drive as data storage but I'm
> > curious about it.
> >
> > Ernest
>
>         Any mono casette should do. I understand only the GS does not have a
> casette port. As to using it you should have the appropriate cables
> (naturally). A casette which is blank. A DOS 3.3 boot disk. I think the
> commands are CLOAD and CSAVE. Reports I remember from the era are the
> casette drives on all computers are quite unreliable. The Apple software
> was better than most. Most people used the casette out as a connection
> to a second speaker. When the 5.25 disk came out people threw away their
> tapes because floppies were a lot more reliable and did not stretch with
> use.
>
>                                 Later
>                                 Mike
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