Re: OT Turbo Pascal (was RE: a lang creation program idea)

On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, The Gray Wizard wrote:

> > From: Chris Palmer
> >
> > "TRS 80 Model I"! Boy is that a name out of the past. :) I got my start
> > programming as a first grader, doing BASIC on one of those. My
> > only storage
> > medium was audio cassettes...
>
> Indeed.  Mine was the first of its kind to be sold in the NYC Metro area.
> My picture appeared in the local Radio Shack for some time.  My daughter,
> now a mother of twins, also learned BASIC on the TRS-80 when she was 7.  And
> yes, the original system only had cassette storage, although I later
> upgraded it to include a floppy drive that held a whopping 16K.
How much can an audio cassette store?

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