Re: Cassette port / CD-Rs

[steve@dosius.zzn.com (Dosius)]

Simon Williams <*email*@*luddite.ca*> wrote in message news:<227225.XNUYSULU@news.telusplanet.net>...
> On 27 Feb 2003 02:19:31 GMT mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon) wrote:
> 
>  
> > Recorded cassette signals are good for nostalgia, but little else.
> > A null-modem cable is cheap, ten times the speed, and is supported
> > by protocols that preserve file names and types.
> 
> True. Assuming your Apple II came with a working Super Serial Card and
> your 'modern' computer actually has a serial port (which is curiously
> absent on recent Apples).
> For someone who's just picked up a bare-bones Apple II at the flea
> market, it may just be the easiest/cheapest way to get going...
> 
> ..and wouldn't it be cool to load a program direct from the internet
> via streaming audio?  Notice I didn't say fast, reliable or practical,
> just cool...

LOL, yeah... :D

-uso.