remember what they took from you
>>100165262loading programs from audio sources was ass. no thanks.
>>100165262>33 RPMCan you imagine how slow that would be with today's data?
>>100165327It could have been better but early on most computer companies agreed to the Kansas City standard for data storage on audio tapes. At the time the standard was created in 1975, it was a reasonable standard but as technology rapidly advanced, the standard held back audio based storage as it could only load around 1600 bytes per minute. Eventually floppy disks and later hard drives became affordable to middle class families but there was a period of about fifteen years where audio storage could have been a good medium had the Kansas City 1975 standard been abandoned as soon as it became technically obsolete.
>>100165550Using today's technology on mere audio cassettes, you could achieve fairly good data storage. DSP techniques exist now which can massively increase the information density compared to the simple audio standards of those days.I remember some company made that one system to do data storage on VHS tapes using an ISA card on which was some hardware to make it possible. It was affordable and high density for the time, as well as fairly fast, and it used standard tapes and any VCR which could accept serial commands.
>>100165262oh hell no
