Re: Old cassette tape storage

Keith F. Lynch wrote:
> Karl Johanson <karljohanson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> How many bits did the early computer cassette tapes hold?
> 
> I was trying to figure out what you were asking, until I saw others'
> replies and your response to them.  To me, early computers are all
> mainframes.  Most of them used reel-to-reel tapes, but a few of
> them had various kinds of special cassettes.  You were asking about
> microcomputers that used standard audio cassettes?  Not what I'd
> call "early."

Early computers were programmed by soldering and unsoldering components. 
My sister-in-law's mother-in-law used to work on one.

Kip W