8-Bit Show And Tell | Software on Cassette Tape in USA and Canada - Apple, TRS-80, Atari, PET to Commodore 64 @8_Bit | Uploaded March 2021 | Updated October 2024, 12 hours ago.
It seems to be increasingly forgotten that the compact cassette wasn't just used with personal computers in the UK, but was an integral part of the USA (and Canadian) experience for many up until the mid-1980s before disk became the data storage format of choice. Today we look through my collection of North American-released software on tape, and the computers that use it, from the 1977 trinity of TRS-80, Apple II and Commodore PET, through to the Commodore 64, Coleco ADAM and Tomy Tutor.
Links:
Techmoan's Cassette History: youtu.be/V3zPwkrNK-Q
KCS: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City_standard
Chuck Hutchins' Datasette collection: youtu.be/5kRmlG9cCMI
The 8-Bit Guy Cassette Tape Drives: youtu.be/_9SM9lG47Ew
To support 8-Bit Show And Tell:
Become a patron: patreon.com/8BitShowAndTell
One-time donation: paypal.me/8BitShowAndTell
2nd channel: youtube.com/channel/UCAgWzEh5c8391eJnELDy9OA
Credits music is "Bored In My Room" from the album "Place Without A Computer" by Bedford Level Experiment: bedfordlevelexperiment.bandcamp.com/album/place-without-a-computer
Index:
0:00 Intro
1:45 Commodore PET
5:15 TRS-80
9:19 Apple II
11:32 Exidy Sorcerer
12:45 TI-99/4 and 4a
13:34 Atari 400/800/1200XL
15:53 Commodore VIC-20
18:55 Timex/Sinclair 1000, ZX81
20:48 Atari 2600 Starpath Supercharger
21:59 Commodore 64
27:11 Review and 1541 pricing rant
29:31 Compute!'s Gazette
32:01 Tomy Tutor, Coleco ADAM, IBM PCjr
34:27 Summary
35:48 Thanks!
It seems to be increasingly forgotten that the compact cassette wasn't just used with personal computers in the UK, but was an integral part of the USA (and Canadian) experience for many up until the mid-1980s before disk became the data storage format of choice. Today we look through my collection of North American-released software on tape, and the computers that use it, from the 1977 trinity of TRS-80, Apple II and Commodore PET, through to the Commodore 64, Coleco ADAM and Tomy Tutor.
Links:
Techmoan's Cassette History: youtu.be/V3zPwkrNK-Q
KCS: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City_standard
Chuck Hutchins' Datasette collection: youtu.be/5kRmlG9cCMI
The 8-Bit Guy Cassette Tape Drives: youtu.be/_9SM9lG47Ew
To support 8-Bit Show And Tell:
Become a patron: patreon.com/8BitShowAndTell
One-time donation: paypal.me/8BitShowAndTell
2nd channel: youtube.com/channel/UCAgWzEh5c8391eJnELDy9OA
Credits music is "Bored In My Room" from the album "Place Without A Computer" by Bedford Level Experiment: bedfordlevelexperiment.bandcamp.com/album/place-without-a-computer
Index:
0:00 Intro
1:45 Commodore PET
5:15 TRS-80
9:19 Apple II
11:32 Exidy Sorcerer
12:45 TI-99/4 and 4a
13:34 Atari 400/800/1200XL
15:53 Commodore VIC-20
18:55 Timex/Sinclair 1000, ZX81
20:48 Atari 2600 Starpath Supercharger
21:59 Commodore 64
27:11 Review and 1541 pricing rant
29:31 Compute!'s Gazette
32:01 Tomy Tutor, Coleco ADAM, IBM PCjr
34:27 Summary
35:48 Thanks!
