Zoë Blade's notebook

Cassette tape as a data storage medium

𐑒𐑩𐑕𐑧𐑑 𐑑𐑱𐑐 𐑨𐑟 𐑩 𐑛𐑱𐑑𐑩 𐑕𐑑𐑹𐑦𐑡 𐑓𐑹𐑥𐑨𐑑

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