[cctalk] Re: 5150 cassette (Was: DLOAD BASIC command for Color Comp

2023-01-31 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 11:50 PM Ali via cctalk wrote: > > > (~$300), monitor (CGA had compoosite output, so could connect to cheap > > CCTV, etc. monitors, and CGA even had a dedicated 4 pin Berg for the > > SupRMod RF adapter), and maybe serial, and/or parallel. > > Fred, > > This is the first

[cctalk] Re: 5150 cassette (Was: DLOAD BASIC command for Color Comp

2023-01-31 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
The 4 pin RF modulator conector is the same as what is on the Apple2 On Tue, 31 Jan 2023, Ali wrote: (~$300), monitor (CGA had compoosite output, so could connect to cheap CCTV, etc. monitors, and CGA even had a dedicated 4 pin Berg for the SupRMod RF adapter), and maybe serial, and/or para

[cctalk] Re: 5150 cassette (Was: DLOAD BASIC command for Color Comp

2023-01-31 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
(~$300), monitor (CGA had compoosite output, so could connect to cheap CCTV, etc. monitors, and CGA even had a dedicated 4 pin Berg for the SupRMod RF adapter), and maybe serial, and/or parallel. On Tue, 31 Jan 2023, Ali wrote: Fred, This is the first time I am hearing about this. I always tho

[cctalk] Re: 5150 cassette (Was: DLOAD BASIC command for Color Comp

2023-01-31 Thread Ali via cctalk
> (~$300), monitor (CGA had compoosite output, so could connect to cheap > CCTV, etc. monitors, and CGA even had a dedicated 4 pin Berg for the > SupRMod RF adapter), and maybe serial, and/or parallel. Fred, This is the first time I am hearing about this. I always thought the connector was for

[cctalk] Re: 5150 cassette (Was: DLOAD BASIC command for Color Comp

2023-01-31 Thread Paul Berger via cctalk
On 2023-01-30 6:39 p.m., ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote: Hi Sent from the all new AOL app for Android On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 12:12 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:>> The 5150 had a cassette port!>> . . .>> The 5160 no longer had the cassette port. On Mon, 30 Jan 2023, Paul Berger via cctalk wrote

[cctalk] Re: 5150 cassette (Was: DLOAD BASIC command for Color Comp

2023-01-30 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 6:47 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > The 5150 had a cassette port! > Diagnostics were supplied on cassette tape. [...] > There was an outfit that marketed a sorta network using the 5150 cassette > port, for classroom distribution, etc. There was the Radio Shack Networ

[cctalk] Re: 5150 cassette (Was: DLOAD BASIC command for Color Comp

2023-01-30 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
By Sent from the all new AOL app for Android On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 6:01 PM, ben via cctalk wrote:On 2023-01-30 1:50 p.m., Paul Berger via cctalk wrote: >> On 2023-01-30 2:12 p.m., Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: The 5150 had a >> cassette port! . . . The 5160 no longer had the cassette po

[cctalk] Re: 5150 cassette (Was: DLOAD BASIC command for Color Comp

2023-01-30 Thread ben via cctalk
On 2023-01-30 1:50 p.m., Paul Berger via cctalk wrote: On 2023-01-30 2:12 p.m., Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: The 5150 had a cassette port! . . . The 5160 no longer had the cassette port. On Mon, 30 Jan 2023, Paul Berger via cctalk wrote: The cassette port on the 5150 could also be used as a

[cctalk] Re: 5150 cassette (Was: DLOAD BASIC command for Color Comp

2023-01-30 Thread Steve Lewis via cctalk
For reference, my notes on the CTR/CCR tape units (and its relationship to CoCo's and the 5150): https://voidstar.blog/all-about-tandy-radio-shack-computer-cassette-recorder-trs-ccr/ (the Tandy Modem 1 from 1981 also used the cassette port, on one of the TRS-80 systems - at least per its manual)

[cctalk] Re: 5150 cassette (Was: DLOAD BASIC command for Color Comp

2023-01-30 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
Hi Sent from the all new AOL app for Android On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 12:12 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:>> The 5150 had a cassette port!>> . . .>> The 5160 no longer had the cassette port. On Mon, 30 Jan 2023, Paul Berger via cctalk wrote:> The cassette port on the 5150 could also be used as

[cctalk] Re: 5150 cassette (Was: DLOAD BASIC command for Color Comp

2023-01-30 Thread Paul Berger via cctalk
On 2023-01-30 2:12 p.m., Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: The 5150 had a cassette port! . . . The 5160 no longer had the cassette port. On Mon, 30 Jan 2023, Paul Berger via cctalk wrote: The cassette port on the 5150 could also be used as a Telecommunication Device for the Deaf (TDD) many years

[cctalk] Re: 5150 cassette (Was: DLOAD BASIC command for Color Comp

2023-01-30 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
The 5150 had a cassette port! . . . The 5160 no longer had the cassette port. On Mon, 30 Jan 2023, Paul Berger via cctalk wrote: The cassette port on the 5150 could also be used as a Telecommunication Device for the Deaf (TDD) many years ago I made up a ISA bus card with the same function as

[cctalk] Re: 5150 cassette (Was: DLOAD BASIC command for Color Comp

2023-01-30 Thread Paul Berger via cctalk
On 2023-01-30 1:47 p.m., Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: The 5150 had a cassette port! Diagnostics were supplied on cassette tape. It was immediately adjacent to the keyboard port, and used the same 5 pin DIN connector, for the added convenience of being able to plug in to the wrong one.  THAT

[cctalk] Re: 5150 cassette (Was: DLOAD BASIC command for Color Comp

2023-01-30 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On 1/30/2023 11:14 AM, Chris via cctalk wrote: It had a dedicated cassette port? Don't most cassette ports resemble a serial port, or is my wonky brain making that up? What protocols did most cassette ports use (c64/128?, IBM 5150, coco ...)? On Mon, 30 Jan 2023, Jim Brain via cctalk wrote: