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Re: Kids react to old computers

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In article <lpji3l$q4c$1@dont-email.me>, Todd Allcock
<elecconnec@AnoOspamL.com> wrote:

> At 08 Jul 2014 21:22:54 -0400 JF Mezei wrote:
> > Soemone wrote:
> > >> Commodore's cassette drive ran at a horrific 50 baud, and the disk
> > >> drive was 300. As a comparison, the TRS-80 cassette drive was 1500 
> > >> baud, IIRC.
> > 
> > 
> > But this doesn't take into account how many times you had to try to load
> > your program, and the time it took for casette to run before it got to
> > the recorded program. (what we could sonider the "seek time" measured in
> > many seconds).
> > 
> > 
> > Both  50 and 1500 baud recordings would likely have a seek time that was
> > way longer than the actual recording. And if the 50 baud one was more
> > reliable, then perhaps it would be faster on average.
> 
> 
> Having lived back then and usded both, no.  Under no circumstance was
> Commodore's 50 baud tape drive faster than my TI-99 or TRS-80's.
> 
> Given the relatively low cost of cassettes themselves, I typically
> avoided the seek time issue by only storing 1 program per tape.

For the rare non-commercial tapes we had, we used to use our brains and
write the counter number onto the casstte box insert ... then the "seek
time" is dramatically shortened by using fast forward rather than
playing through piles of unwanted tape.  :-)

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Re: Kids react to old computers Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2014-07-07 09:06 -0400
  Re: Kids react to old computers Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-07-07 14:04 -0700
    Re: Kids react to old computers Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-07-08 00:17 +0000
      Re: Kids react to old computers Todd Allcock <elecconnec@AnoOspamL.com> - 2014-07-08 14:36 -0600
        Re: Kids react to old computers Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-07-09 01:12 +0000
          Re: Kids react to old computers JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-07-08 21:22 -0400
            Re: Kids react to old computers Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-07-09 13:40 +1200
              Re: Kids react to old computers Todd Allcock <elecconnec@AnoOspamL.com> - 2014-07-09 15:13 -0600
                Re: Kids react to old computers Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-07-10 09:34 +1200
            Re: Kids react to old computers Todd Allcock <elecconnec@AnoOspamL.com> - 2014-07-09 08:03 -0600
              Re: Kids react to old computers Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-07-10 09:18 +1200
        Re: Kids react to old computers Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-07-09 13:42 +1200
    Re: Kids react to old computers Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2014-07-07 22:43 -0400
  Re: Kids react to old computers Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-07-08 09:17 +1200
    Re: Kids react to old computers Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2014-07-07 22:44 -0400
      Re: Kids react to old computers "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-07-08 13:59 +1000
      Re: Kids react to old computers Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-07-08 16:10 +1200

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