Cassette tape as a data storage medium
𐑒𐑩𐑕𐑧𐑑 𐑑𐑱𐑐 𐑨𐑟 𐑩 𐑛𐑱𐑑𐑩 𐑕𐑑𐑹𐑦𐑡 𐑓𐑹𐑥𐑨𐑑
Being born in the UK in 1981, my articles about home computers are biased towards that time and place. This is due to both my own personal experience, and also a conscious attempt to provide an alternative UK bias to the predominant US bias amongst English-speaking people my age reminiscing about home computers.
At a pinch, you can use cassette tape as a data storage medium, using the same frequency-shift keying that dialup modems used over the phone.
This was how 8-bit home computers such as the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum stored data.
It was also the technique used by other early digital devices, such as some synthesisers (to save their programs) and digital sequencers (to save their music), before the advent of MIDI.
Cassette tape: Cassette tape as a data storage medium | Cassette tape as an effect
Data storage media: CD | Cassette tape | Cassette tape as a data storage medium | DAT | Floppy disk | IBM Card | MiniDisc | microSD card
